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Sun, Mar 16, 2014·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Edmonton Oilers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 53% of the time.

CAR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM111011111233
CAR11109010130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:43EDMMatt HendricksAssists: Boyd Gordon, Justin Schultz · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:42CARJordan StaalAssists: Eric Staal, Justin Faulk · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:01EDMJustin SchultzPPGWGAssists: David Perron, Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.05 xG2–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:23CARManny Malhotra: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:35EDMDavid Perron: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:10EDMBen Scrivens: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 9:13CARDrayson Bowman: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 11:22EDMMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 11:22CARRon Hainsey: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 11:22CARBrett Bellemore: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 11:22EDMNail Yakupov: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 14:24EDMDavid Perron: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 1:45CARJay Harrison: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 8:15CARAndrei Loktionov: High sticking2 min · PPG

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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gagner won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCAR
33Shots on goal30
3.2Expected goals3.4
55Shot attempts67
28Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
10Penalty minutes12
16Hits19
20Blocked shots9
10Giveaways9
4Takeaways9

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Nugent-Hopkins – Yakupov9:29

    xG 0.51–0.31 (62%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Jones – Gazdic4:54

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Gordon – Lander7:44

    xG 0.22–0.20 (53%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  4. Gagner – Perron – Hall13:13

    xG 0.98–1.20 (45%)attempts 16–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Schultz16:04

    xG 0.85–0.71 (54%)attempts 19–17goals 1–1

  2. Petry – Marincin15:37

    xG 1.02–1.20 (46%)attempts 17–22goals 0–0

  3. Fraser – Klefbom9:57

    xG 0.34–0.75 (31%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSemin – Gerbe – Staal13:57

    xG 1.50–0.64 (70%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Malhotra – Loktionov2:04

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Skinner – Lindholm11:34

    xG 0.43–0.63 (41%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Dwyer – Nash – Bowman5:20

    xG 0.21–0.85 (20%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Murphy3:28

    xG 0.50–0.01 (98%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – Murphy10:04

    xG 0.61–0.41 (60%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Hainsey – Faulk3:02

    xG 0.30–0.12 (72%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

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.

CAR 3.4 xGEDM 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CAREDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #951 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 53% of the time.

CAR winsEDM wins

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

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