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Thu, Mar 27, 2014·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Florida Panthers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 54% of the time.

FLA winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11221505332
FLA09014012035

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:09CARJiri TlustyGWGAssists: Eric Staal, Brett Bellemore · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:30CARJiri TlustyAssists: Andrei Loktionov, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:46CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Patrick Dwyer · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:48FLAJesse Winchester: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:48CARRadek Dvorak: Charging5 min
  3. P1 12:48CARRadek Dvorak: Game misconduct10 min
  4. P1 12:48FLAErik Gudbranson: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 8:17CAREric Staal: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 0:54CARJohn-Michael Liles: Holding2 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 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Malhotra won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARFLA
32Shots on goal35
2.5Expected goals2.3
46Shot attempts56
28Faceoffs won27
1Power plays3
19Penalty minutes4
19Hits17
7Blocked shots10
0Giveaways5
2Takeaways4

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. bestMalhotra – Dwyer – Skinner2:10

    xG 0.33–0.03 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Tlusty – Loktionov12:30

    xG 0.80–0.68 (54%)attempts 12–16goals 2–0

  3. Malhotra – Dwyer – Staal2:07

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Gerbe – Staal7:33

    xG 0.36–0.40 (47%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Faulk15:40

    xG 0.57–0.49 (54%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Harrison2:56

    xG 0.11–0.14 (44%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Liles13:56

    xG 0.47–0.58 (45%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestFleischmann – Upshall – Trocheck10:40

    xG 0.46–0.15 (76%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Gomez – Barch – Hayes2:44

    xG 0.16–0.21 (43%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Pirri – Howden2:04

    xG 0.10–0.15 (40%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Boyes – Bergenheim – Bjugstad12:30

    xG 0.42–0.49 (46%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Kulikov16:05

    xG 0.76–0.51 (60%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  2. Jovanovski – Robak8:40

    xG 0.17–0.22 (44%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Gudbranson3:40

    xG 0.23–0.29 (45%)attempts 6–4goals 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.

FLA 2.3 xGCAR 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1142 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 54% of the time.

FLA winsCAR wins

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

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