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Sat, Mar 22, 2014·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 68% of the time.

WPG winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0632105332
WPG01318115236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:48WPGJim SlaterAssists: Mark Stuart · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:25CAREric StaalAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:10CARJordan StaalPPAssists: Andrej Sekera, John-Michael Liles · Snap, 0.31 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:18CARRiley NashGWGAssists: Jeff Skinner, Patrick Dwyer · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:27WPGBryan LittleAssists: Michael Frolik · Snap, 0.23 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:19CARBrett Bellemore: Interference2 min
  2. P1 3:37CARNathan Gerbe: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 11:00WPGEvander Kane: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 2:13WPGDevin Setoguchi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 9:38WPGJim Slater: Tripping2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% 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
32Shots on goal36
3.2Expected goals4.4
66Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
7Hits33
22Blocked shots18
8Giveaways17
8Takeaways8

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. bestSemin – Gerbe – Staal12:01

    xG 0.39–0.09 (82%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Semin – Staal – Staal2:31

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Tlusty – Loktionov9:19

    xG 0.60–0.56 (52%)attempts 19–7goals 1–1

  4. Dwyer – Nash – Skinner6:52

    xG 0.44–0.45 (49%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Liles10:30

    xG 0.72–0.15 (83%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Harrison – Faulk4:10

    xG 0.45–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Sekera3:00

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Little – Frolik13:24

    xG 0.71–0.45 (61%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Setoguchi – O'Dell – Kane10:30

    xG 0.34–0.31 (52%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Slater – Tangradi – Halischuk4:42

    xG 0.13–0.24 (35%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Ellerby3:21

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Ellerby3:00

    xG 0.30–0.15 (66%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba6:08

    xG 0.55–0.44 (56%)attempts 11–9goals 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.

WPG 4.4 xGCAR 3.2 xG
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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 40/100 · #679 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 68% of the time.

WPG winsCAR wins

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

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