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Fri, Feb 24, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Ottawa Senators 0, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 83% of the time.

CAR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0701809034
CAR119214011344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:19CARJordan StaalGWGAssists: Phillip Di Giuseppe, Brock McGinn · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:16CARElias LindholmAssists: Phillip Di Giuseppe, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:18CARViktor StalbergAssists: Sebastian Aho, Victor Rask · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 8:28OTTZack Smith: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 4:23CARJaccob Slavin: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 9:50OTTMarc Methot: Interference2 min
  4. P3 12:51CARJay McClement: Slashing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCAR
34Shots on goal44
2.4Expected goals4.6
63Shot attempts80
24Faceoffs won42
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
26Hits37
22Blocked shots17
5Giveaways3
13Takeaways18

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Wingels – Bailey3:19

    xG 0.24–0.12 (66%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Kelly – Wingels – Lazar2:13

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Smith – Pageau3:00

    xG 0.21–0.42 (33%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  4. Turris – Dzingel – Pageau2:58

    xG 0.06–0.59 (9%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Wideman5:16

    xG 0.60–0.19 (76%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Borowiecki – Ceci9:06

    xG 0.62–0.44 (58%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Methot2:48

    xG 0.01–0.07 (9%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Di Giuseppe – McGinn8:23

    xG 1.39–0.25 (85%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Stalberg – Rask – Aho2:13

    xG 0.38–0.18 (68%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. McClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom6:39

    xG 0.17–0.05 (79%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Rask – Lindholm – Aho9:47

    xG 0.33–0.34 (50%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Slavin19:27

    xG 1.53–1.09 (58%)attempts 25–27goals 1–0

  2. Pesce – Hanifin13:36

    xG 0.74–0.30 (71%)attempts 20–14goals 1–0

  3. Dahlbeck – Murphy13:27

    xG 0.33–0.58 (36%)attempts 14–13goals 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.

CAR 4.6 xGOTT 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CAROTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1195 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.47 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CAR 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 83% of the time.

CAR winsOTT wins

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

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