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Fri, Dec 11, 2015·Honda Center, Anaheim

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR182927524
ANA0907116132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:50CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:35CARJeff SkinnerGWGAssists: Victor Rask, Phillip Di Giuseppe · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:53CARElias LindholmPPAssists: Eric Staal, Justin Faulk · Slap, 0.27 xG3–0
  4. P3 14:09ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Sami Vatanen, Rickard Rakell · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:43CARJordan StaalAssists: Andrej Nestrasil, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.07 xG4–1
  6. P3 17:36CARJeff SkinnerENAssists: Brett Pesce, Eddie Lack · Tip-in, 0.75 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:25ANANate Thompson: Elbowing5 min
  2. P1 6:25ANANate Thompson: Game misconduct10 min
  3. P1 8:53CAREric Staal: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 7:59CARRon Hainsey: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 16:28ANAAndrew Cogliano: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:57CARRon Hainsey: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 16:57ANARyan Getzlaf: Fighting5 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win54% to win
← CAR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARANA
24Shots on goal32
3.0Expected goals3.0
44Shot attempts73
29Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
9Penalty minutes22
17Hits18
17Blocked shots12
14Giveaways16
5Takeaways5

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 – Versteeg – Lindholm12:23

    xG 0.53–0.38 (58%)attempts 7–18goals 0–1

  2. McClement – Terry – Malone7:45

    xG 0.17–0.37 (32%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Skinner – Rask – Di Giuseppe12:43

    xG 0.64–0.89 (42%)attempts 11–14goals 2–0

  4. Staal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom12:35

    xG 0.13–0.68 (16%)attempts 5–20goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Liles – Faulk2:39

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Hanifin2:50

    xG 0.25–0.36 (40%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Pesce13:10

    xG 0.32–0.47 (41%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Perry – Cogliano5:37

    xG 0.62–0.33 (66%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Stewart – Maroon4:42

    xG 0.48–0.24 (67%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Kesler – Santorelli – Silfverberg5:09

    xG 0.26–0.03 (90%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Hagelin – Silfverberg – Rakell2:12

    xG 0.16–0.07 (68%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm15:03

    xG 1.13–0.39 (75%)attempts 26–7goals 0–0

  2. Stoner – Vatanen12:54

    xG 0.66–0.28 (71%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Fowler16:07

    xG 0.45–1.05 (30%)attempts 14–16goals 0–2

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.

ANA 3.0 xGCAR 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #959 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 51% of the time.

ANA winsCAR wins

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

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