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Sun, Oct 29, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Anaheim Ducks 4, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 93% of the time.

CAR winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA2705112011425
CAR1921108090337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:48ANAOndrej KaseAssists: Nick Ritchie · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:14ANADerek GrantAssists: Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:53CARJeff SkinnerPPAssists: Justin Williams, Derek Ryan · Wrist, 0.39 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:33CARJordan StaalAssists: Sebastian Aho, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:33CARJustin FaulkAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Justin Williams · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:12ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Hampus Lindholm · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Justin Williams stopped
  2. 2. ANA Rickard Rakell stopped
  3. 3. CAR Jaccob Slavin stopped
  4. 4. ANA Corey Perry scored
  5. 5. CAR Sebastian Aho stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 5:54ANAJosh Manson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 18:10ANAJosh Manson: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:22ANANick Ritchie: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACAR
25Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals5.7
47Shot attempts82
20Faceoffs won32
0Power plays3
6Penalty minutes0
37Hits16
21Blocked shots9
3Giveaways8
8Takeaways13

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Grant – Ritchie – Kase4:57

    xG 0.15–0.11 (57%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Perry – Rakell – Ritchie6:10

    xG 0.47–0.51 (48%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Grant – Wagner – Kase5:10

    xG 0.19–0.36 (34%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Wagner – Shaw – Rasmussen3:45

    xG 0.01–0.26 (4%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Holzer – Lindholm15:56

    xG 0.41–0.45 (48%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Montour19:14

    xG 0.89–1.14 (44%)attempts 16–20goals 1–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm3:05

    xG 0.02–0.31 (7%)attempts 1–6goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestKruger – Nordstrom – McGinn8:35

    xG 0.72–0.22 (76%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Rask – Teravainen12:05

    xG 0.53–0.34 (61%)attempts 19–6goals 1–0

  3. Skinner – Ryan – Kuokkanen9:31

    xG 0.49–0.39 (56%)attempts 10–6goals 0–3

  4. Staal – Lindholm – Aho13:33

    xG 0.70–0.69 (50%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce19:57

    xG 1.07–0.15 (88%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Fleury4:45

    xG 0.15–0.09 (64%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Hanifin7:03

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 10–4goals 0–2

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 5.7 xGANA 2.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 88/100 · #161 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.24 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 93% of the time.

CAR winsANA wins

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

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