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Sun, Mar 5, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 62% of the time.

ARI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR014111110235
ARI0811107126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:23ARIPeter HollandAssists: Anthony Duclair, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.42 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:46CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Victor Rask · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:03CARDerek RyanGWGAssists: Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:25ARILuke Schenn: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 3:02CARSebastian Aho: Boarding2 min
  3. P3 4:40CARJustin Faulk: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 11:26CARJustin Faulk: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 11:26CARJustin Faulk: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 11:26ARIPeter Holland: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 19:31ARIMax Domi: Closing hand on puck2 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 SOG0ARI
44% to win56% to win
← CAR attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Martinook
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARARI
35Shots on goal26
3.0Expected goals3.6
62Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits18
16Blocked shots10
7Giveaways1
1Takeaways8

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. bestStaal – Di Giuseppe – Lindholm7:34

    xG 0.36–0.02 (95%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Lindholm – Aho3:34

    xG 0.15–0.12 (55%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Stempniak – Skinner – Ryan11:34

    xG 0.75–0.76 (50%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  4. Rask – Teravainen – Aho9:23

    xG 0.55–0.85 (39%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPesce – Hanifin15:07

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

  2. Slavin – Pesce2:40

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Slavin17:28

    xG 1.20–1.43 (46%)attempts 18–20goals 2–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestHolland – Duclair – Crouse6:47

    xG 0.75–0.09 (90%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. McGinn – Rieder – Jooris9:05

    xG 0.68–0.19 (79%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  3. Doan – Martinook – Perlini11:24

    xG 0.58–0.48 (55%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Domi – Dvorak13:34

    xG 0.38–0.94 (29%)attempts 10–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Murphy18:53

    xG 1.10–0.54 (67%)attempts 19–20goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson16:32

    xG 1.09–0.83 (57%)attempts 13–23goals 1–1

  3. DeAngelo – Chychrun10:10

    xG 0.71–0.66 (52%)attempts 13–8goals 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.

ARI 3.6 xGCAR 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #726 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 62% of the time.

ARI winsCAR wins

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

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