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Tue, Oct 17, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 86% of the time.

EDM winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR380726521
EDM015121215351

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:20CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:53CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Justin Faulk, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:40CARElias LindholmPPAssists: Jordan Staal, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–0
  4. P2 17:11EDMMark LetestuPPAssists: Kailer Yamamoto, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.51 xG3–1
  5. P3 4:03CARJordan StaalSHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–1
  6. P3 5:03EDMRyan StromePPAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Kris Russell · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–2
  7. P3 8:06EDMMilan LucicAssists: Ryan Strome, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P3 10:36CARJaccob SlavinAssists: Jordan Staal, Justin Williams · Backhand, 0.12 xG5–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:16EDMKailer Yamamoto: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 4:08EDMPatrick Maroon: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 5:18CARMarcus Kruger: Holding2 min
  4. P1 8:19CARJustin Faulk: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 17:54EDMZack Kassian: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 3:00CARTrevor Carrick: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 9:08EDMMilan Lucic: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 16:33CARSebastian Aho: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  9. P2 17:52CARHaydn Fleury: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 3:14CARJustin Faulk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P3 10:59EDMPatrick Maroon: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 17:24CARJeff Skinner: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAREDM
21Shots on goal51
2.0Expected goals4.4
40Shot attempts82
22Faceoffs won35
5Power plays7
14Penalty minutes10
19Hits36
19Blocked shots15
7Giveaways15
7Takeaways8

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. bestWilliams – Staal – Teravainen5:57

    xG 0.27–0.19 (59%)attempts 7–6goals 2–1

  2. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris6:34

    xG 0.09–0.05 (64%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Rask – Lindholm – Aho3:08

    xG 0.06–0.12 (33%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Skinner – Rask – Ryan6:30

    xG 0.04–0.36 (10%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarrick – Fleury5:51

    xG 0.25–0.12 (67%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Slavin3:32

    xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

  3. Pesce – Fleury2:05

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Malone – Slepyshev5:31

    xG 0.73–0.08 (91%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Maroon – McDavid – Yamamoto13:15

    xG 0.29–0.20 (59%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Strome9:08

    xG 0.32–0.27 (54%)attempts 10–8goals 1–2

  4. Letestu – Kassian – Pakarinen3:27

    xG 0.10–0.17 (37%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGryba – Auvitu11:41

    xG 0.88–0.12 (88%)attempts 20–5goals 1–0

  2. Russell – Klefbom6:23

    xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Nurse5:24

    xG 0.05–0.04 (57%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

EDM 4.4 xGCAR 2.0 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #320 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 86% of the time.

EDM winsCAR wins

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

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