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Thu, Mar 30, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 78% of the time.

CAR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ071110501124
CAR0701211111231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:25CBJJack JohnsonAssists: Scott Hartnell, Sam Gagner · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 15:40CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:16CARNoah HanifinGWGAssists: Jeff Skinner, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:16CBJKyle Quincey: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:16CARJeff Skinner: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 17:25CBJDavid Savard: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 2:36CARDerek Ryan: Holding2 min
  5. P2 13:43CBJKyle Quincey: Holding2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCAR
24Shots on goal31
2.1Expected goals3.7
49Shot attempts68
27Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
32Hits32
19Blocked shots13
3Giveaways11
11Takeaways7

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Gagner – Sedlak8:13

    xG 0.54–0.22 (71%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg11:42

    xG 0.58–0.55 (51%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Calvert – Karlsson – Anderson10:10

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  4. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner13:03

    xG 0.08–0.67 (10%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Nutivaara13:13

    xG 0.72–0.49 (60%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Savard17:55

    xG 0.56–0.61 (48%)attempts 16–18goals 1–0

  3. Jones – Werenski14:10

    xG 0.21–0.87 (19%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNordstrom – Rask – Teravainen13:41

    xG 0.72–0.33 (69%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Lindholm – Aho12:41

    xG 0.37–0.15 (72%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Stempniak – Skinner – Ryan13:46

    xG 0.68–0.56 (55%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

  4. Di Giuseppe – McGinn – Wallmark5:16

    xG 0.26–0.70 (27%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce19:57

    xG 1.10–0.37 (75%)attempts 21–14goals 1–0

  2. Faulk – Hanifin16:32

    xG 0.88–0.50 (64%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  3. Dahlbeck – Tennyson9:54

    xG 0.10–0.71 (12%)attempts 4–15goals 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 3.7 xGCBJ 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 45/100 · #630 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 78% of the time.

CAR winsCBJ wins

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

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