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Wed, Feb 8, 2012·Honda Center, Anaheim

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Anaheim Ducks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 53% of the time.

ANA winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR1110811301233
ANA0811211212334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:57CARTuomo RuutuAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Justin Faulk · Tip-in, 0.29 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:48ANANick BoninoAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Andrew Cogliano · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:47CAREric StaalUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:11ANASaku KoivuAssists: Matt Beleskey, Luca Sbisa · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:14ANACorey PerryGWGAssists: Sheldon Brookbank · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 4:34ANALuca Sbisa: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 6:16ANARyan Getzlaf: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 7:31CARChad LaRose: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← CAR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARANA
33Shots on goal34
3.1Expected goals3.2
63Shot attempts63
28Faceoffs won28
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
42Hits30
17Blocked shots17
8Giveaways10
4Takeaways6

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Bowman – Skinner11:48

    xG 0.78–0.38 (67%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Staal – Tlusty13:24

    xG 1.02–0.78 (57%)attempts 12–15goals 2–0

  3. Dwyer – Nodl – Sutter13:42

    xG 0.62–0.44 (58%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  4. LaRose – Brent – Stewart8:27

    xG 0.21–0.69 (24%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpacek – McBain13:51

    xG 0.75–0.52 (59%)attempts 18–13goals 1–1

  2. Harrison – Faulk19:45

    xG 1.14–0.99 (54%)attempts 18–25goals 0–1

  3. Allen – Gleason19:46

    xG 0.96–0.90 (51%)attempts 21–15goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHagman – Parros – Pelley5:15

    xG 0.34–0.11 (76%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Koivu – Beleskey12:57

    xG 0.92–0.74 (56%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan15:47

    xG 1.03–1.10 (48%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

  4. Blake – Cogliano – Bonino14:26

    xG 0.30–0.80 (27%)attempts 9–20goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Fowler18:22

    xG 0.87–0.80 (52%)attempts 22–20goals 0–1

  2. Visnovsky – Sbisa16:10

    xG 0.74–0.72 (51%)attempts 14–14goals 2–0

  3. Lydman – Brookbank15:40

    xG 1.03–1.23 (46%)attempts 19–21goals 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.

ANA 3.2 xGCAR 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #435 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 53% of the time.

ANA winsCAR wins

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

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