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Fri, Dec 23, 2011·RBC Center, Raleigh

Ottawa Senators 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 87% of the time.

CAR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT16080702123
CAR1190100712238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:33CARAndreas NodlAssists: Riley Nash, Jamie McBain · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:15OTTFilip KubaAssists: Nick Foligno, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:36CARTuomo RuutuGWGAssists: Jay Harrison, Jussi Jokinen · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 8:11OTTZack Smith: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:20OTTErik Condra: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:58OTTJared Cowen: Interference2 min
  4. P3 9:21CARJaroslav Spacek: Tripping2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCAR
23Shots on goal38
2.2Expected goals4.9
53Shot attempts83
28Faceoffs won37
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
29Hits14
24Blocked shots13
8Giveaways4
7Takeaways11

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Spezza – Greening13:01

    xG 0.58–0.19 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Konopka – Hoffman – Butler6:06

    xG 0.23–0.26 (47%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Turris – Butler5:02

    xG 0.46–0.64 (42%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Condra – Turris7:26

    xG 0.04–0.23 (16%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Karlsson2:00

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Kuba – Karlsson18:01

    xG 0.59–0.50 (54%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  3. Phillips – Carkner12:17

    xG 0.23–0.73 (24%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestLaRose – Staal – Bowman14:40

    xG 1.23–0.46 (73%)attempts 23–12goals 0–0

  2. Ponikarovsky – Ruutu – Jokinen11:00

    xG 1.03–0.67 (61%)attempts 22–10goals 0–0

  3. Stewart – Nodl – Nash5:23

    xG 0.16–0.09 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Dwyer – Tlusty – Sutter12:43

    xG 0.22–0.60 (27%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Spacek13:25

    xG 0.77–0.24 (76%)attempts 27–10goals 0–0

  2. Gleason – McBain15:31

    xG 1.33–0.91 (59%)attempts 23–13goals 1–0

  3. Allen – Gleason3:06

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

CAR 4.9 xGOTT 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CAROTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #934 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 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 87% of the time.

CAR winsOTT wins

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

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