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Sat, Mar 30, 2013·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 64% of the time.

WPG winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR2701219328
WPG011112012135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:06CARAlexander SeminAssists: Tuomo Ruutu, Eric Staal · Snap, 0.41 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:40CARJussi JokinenGWGAssists: Joni Pitkanen, Tuomo Ruutu · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:26WPGOlli JokinenAssists: Evander Kane, Antti Miettinen · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:28CAREric StaalAssists: Alexander Semin · Snap, 0.05 xG3–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:40WPGEvander Kane: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:51CARJoni Pitkanen: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 15:55WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:55CARTim Gleason: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:27CARJoni Pitkanen: Interference2 min
  6. P2 10:14WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 12:08WPGGrant Clitsome: Delaying game2 min
  8. P2 13:48WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Kneeing2 min
  9. P2 17:29WPGBlake Wheeler: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 9:39WPGDustin Byfuglien: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 11:14CARJoni Pitkanen: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← CAR attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARWPG
28Shots on goal35
4.2Expected goals3.4
58Shot attempts60
38Faceoffs won24
6Power plays3
11Penalty minutes17
22Hits29
17Blocked shots16
8Giveaways15
3Takeaways8

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. bestDwyer – Staal – Bowman6:33

    xG 0.95–0.38 (72%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  2. Jokinen – Nash – Skinner7:15

    xG 0.58–0.40 (59%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Brent – Westgarth – Bowman2:18

    xG 0.06–0.13 (32%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Staal – Tlusty10:23

    xG 0.14–0.77 (15%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorvo – Gleason13:26

    xG 1.09–0.94 (54%)attempts 13–16goals 2–0

  2. Pitkanen – McBain12:57

    xG 0.99–0.95 (51%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  3. Harrison – Bellemore9:43

    xG 0.25–0.42 (37%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Miettinen – Kane10:04

    xG 0.62–0.20 (76%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Antropov – Wellwood – Tangradi4:11

    xG 0.13–0.03 (79%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Wheeler – Little11:24

    xG 1.00–1.81 (35%)attempts 15–16goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bogosian13:18

    xG 1.32–0.22 (86%)attempts 23–11goals 1–1

  2. Meech – Clitsome8:16

    xG 0.22–0.87 (20%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien14:54

    xG 0.54–1.24 (30%)attempts 9–16goals 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.

WPG 3.4 xGCAR 4.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #470 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 64% of the time.

WPG winsCAR wins

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

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