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Sun, Dec 18, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Florida Panthers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 61% of the time.

FLA winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR171160201226
FLA180411013325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:16FLASean BergenheimAssists: Shawn Matthias, Ed Jovanovski · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:38CARTim GleasonAssists: Jamie McBain, Tuomo Ruutu · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:45CARChad LaRoseUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:47FLAJason GarrisonPPAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Ed Jovanovski · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:08FLAKris VersteegGWGAssists: Stephen Weiss, Brian Campbell · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:39CARAlexei Ponikarovsky: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:57FLAMikael Samuelsson: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:45FLAStephen Weiss: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 5:06CARBryan Allen: Kneeing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:44CARJussi Jokinen: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 13:33FLAKris Versteeg: Slashing2 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 SOG0FLA
45% to win55% to win
← CAR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopecky won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARFLA
26Shots on goal25
1.4Expected goals1.9
55Shot attempts50
40Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits29
13Blocked shots18
2Giveaways8
5Takeaways9

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. bestLaRose – Staal – Bowman13:57

    xG 0.57–0.24 (71%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Ponikarovsky – Ruutu – Jokinen10:56

    xG 0.17–0.17 (51%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. Brent – Stewart – Nodl2:42

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Dwyer – Tlusty – Sutter10:05

    xG 0.02–0.07 (21%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Spacek11:15

    xG 0.38–0.06 (86%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Gleason – McBain17:48

    xG 0.43–0.40 (52%)attempts 14–17goals 1–0

  3. Allen – Gleason3:22

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSamuelsson – Bergenheim – Matthias5:55

    xG 0.64–0.15 (82%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  2. Sturm – Bradley – Kopecky5:11

    xG 0.13–0.03 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. Samuelsson – Weiss – Fleischmann2:20

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Sturm – Samuelsson – Matthias2:32

    xG 0.03–0.02 (64%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Kulikov10:41

    xG 0.38–0.16 (70%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Garrison7:56

    xG 0.51–0.31 (62%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  3. Weaver – Garrison5:56

    xG 0.15–0.09 (63%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

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.

FLA 1.9 xGCAR 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #401 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 61% of the time.

FLA winsCAR wins

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

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