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Sat, Mar 2, 2013·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Florida Panthers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 6

Expected result

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

CAR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA171908224
CAR313210111634

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:23CARJussi JokinenAssists: Riley Nash, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:39CARJiri TlustyAssists: Alexander Semin · Snap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:28CARJussi JokinenGWGAssists: Riley Nash · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P1 17:41FLAShawn MatthiasAssists: Jerred Smithson, George Parros · Snap, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P2 5:22CARRiley NashAssists: Patrick Dwyer, Jussi Jokinen · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–4
  6. P2 13:03CAREric StaalAssists: Alexander Semin · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–5
  7. P2 19:15FLAFilip KubaAssists: Marcel Goc, Tyson Strachan · Slap, 0.02 xG2–5
  8. P3 12:01CAREric StaalAssists: Alexander Semin, Jamie McBain · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:22FLAJerred Smithson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 15:21FLADrew Shore: Holding2 min
  3. P2 19:52FLAStephen Weiss: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 19:52CARJustin Faulk: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 2:09FLAStephen Weiss: Elbowing2 min
  6. P3 2:09FLAStephen Weiss: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 2:09FLAStephen Weiss: Game misconduct10 min
  8. P3 2:09CARJustin Faulk: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 9:37FLAMarcel Goc: Cross checking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
43% to win57% to win
← FLA attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Weiss
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACAR
24Shots on goal34
1.1Expected goals3.9
45Shot attempts59
32Faceoffs won25
0Power plays4
25Penalty minutes7
17Hits27
15Blocked shots15
4Giveaways4
7Takeaways14

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestParros – Smithson – Matthias2:07

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Kopecky – Weiss – Upshall2:38

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Goc – Skille – Matthias2:37

    xG 0.17–0.21 (45%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Goc – Fleischmann – Skille2:42

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Strachan – Gudbranson2:44

    xG 0.12–0.12 (52%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Kuba – Campbell2:52

    xG 0.07–0.09 (43%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Robak – Gudbranson5:34

    xG 0.14–0.18 (45%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSemin – Staal – Tlusty11:50

    xG 0.64–0.17 (79%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

  2. Jokinen – Dwyer – Nash7:46

    xG 0.65–0.26 (71%)attempts 9–8goals 3–0

  3. LaRose – Staal – Skinner10:52

    xG 0.36–0.10 (78%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Wallace – Westgarth – Bowman8:45

    xG 0.15–0.38 (29%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorvo – Faulk2:27

    xG 0.66–0.07 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Corvo – Gleason12:20

    xG 0.57–0.09 (87%)attempts 9–4goals 2–0

  3. Gleason – McBain8:06

    xG 0.74–0.41 (64%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

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.

CAR 3.9 xGFLA 1.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #434 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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.

CAR winsFLA wins

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

-7
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-3
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).