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Sun, Jan 15, 2012·Verizon Center, Washington

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Washington Capitals 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 91% of the time.

WSH winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR013113018144
WSH0419111224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:57WSHAlexander SeminAssists: Marcus Johansson, Alex Ovechkin · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:43CARJussi JokinenPPAssists: Alexei Ponikarovsky, Anthony Stewart · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:12WSHDmitry OrlovGWGAssists: Jason Chimera · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:49WSHJohn Carlson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 7:26CARJussi Jokinen: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:37WSHMike Knuble: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 17:48WSHJay Beagle: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:38WSHTomas Kundratek: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 9:35CARJay Harrison: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 9:35WSHMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 0:00WSHJohn Carlson: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 0:00CARJustin Faulk: Roughing2 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 SOG0WSH
45% to win55% to win
← CAR attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Laich won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARWSH
44Shots on goal24
4.5Expected goals1.6
82Shot attempts38
28Faceoffs won32
4Power plays1
6Penalty minutes12
21Hits36
8Blocked shots25
3Giveaways13
5Takeaways6

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 – Sutter7:05

    xG 1.37–0.12 (92%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Dwyer – Nodl – Sutter15:02

    xG 0.78–0.19 (81%)attempts 23–8goals 0–0

  3. Ruutu – Staal – Tlusty11:26

    xG 0.18–0.44 (28%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Ponikarovsky – Jokinen – Skinner8:09

    xG 0.27–0.60 (31%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJoslin – McBain12:05

    xG 1.83–0.56 (77%)attempts 24–9goals 0–2

  2. Allen – Gleason14:42

    xG 0.83–0.41 (67%)attempts 23–10goals 0–0

  3. Harrison – Faulk16:34

    xG 0.24–0.36 (40%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Halpern – Ward9:47

    xG 0.57–0.30 (66%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  2. Knuble – Laich – Brouwer10:25

    xG 0.44–0.36 (55%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

  3. Semin – Ovechkin – Johansson15:36

    xG 0.10–0.66 (13%)attempts 7–19goals 1–0

  4. Hendricks – Beagle – Eakin6:41

    xG 0.12–1.39 (8%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Alzner – Carlson16:35

    xG 0.54–0.51 (51%)attempts 15–23goals 0–0

  2. Hamrlik – Kundratek9:36

    xG 0.00–0.34 (0%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

  3. Hamrlik – Wideman4:45

    xG 0.16–0.50 (25%)attempts 3–9goals 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.

WSH 1.6 xGCAR 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #734 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 91% of the time.

WSH winsCAR wins

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

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