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Wed, Nov 26, 2014·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

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

FLA winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR06010017033
FLA1150805128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:21FLANick BjugstadGWGAssists: Brandon Pirri, Jonathan Huberdeau · Slap, 0.33 xG0–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 19:38FLAJussi Jokinen: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 10:22FLAShawn Thornton: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 4:23CARAlexander Semin: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 14:50FLADerek MacKenzie: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Nash
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARFLA
33Shots on goal28
1.9Expected goals1.8
49Shot attempts51
25Faceoffs won34
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
29Hits30
14Blocked shots10
3Giveaways6
2Takeaways5

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. Nestrasil – Skinner – Rask11:18

    xG 0.33–0.28 (54%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Semin – Gerbe – Nash2:11

    xG 0.03–0.03 (47%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Dwyer – Boychuk7:48

    xG 0.07–0.08 (46%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  4. Gerbe – Nash – Lindholm8:00

    xG 0.31–0.65 (32%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Liles14:12

    xG 0.51–0.27 (66%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Gleason2:13

    xG 0.02–0.03 (45%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Faulk15:35

    xG 0.76–0.81 (49%)attempts 21–19goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyes – Bergenheim – Barkov14:47

    xG 0.83–0.44 (66%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Fleischmann – Trocheck10:19

    xG 0.05–0.13 (29%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – MacKenzie – Kopecky8:06

    xG 0.11–0.31 (26%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Pirri – Bjugstad – Huberdeau13:21

    xG 0.47–0.81 (37%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad14:28

    xG 0.95–0.76 (56%)attempts 21–16goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Kulikov17:36

    xG 0.35–0.33 (52%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Olsen – Gudbranson14:24

    xG 0.20–0.31 (39%)attempts 9–11goals 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 1.8 xGCAR 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1211 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (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 53% of the time.

FLA winsCAR wins

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

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