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Thu, Feb 5, 2015·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Arizona Coyotes 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 72% of the time.

ARI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR18013015051241
ARI11107010010129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:03CARVictor RaskAssists: Ron Hainsey, John-Michael Liles · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:38ARIDavid MossAssists: Keith Yandle, Kyle Chipchura · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Lucas Lessio stopped
  2. 2. CAR Elias Lindholm scored
  3. 3. ARI Sam Gagner stopped
  4. 4. CAR Victor Rask stopped
  5. 5. ARI Antoine Vermette stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 9:07ARILauri Korpikoski: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 19:09ARIAlexandre Bolduc: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 6:53ARIMike Smith: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARARI
41Shots on goal29
3.0Expected goals1.7
68Shot attempts56
19Faceoffs won33
4Power plays0
0Penalty minutes8
31Hits42
16Blocked shots17
3Giveaways8
8Takeaways4

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 – Skinner – Rask9:11

    xG 0.52–0.32 (62%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  2. Gerbe – Tlusty – Nestrasil11:01

    xG 0.52–0.38 (58%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Staal – Lindholm12:16

    xG 0.24–0.38 (38%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Dwyer – Malone10:47

    xG 0.09–0.24 (26%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Liles8:55

    xG 0.66–0.17 (79%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Faulk12:08

    xG 0.48–0.28 (64%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Faulk2:11

    xG 0.06–0.05 (52%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Chipchura – Korpikoski7:01

    xG 0.46–0.12 (80%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  2. Gagner – Shinnimin – Lessio2:23

    xG 0.11–0.02 (84%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Crombeen – Shinnimin – Lessio7:32

    xG 0.17–0.25 (41%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Erat – Gagner – Shinnimin2:04

    xG 0.11–0.18 (37%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Ekman-Larsson16:27

    xG 0.62–0.32 (66%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Murphy14:09

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Stone17:53

    xG 0.49–0.98 (33%)attempts 12–25goals 1–1

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.

ARI 1.7 xGCAR 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #932 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 72% of the time.

ARI winsCAR wins

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

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