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Sat, Apr 7, 2012·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 60% of the time.

FLA winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR013011111135
FLA2121618426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:02FLAMarcel GocAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Mikael Samuelsson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:43FLAJohn MaddenGWGAssists: Tomas Kopecky, Ed Jovanovski · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:06FLAStephen WeissPPAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Kris Versteeg · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 8:26CARJoni PitkanenPPAssists: Eric Staal · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:36FLAMikael SamuelssonENAssists: Jason Garrison, Marcel Goc · Snap, 0.61 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:18CARJeremy Welsh: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:30CARJeremy Welsh: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:00FLAMikael Samuelsson: Interference2 min
  4. P3 8:23FLAKris Versteeg: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Madden
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARFLA
35Shots on goal26
1.7Expected goals2.1
57Shot attempts45
30Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
40Hits16
11Blocked shots14
2Giveaways7
7Takeaways2

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. bestTlusty – Nodl – Sutter6:44

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Nodl – Sutter4:34

    xG 0.24–0.05 (84%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – LaRose – Staal8:50

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  4. Ruutu – Skinner – Welsh12:53

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPitkanen – McBain19:43

    xG 0.85–0.55 (61%)attempts 22–18goals 0–1

  2. Allen – Harrison8:52

    xG 0.14–0.05 (72%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. Gleason – Faulk12:16

    xG 0.41–0.34 (55%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestMadden – Kopecky – Wolski2:15

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Weiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg15:45

    xG 0.36–0.30 (55%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Samuelsson – Goc – Bergenheim9:56

    xG 0.28–0.25 (53%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  4. Sturm – Madden – Kopecky5:36

    xG 0.11–0.16 (41%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJovanovski – Gudbranson12:44

    xG 0.30–0.17 (63%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Garrison15:59

    xG 0.40–0.39 (51%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Weaver2:08

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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 2.1 xGCAR 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #918 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 60% of the time.

FLA winsCAR wins

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

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