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Mon, Dec 9, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 64% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01107013031
VAN1130617226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:35VANChris TanevGWGAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Chris Higgins · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 18:46VANJannik HansenENAssists: Chris Higgins · Wrist, 0.63 xG0–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:13VANHenrik Sedin: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:29CARJay Harrison: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 19:41CARAndrej Sekera: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 19:43VANRyan Kesler: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 2:29CARRyan Murphy: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 11:30VANJannik Hansen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 18:14CARTim Gleason: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 18:39VANJason Garrison: Slashing2 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 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARVAN
31Shots on goal26
1.9Expected goals2.7
59Shot attempts51
27Faceoffs won32
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
20Hits21
14Blocked shots14
6Giveaways11
10Takeaways10

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 – Tlusty – Nash6:15

    xG 0.57–0.13 (81%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Malhotra – Westgarth3:40

    xG 0.10–0.03 (79%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Malhotra – Dwyer – Tlusty2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Gerbe – Staal – Lindholm8:44

    xG 0.33–0.38 (47%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Harrison12:27

    xG 0.54–0.29 (65%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Faulk15:54

    xG 0.69–0.59 (54%)attempts 20–16goals 0–1

  3. Harrison – Murphy2:04

    xG 0.06–0.05 (52%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHiggins – Kesler – Santorelli12:07

    xG 0.46–0.34 (58%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Richardson – Hansen – Kassian2:19

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Dalpe – Weise – Welsh2:34

    xG 0.12–0.05 (72%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Booth – Kassian7:05

    xG 0.27–0.20 (57%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Tanev9:02

    xG 0.78–0.33 (70%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Stanton – Tanev5:07

    xG 0.17–0.03 (84%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Bieksa5:37

    xG 0.18–0.22 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 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.

VAN 2.7 xGCAR 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1200 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 64% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

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

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