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Thu, Apr 11, 2013·Verizon Center, Washington

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Washington Capitals 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

WSH winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR115013016144
WSH08213110331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:01CARJeff SkinnerPPAssists: Eric Staal, Joe Corvo · Wrist, 0.41 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:08WSHTroy BrouwerPPAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:46WSHMike GreenGWGAssists: Jay Beagle, Wojtek Wolski · Snap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:54WSHTroy BrouwerENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.74 xG1–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:06CARJustin Faulk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 3:14WSHTroy Brouwer: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 4:51WSHJack Hillen: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 10:02CARAlexander Semin: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 2:56CARJiri Tlusty: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 3:00WSHMike Ribeiro: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 7:54CARJordan Staal: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 8:40WSHMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 8:40CARNicolas Blanchard: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 19:10WSHMarcus Johansson: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:10CARJeff Skinner: Roughing2 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 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← CAR attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARWSH
44Shots on goal31
5.2Expected goals3.7
74Shot attempts59
31Faceoffs won32
3Power plays4
15Penalty minutes13
25Hits26
12Blocked shots18
7Giveaways14
12Takeaways9

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. bestLaRose – Staal – Skinner6:54

    xG 0.90–0.19 (83%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Blanchard – Nash2:25

    xG 0.44–0.04 (92%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Semin – Staal – Tlusty15:01

    xG 1.21–1.07 (53%)attempts 13–21goals 0–0

  4. LaRose – Wallace – Nash2:36

    xG 0.23–0.17 (57%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcBain – Sanguinetti11:15

    xG 1.26–0.35 (78%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – Sanguinetti2:08

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Bergeron3:53

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Backstrom – Johansson12:29

    xG 0.55–0.33 (62%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Wolski – Beagle5:05

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Ribeiro – Brouwer – Volpatti12:24

    xG 0.16–0.20 (44%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Fehr – Perreault9:48

    xG 0.32–1.01 (24%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHillen – Oleksy12:35

    xG 0.58–0.48 (55%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Green – Alzner17:15

    xG 0.59–0.78 (43%)attempts 16–23goals 1–0

  3. Erskine – Carlson16:24

    xG 0.82–1.21 (41%)attempts 11–17goals 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.

WSH 3.7 xGCAR 5.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 20/100 · #567 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 70% of the time.

WSH winsCAR wins

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

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