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Tue, Apr 16, 2013·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 64% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR011113110234
OTT11421406334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:22OTTMika ZibanejadAssists: Cory Conacher, Sergei Gonchar · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:00OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Patrick Wiercioch, Sergei Gonchar · Snap, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:00CARJustin FaulkAssists: Eric Staal · Snap, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:12OTTChris NeilGWGAssists: Guillaume Latendresse · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:30CAREric StaalPPAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–3
Penalties (19)
  1. P1 13:11OTTJared Cowen: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 13:11CARChad LaRose: Instigator2 min
  3. P1 13:11CARChad LaRose: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 13:11CARChad LaRose: Misconduct10 min
  5. P1 15:21OTTZack Smith: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 15:21CARNicolas Blanchard: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 0:22OTTMarc Methot: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 10:10CARKevin Westgarth: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 10:10OTTJared Cowen: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 10:10CARKevin Westgarth: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 15:16OTTKyle Turris: Holding2 min
  12. P2 19:47OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  13. P2 19:47CARTim Gleason: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 8:30CARKevin Westgarth: Too many men on the ice2 min
  15. P3 14:30OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Hooking2 min · PPG
  16. P3 16:18OTTMilan Michalek: Fighting5 min
  17. P3 16:18CARMarc-Andre Bergeron: Fighting5 min
  18. P3 16:18OTTMilan Michalek: Elbowing2 min
  19. P3 17:19CARAlexander Semin: Hooking2 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 SOG0OTT
43% to win57% to win
← CAR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAROTT
34Shots on goal34
2.6Expected goals3.4
60Shot attempts51
34Faceoffs won29
4Power plays4
43Penalty minutes33
34Hits27
10Blocked shots19
7Giveaways7
11Takeaways8

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. bestRuutu – Dwyer – Staal7:13

    xG 0.62–0.18 (77%)attempts 11–3goals 0–1

  2. LaRose – Staal – Skinner2:05

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Ruutu – Dwyer – Nash3:36

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Staal – Tlusty12:36

    xG 0.15–1.13 (12%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBergeron – Sanguinetti2:48

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Corvo – Sanguinetti2:08

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Harrison – Faulk3:28

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSilfverberg – Conacher – Zibanejad8:34

    xG 0.88–0.25 (78%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Alfredsson – Michalek – Turris13:36

    xG 0.89–0.41 (69%)attempts 12–17goals 1–1

  3. Neil – Latendresse – Smith7:02

    xG 0.21–0.50 (29%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  4. Greening – Condra – Pageau7:06

    xG 0.13–0.73 (15%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Wiercioch12:31

    xG 1.35–0.80 (63%)attempts 17–11goals 3–0

  2. Phillips – Methot14:31

    xG 1.09–0.59 (65%)attempts 11–20goals 0–1

  3. Gryba – Cowen10:33

    xG 0.06–0.29 (17%)attempts 4–10goals 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.

OTT 3.4 xGCAR 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #519 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50OTT 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 64% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

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

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