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Sun, Nov 27, 2011·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 63% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR114012211337
OTT2611217425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:55OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:03CARPatrick DwyerAssists: Brett Sutter, Tim Gleason · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:03OTTJason SpezzaPPAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:46OTTDavid RundbladAssists: Bobby Butler, Zenon Konopka · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:46CAREric StaalAssists: Joni Pitkanen, Tuomo Ruutu · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 12:35OTTZack SmithGWGAssists: Kaspars Daugavins, Filip Kuba · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:49CARAlexei PonikarovskyPPAssists: Chad LaRose, Tuomo Ruutu · Wrist, 0.42 xG3–4
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 3:20OTTErik Condra: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:27OTTJared Cowen: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:14OTTColin Greening: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:14CARDerek Joslin: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 17:21CARBrandon Sutter: Boarding2 min
  6. P1 19:36CARJeff Skinner: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 1:39OTTNick Foligno: Interference2 min
  8. P2 5:57OTTJesse Winchester: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 5:57CARTim Gleason: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 5:57OTTJesse Winchester: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P2 14:10OTTJason Spezza: High sticking2 min
  12. P2 17:46CARBrett Sutter: Holding2 min
  13. P3 0:36OTTJason Spezza: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 4:17CAREric Staal: Tripping2 min
  15. P3 14:56OTTNikita Filatov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  16. P3 18:16OTTZack Smith: High sticking2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
45% to win55% to win
← CAR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAROTT
37Shots on goal25
2.6Expected goals1.9
63Shot attempts47
29Faceoffs won35
8Power plays4
15Penalty minutes23
14Hits23
13Blocked shots13
8Giveaways10
5Takeaways8

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestBrent – Stewart – Sutter5:14

    xG 0.18–0.06 (74%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Staal – Skinner9:30

    xG 0.36–0.32 (53%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  3. Dwyer – Tlusty – Sutter8:25

    xG 0.12–0.17 (41%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Ponikarovsky – Jokinen – LaRose7:17

    xG 0.08–0.34 (19%)attempts 2–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPitkanen – McBain13:06

    xG 0.58–0.51 (53%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

  2. Allen – Gleason2:04

    xG 0.08–0.06 (58%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Gleason – Faulk9:29

    xG 0.17–0.22 (43%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Greening – Filatov9:43

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  2. Konopka – Winchester – Butler3:23

    xG 0.15–0.02 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Daugavins – Condra – Smith8:03

    xG 0.30–0.23 (57%)attempts 5–7goals 1–1

  4. Alfredsson – Michalek – Foligno8:06

    xG 0.04–0.03 (57%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Karlsson12:12

    xG 0.41–0.14 (74%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Gonchar – Phillips9:15

    xG 0.44–0.32 (58%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Cowen – Rundblad9:21

    xG 0.15–0.08 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 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.

OTT 1.9 xGCAR 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #490 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 63% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

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

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).