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Tue, Oct 28, 2014·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 59% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR05012113130
VAN182819425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:32VANBrad RichardsonAssists: Zack Kassian, Shawn Matthias · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:50VANLinden VeyPPGWGAssists: Radim Vrbata, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:39VANJannik HansenAssists: Yannick Weber, Luca Sbisa · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P3 11:05CARJiri TlustyAssists: Eric Staal, Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:43VANBrad RichardsonENAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.58 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:15VANBrad Richardson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:04CARRyan Murphy: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:53VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 18:59VANLuca Sbisa: Holding2 min
  5. P3 2:00CARJay McClement: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 2:00VANBrad Richardson: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 4:00CARAlexander Semin: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 11:42CARTim Gleason: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARVAN
30Shots on goal25
2.8Expected goals3.3
51Shot attempts46
29Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
21Hits23
9Blocked shots16
5Giveaways2
8Takeaways9

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. bestStaal – Tlusty – Skinner3:12

    xG 0.43–0.07 (85%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Nash – Rask – Lindholm2:43

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

  3. Semin – Staal – Tlusty9:49

    xG 0.41–0.40 (51%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Skinner – Lindholm7:37

    xG 0.18–0.23 (43%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Liles9:50

    xG 0.45–0.40 (53%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  2. Gleason – Murphy14:58

    xG 0.63–0.58 (52%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

  3. Sekera – Faulk11:07

    xG 0.19–0.60 (24%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Matthias – Kassian8:11

    xG 0.98–0.09 (92%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Hansen – Dorsett – Vey8:49

    xG 0.20–0.24 (46%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  3. Higgins – Burrows – Bonino9:09

    xG 0.14–0.39 (27%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata13:05

    xG 0.38–0.64 (37%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Sbisa11:55

    xG 0.91–0.12 (89%)attempts 11–6goals 2–0

  2. Edler – Tanev15:23

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Edler2:02

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 2–1goals 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 3.3 xGCAR 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #916 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 59% 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).