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Tue, Oct 18, 2016·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01307213233
EDM2111908328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:51EDMAnton SlepyshevAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:22EDMJordan EberleAssists: Mark Fayne · Deflected, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:35EDMTyler PitlickGWGAssists: Mark Letestu, Anton Lander · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 3:18CARLee StempniakAssists: Victor Rask, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:14CARLee StempniakAssists: Jeff Skinner, Victor Rask · Snap, 0.19 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:19CARRon Hainsey: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:01EDMConnor McDavid: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 16:28CARJaccob Slavin: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 5:00CARLee Stempniak: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 16:24EDMAdam Larsson: High sticking2 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 SOG0EDM
44% to win56% to win
← CAR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAREDM
33Shots on goal28
3.2Expected goals3.3
64Shot attempts57
35Faceoffs won22
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
18Hits18
16Blocked shots15
7Giveaways13
9Takeaways11

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. bestStempniak – Skinner – Rask12:15

    xG 1.11–0.53 (68%)attempts 17–13goals 2–0

  2. Staal – Nordstrom – Di Giuseppe8:32

    xG 0.34–0.11 (76%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Bickell – Frk4:39

    xG 0.07–0.09 (44%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  4. Teravainen – Lindholm – Aho4:56

    xG 0.06–0.12 (34%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Faulk14:19

    xG 1.05–0.29 (79%)attempts 17–11goals 2–1

  2. Slavin – Pesce14:11

    xG 0.79–0.25 (76%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Hanifin – Nakladal13:23

    xG 0.22–0.68 (24%)attempts 13–18goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPouliot – Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins9:51

    xG 0.35–0.17 (68%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Maroon – Slepyshev – Draisaitl11:09

    xG 0.39–0.30 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Letestu – Lander – Pitlick6:52

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  4. Lucic – Eberle – McDavid11:26

    xG 0.34–0.46 (43%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Nurse2:08

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Klefbom4:07

    xG 0.10–0.07 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Russell – Nurse2:30

    xG 0.05–0.06 (42%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

EDM 3.3 xGCAR 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #443 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsCAR wins

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

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

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