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Fri, Jan 15, 2016·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Vancouver Canucks 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 73% of the time.

CAR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN16150714322
CAR1901911101240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:14VANLinden VeyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:27CARKris VersteegPPAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Jordan Staal · Slap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:32VANBo HorvatAssists: Taylor Fedun, Matt Bartkowski · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:50CARJohn-Michael LilesAssists: Andrej Nestrasil, Victor Rask · Deflected, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:25VANBo HorvatGWGAssists: Radim Vrbata, Chris Tanev · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 17:01VANBrandon Prust: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:23VANJake Virtanen: High sticking double minor4 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCAR
22Shots on goal40
1.4Expected goals2.6
39Shot attempts72
29Faceoffs won41
0Power plays3
6Penalty minutes0
17Hits17
19Blocked shots11
6Giveaways10
6Takeaways3

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBaertschi – Horvat – Virtanen11:39

    xG 0.28–0.16 (63%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Baertschi – Virtanen – McCann2:02

    xG 0.09–0.01 (86%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Vey – Etem10:59

    xG 0.18–0.23 (44%)attempts 4–12goals 1–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata11:19

    xG 0.43–0.59 (42%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Fedun – Hutton17:28

    xG 0.13–0.28 (31%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Tanev18:33

    xG 0.39–0.55 (41%)attempts 13–22goals 1–0

  3. Biega – Bartkowski16:19

    xG 0.51–1.04 (33%)attempts 10–21goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Versteeg – Lindholm14:53

    xG 0.85–0.42 (67%)attempts 22–9goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Gerbe – Malone7:01

    xG 0.07–0.04 (64%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Skinner – Rask9:06

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  4. Staal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom10:34

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Slavin14:30

    xG 0.57–0.16 (79%)attempts 19–10goals 0–1

  2. Jordan – Hanifin10:44

    xG 0.44–0.04 (92%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Faulk18:20

    xG 0.62–0.50 (56%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

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 2.6 xGVAN 1.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #386 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 73% of the time.

CAR winsVAN wins

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

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