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Mon, Jan 3, 2011·RBC Center, Raleigh

Florida Panthers 4, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 54% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA1101111611428
CAR1801221601337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 15:47CARZac DalpeAssists: Troy Bodie · Tip-in, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:27FLADennis WidemanAssists: Cory Stillman, Radek Dvorak · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:57FLAChris HigginsAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Michael Frolik · Wrist, 0.48 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:11FLACory StillmanAssists: Mike Santorelli, Evgenii Dadonov · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 6:05CARZach BoychukAssists: Erik Cole, Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:42CARJay HarrisonAssists: Erik Cole, Jamie McBain · Snap, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:16FLABryan AllenGWGAssists: Shawn Matthias, Michael Frolik · Slap, 0.01 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:46FLADmitry Kulikov: Holding2 min
  2. P2 0:14FLAJason Garrison: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:35CARTim Gleason: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 4:12FLAChris Higgins: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P3 4:12CARTim Gleason: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P3 12:39FLAMarty Reasoner: Hooking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
47% to win53% to win
← FLA attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Reasoner won the faceoff against Skinner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACAR
28Shots on goal37
3.0Expected goals3.3
66Shot attempts75
30Faceoffs won27
1Power plays3
10Penalty minutes6
19Hits46
15Blocked shots21
2Giveaways5
9Takeaways17

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestWeiss – Higgins – Frolik10:31

    xG 0.74–0.07 (91%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Booth – Santorelli – Dadonov11:07

    xG 1.00–0.45 (69%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

  3. Bernier – Olesz – Matthias5:34

    xG 0.19–0.29 (39%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Weiss – Olesz – Frolik3:10

    xG 0.06–0.44 (12%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Kulikov14:37

    xG 1.57–0.51 (76%)attempts 19–13goals 2–1

  2. Allen – Wideman14:59

    xG 0.63–0.66 (49%)attempts 13–19goals 1–1

  3. Allen – Weaver2:01

    xG 0.01–0.21 (6%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSamsonov – Cole – Staal8:50

    xG 0.50–0.15 (76%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Staal – Boychuk5:13

    xG 0.30–0.11 (72%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Ruutu – LaRose – Skinner10:25

    xG 0.57–0.50 (53%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  4. Bodie – Carter – Dalpe5:11

    xG 0.43–0.43 (50%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – McBain15:21

    xG 1.04–0.41 (72%)attempts 21–11goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – White4:38

    xG 0.35–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Gleason – White3:26

    xG 0.34–0.24 (59%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

CAR 3.3 xGFLA 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CAR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CAR is favoured, below it FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 83/100 · #192 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.03 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 54% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

Simulated goal difference (CAR − FLA), 10,000 replays

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).