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Thu, Oct 19, 2017·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 63% of the time.

CGY winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR08115110233
CGY0906111126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:48CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Derek Ryan, Brock McGinn · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:09CARJustin WilliamsPPGWGAssists: Jeff Skinner, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 16:32CGYSean MonahanAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Jaromir Jagr · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:19CGYDougie Hamilton: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 19:56CGYTravis Hamonic: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:39CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:50CGYSam Bennett: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 14:57CARJustin Williams: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 0:00CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:57CGYMikael Backlund: Cross checking2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bennett won the faceoff against Rask
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCGY
33Shots on goal26
2.4Expected goals1.7
68Shot attempts44
32Faceoffs won27
6Power plays1
2Penalty minutes12
4Hits14
7Blocked shots22
4Giveaways13
4Takeaways5

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. bestSkinner – McGinn – Ryan10:45

    xG 0.53–0.19 (74%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris10:22

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Rask – Lindholm – Aho8:04

    xG 0.15–0.22 (40%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Staal – Teravainen10:13

    xG 0.23–0.44 (34%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce20:11

    xG 0.78–0.52 (60%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  2. Faulk – Hanifin10:55

    xG 0.38–0.19 (67%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Fleury9:21

    xG 0.20–0.22 (48%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Gaudreau – Monahan13:03

    xG 0.66–0.32 (68%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk10:33

    xG 0.34–0.14 (71%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Glass – Brouwer5:56

    xG 0.02–0.17 (11%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Versteeg – Ferland – Bennett7:43

    xG 0.07–0.28 (21%)attempts 4–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton15:14

    xG 0.59–0.24 (71%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Brodie17:31

    xG 0.50–0.39 (57%)attempts 18–19goals 1–0

  3. Stone – Bartkowski9:09

    xG 0.00–0.49 (0%)attempts 1–13goals 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.

CGY 1.7 xGCAR 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #1044 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 63% of the time.

CGY winsCAR wins

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

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