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Sat, Nov 26, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 54% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR1908016133
OTT0111617224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:24CARSebastian AhoAssists: Jeff Skinner, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.42 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:15OTTDion PhaneufAssists: Ryan Dzingel · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:28OTTKyle TurrisGWGAssists: Bobby Ryan, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 12:15CARJeff Skinner: Interference2 min
  2. P3 19:55OTTDion Phaneuf: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← CAR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAROTT
33Shots on goal24
2.2Expected goals2.0
57Shot attempts39
23Faceoffs won27
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
14Hits26
8Blocked shots14
6Giveaways17
2Takeaways7

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. bestMcClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom10:00

    xG 0.82–0.21 (80%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Rask – Teravainen – Lindholm13:31

    xG 0.32–0.16 (66%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  3. Staal – Skinner – Aho13:55

    xG 0.70–0.75 (48%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  4. Stempniak – Nestrasil – Ryan10:03

    xG 0.12–0.50 (20%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce17:50

    xG 0.75–0.30 (71%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  2. Hainsey – Faulk19:54

    xG 0.91–0.48 (65%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

  3. Tennyson – Hanifin13:24

    xG 0.29–1.04 (22%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Kelly – Lazar8:27

    xG 0.55–0.17 (76%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Turris – Dzingel11:35

    xG 0.22–0.30 (43%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  3. Pyatt – Smith – Pageau13:34

    xG 0.59–0.85 (41%)attempts 6–17goals 0–1

  4. Brassard – Hoffman – Stone11:09

    xG 0.23–0.61 (27%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Ceci16:42

    xG 1.30–0.95 (58%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

  2. Phaneuf – Karlsson2:21

    xG 0.07–0.03 (72%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Ceci2:21

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 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.

OTT 2.0 xGCAR 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #990 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 54% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

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

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