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Sat, Nov 5, 2016·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Nashville Predators 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 63% of the time.

NSH winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR081917011325
NSH1815011030227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:44NSHJames NealAssists: Colin Wilson, Matt Irwin · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:25CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Ryan Murphy · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:05NSHMatt IrwinAssists: Colton Sissons, Calle Jarnkrok · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:22CARRon HainseySHAssists: Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NSH Craig Smith stopped
  2. 2. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
  3. 3. NSH Ryan Johansen stopped
  4. 4. CAR Teuvo Teravainen stopped
  5. 5. NSH Filip Forsberg stopped
  6. 6. CAR Jaccob Slavin scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:46NSHYannick Weber: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:01NSHCraig Smith: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:06CARVictor Rask: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 17:36NSHRyan Johansen: Elbowing2 min
  5. P3 7:07CARJustin Faulk: Hooking2 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 SOG0NSH
44% to win56% to win
← CAR attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rask won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNSH
25Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals2.7
59Shot attempts50
21Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
13Hits12
11Blocked shots20
11Giveaways15
8Takeaways8

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. bestTeravainen – Lindholm – Aho4:52

    xG 0.30–0.02 (93%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom4:58

    xG 0.11–0.01 (88%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Stalberg – Teravainen – Lindholm8:09

    xG 0.10–0.05 (67%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  4. McClement – Nestrasil – Di Giuseppe4:13

    xG 0.04–0.04 (51%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce15:51

    xG 0.54–0.08 (88%)attempts 21–7goals 0–1

  2. Murphy – Hanifin9:44

    xG 0.14–0.37 (27%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Hainsey – Faulk19:06

    xG 0.62–0.88 (41%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Johansen – Arvidsson12:53

    xG 0.77–0.53 (59%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Ribeiro – Wilson – Smith12:47

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Jarnkrok – Forsberg – Fiala6:37

    xG 0.05–0.04 (54%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Bass – Watson – Sissons7:43

    xG 0.04–0.22 (14%)attempts 1–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Irwin11:30

    xG 0.44–0.27 (62%)attempts 6–17goals 2–0

  2. Josi – Ellis16:15

    xG 0.56–0.51 (52%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  3. Subban – Ekholm17:41

    xG 0.38–0.45 (46%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

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.

NSH 2.7 xGCAR 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #364 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.90 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 63% of the time.

NSH winsCAR wins

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

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