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Sun, Dec 6, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Arizona Coyotes 4, Carolina Hurricanes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 62% of the time.

CAR winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI2601027423
CAR261527518

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:49ARITobias RiederAssists: Stefan Elliott, Anthony Duclair · Snap, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:18CARKris VersteegUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:55ARINicklas GrossmannAssists: Brad Richardson, Jordan Martinook · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:36CARJay McClementAssists: Noah Hanifin, Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.42 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:27CAREric StaalAssists: Elias Lindholm, Kris Versteeg · Snap, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:34ARIStefan ElliottUnassisted · Backhand, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:41ARIAntoine VermettePPAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Backhand, 0.33 xG4–3
  8. P3 15:38CARRon HainseyAssists: Joakim Nordstrom, Andrej Nestrasil · Snap, 0.06 xG4–4
  9. P3 19:43CARJustin FaulkPPGWGAssists: Victor Rask, Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:58ARIMikkel Boedker: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 10:52CARPhillip Di Giuseppe: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 16:46CARKris Versteeg: Closing hand on puck2 min
  4. P3 0:30ARIAntoine Vermette: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 13:08CARJustin Faulk: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:22CARBrad Malone: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 17:45ARIMartin Hanzal: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:55ARIMichael Stone: Slashing2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
47% to win54% to win
← ARI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICAR
23Shots on goal18
1.9Expected goals2.5
42Shot attempts45
28Faceoffs won29
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
22Hits14
13Blocked shots12
2Giveaways5
8Takeaways12

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Downie – Martinook11:54

    xG 0.63–0.16 (79%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Vermette – Boedker – Rieder4:14

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. Hanzal – Duclair – Domi3:26

    xG 0.10–0.06 (64%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  4. Gordon – Chipchura – Scott4:45

    xG 0.03–0.10 (22%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrossmann – Elliott14:37

    xG 0.59–0.48 (55%)attempts 11–9goals 3–0

  2. Michalek – Grossmann2:04

    xG 0.08–0.08 (51%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Ekman-Larsson13:11

    xG 0.31–0.51 (38%)attempts 11–9goals 0–2

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Versteeg – Lindholm10:25

    xG 0.66–0.07 (90%)attempts 12–5goals 2–0

  2. McClement – Malone – McGinn6:04

    xG 0.48–0.02 (95%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Skinner – Rask – Di Giuseppe11:26

    xG 0.30–0.43 (41%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1

  4. Staal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom10:33

    xG 0.10–0.37 (21%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Hanifin3:37

    xG 0.40–0.05 (88%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Faulk11:57

    xG 0.24–0.13 (65%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. Pesce – Hanifin8:59

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

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.

CAR 2.5 xGARI 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 98/100 · #21 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.28 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 62% of the time.

CAR winsARI wins

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

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