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Fri, Feb 17, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Colorado Avalanche 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 67% of the time.

CAR winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL1140120813237
CAR190120800129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:48COLTyson BarrieAssists: Jarome Iginla, John Mitchell · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:11CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Lee Stempniak, Brett Pesce · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:23COLMikko RantanenGWGAssists: Matt Duchene · Slap, 0.09 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:52COLJoe Colborne: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:44CARDerek Ryan: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 17:01COLJoe Colborne: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 9:09CARLee Stempniak: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 0:00CARJustin Faulk: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
44% to win56% to win
← COL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rask won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCAR
37Shots on goal29
2.7Expected goals3.6
58Shot attempts56
36Faceoffs won33
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
25Hits15
9Blocked shots12
8Giveaways19
11Takeaways23

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Duchene – Rantanen8:05

    xG 0.48–0.03 (94%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Nieto – Landeskog – MacKinnon9:50

    xG 0.22–0.08 (73%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Mitchell – Grigorenko7:27

    xG 0.09–0.13 (41%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Soderberg – Colborne – Martinsen4:54

    xG 0.04–0.21 (17%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Zadorov10:01

    xG 0.54–0.14 (80%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  2. Barberio – Barrie5:11

    xG 0.51–0.21 (71%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Beauchemin – Tyutin2:48

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom4:49

    xG 0.21–0.03 (87%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Stempniak – Skinner – Teravainen8:46

    xG 0.22–0.24 (48%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Rask – McGinn – Ryan7:35

    xG 0.18–0.27 (40%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Lindholm – Aho9:10

    xG 0.26–0.59 (30%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce12:29

    xG 0.49–0.20 (71%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Dahlbeck – Hanifin10:52

    xG 0.28–0.47 (37%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Faulk11:00

    xG 0.14–0.73 (16%)attempts 2–13goals 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.

CAR 3.6 xGCOL 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #767 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +16 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 67% of the time.

CAR winsCOL wins

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

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