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Sun, Mar 8, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Edmonton Oilers 4, Carolina Hurricanes 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 68% of the time.

CAR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM162915420
CAR010315410735

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:19EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:45EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Matt Hendricks, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.60 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:59EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Jordan Eberle · Snap, 0.32 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:22CARAlexander SeminAssists: Riley Nash, Michal Jordan · Backhand, 0.23 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:00CARElias LindholmAssists: Ron Hainsey, Eric Staal · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:23CARJeff SkinnerPPAssists: Eric Staal, Elias Lindholm · Snap, 0.38 xG3–3
  7. P3 1:40CARAndrej NestrasilPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Victor Rask · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–4
  8. P3 6:18CARJeff SkinnerPPGWGAssists: Ryan Murphy, John-Michael Liles · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–5
  9. P3 6:49CARElias LindholmAssists: Victor Rask, Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–6
  10. P3 9:31EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG4–6
  11. P3 18:40CARElias LindholmENAssists: Eric Staal, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.57 xG4–7
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:40CARRasmus Rissanen: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:40EDMLuke Gazdic: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:55CARAlexander Semin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:08CAREric Staal: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:09EDMJustin Schultz: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:03EDMTeddy Purcell: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 0:33EDMMartin Marincin: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 4:22EDMJordan Eberle: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 4:22EDMJordan Eberle: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 4:22CARNathan Gerbe: Roughing2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Roy won the faceoff against Rask
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCAR
20Shots on goal35
2.9Expected goals4.0
36Shot attempts71
24Faceoffs won43
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
39Hits27
20Blocked shots11
6Giveaways17
7Takeaways12

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Eberle – Fraser – Nugent-Hopkins4:51

    xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Hendricks – Hamilton – Fraser4:06

    xG 0.02–0.09 (19%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Roy – Purcell – Yakupov11:11

    xG 0.51–0.68 (43%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  4. Gordon – Klinkhammer – Gazdic4:18

    xG 0.01–0.19 (6%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Fayne – Aulie2:15

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Ference – Aulie7:11

    xG 0.09–0.19 (33%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Oesterle3:38

    xG 0.06–0.43 (13%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestGerbe – Staal – Nestrasil10:47

    xG 0.86–0.11 (89%)attempts 20–1goals 0–1

  2. Staal – Rask – Lindholm9:22

    xG 0.55–0.11 (83%)attempts 15–5goals 2–0

  3. Semin – Nash – Skinner8:30

    xG 0.50–0.13 (79%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  4. McClement – Dwyer – Malone9:24

    xG 0.30–0.01 (98%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Faulk13:32

    xG 0.81–0.16 (83%)attempts 21–5goals 1–1

  2. Liles – Jordan12:13

    xG 0.67–0.14 (83%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  3. Rissanen – Murphy15:17

    xG 0.47–0.30 (61%)attempts 13–9goals 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.

CAR 4.0 xGEDM 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CAREDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #51 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 11 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 68% of the time.

CAR winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+4
+5
+6
+7

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