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Sun, Oct 16, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Vancouver Canucks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 67% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR271100500322
VAN0101721311431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:36CARVictor RaskAssists: Lee Stempniak · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:10CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Justin Faulk, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:28CARJustin FaulkAssists: Joakim Nordstrom · Wrist, 0.29 xG3–0
  4. P2 12:03VANBo HorvatAssists: Markus Granlund · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:11VANMarkus GranlundAssists: Jannik Hansen, Brandon Sutter · Snap, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:10VANBen HuttonAssists: Derek Dorsett, Brendan Gaunce · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:32VANBrandon SutterGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:00VANHenrik Sedin: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:58VANBrendan Gaunce: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:01CARViktor Stalberg: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 14:44CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 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 SOG0VAN
44% to win56% to win
← CAR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rask won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARVAN
22Shots on goal31
1.6Expected goals2.4
43Shot attempts50
30Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits16
12Blocked shots15
9Giveaways10
3Takeaways10

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 – Nestrasil – Nordstrom7:39

    xG 0.43–0.28 (61%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

  2. Stempniak – Skinner – Rask12:04

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Teravainen – Lindholm – Aho7:36

    xG 0.07–0.19 (27%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Bickell – Stalberg8:38

    xG 0.16–0.35 (31%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Faulk – Slavin15:26

    xG 0.65–0.66 (50%)attempts 12–18goals 2–2

  2. Hainsey – Pesce18:52

    xG 0.23–0.27 (45%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Dahlbeck – Hanifin11:50

    xG 0.26–0.64 (29%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHansen – Sutter – Granlund11:30

    xG 0.77–0.19 (80%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Burrows – Dorsett – Gaunce7:05

    xG 0.61–0.03 (96%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Baertschi – Horvat – Virtanen10:28

    xG 0.23–0.03 (87%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson13:10

    xG 0.26–0.53 (33%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Larsen10:32

    xG 0.53–0.13 (80%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Sbisa – Tanev7:41

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Tanev8:57

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 6–9goals 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.

VAN 2.4 xGCAR 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #86 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 67% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).