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Thu, Feb 23, 2012·RBC Center, Raleigh

Anaheim Ducks 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 52% of the time.

CAR winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA11301019051337
CAR18113010010232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:52CARJerome SamsonAssists: Eric Staal, Jiri Tlusty · Backhand, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:40ANALuca SbisaAssists: Nick Bonino, Devante Smith-Pelly · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:40CARJamie McBainPPAssists: Jaroslav Spacek, Anthony Stewart · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:35ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Teemu Selanne stopped
  2. 2. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
  3. 3. ANA Saku Koivu scored
  4. 4. CAR Eric Staal stopped
  5. 5. ANA Corey Perry stopped
  6. 6. CAR Brandon Sutter stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:19ANABobby Ryan: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 11:18CAREric Staal: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 4:20ANABobby Ryan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:00CARBrandon Sutter: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:04CARPatrick Dwyer: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 9:19CARJeff Skinner: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 14:02CARJerome Samson: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACAR
37Shots on goal32
4.6Expected goals4.7
82Shot attempts58
27Faceoffs won36
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
8Hits19
11Blocked shots17
3Giveaways7
14Takeaways16

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Blake – Getzlaf – Perry10:52

    xG 0.74–0.77 (49%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Koivu – Ryan11:43

    xG 0.53–0.58 (48%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Hagman – Bonino – Smith-Pelly4:17

    xG 0.10–0.18 (36%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Hagman – Cogliano – Bonino2:57

    xG 0.27–0.57 (32%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Sbisa14:35

    xG 0.78–0.56 (58%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Fowler15:05

    xG 0.49–1.21 (29%)attempts 13–19goals 0–1

  3. Lydman – Brookbank12:17

    xG 0.56–1.32 (30%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Bowman – Skinner4:30

    xG 0.89–0.21 (81%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Tlusty – Samson12:42

    xG 0.65–0.32 (67%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  3. Nodl – Sutter – Bowman3:53

    xG 0.27–0.00 (99%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Dwyer – Nodl – Sutter8:41

    xG 0.49–0.81 (38%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Gleason15:14

    xG 1.42–0.59 (71%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  2. Spacek – McBain7:24

    xG 0.81–0.55 (59%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Harrison – Faulk13:51

    xG 0.48–0.74 (40%)attempts 5–15goals 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 4.7 xGANA 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #445 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 52% of the time.

CAR winsANA wins

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

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