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Thu, Nov 2, 2017·Pepsi Center, Denver

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 55% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR222116022360
COL2931107527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:55CARVictor RaskAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:31COLCarl SoderbergAssists: Erik Johnson, Mark Barberio · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:21COLPatrik NemethAssists: A.J. Greer, Nail Yakupov · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P1 15:14CARElias LindholmAssists: Sebastian Aho, Haydn Fleury · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:25COLBlake ComeauAssists: Carl Soderberg, Matt Nieto · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:03COLGabriel LandeskogGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Patrik Nemeth · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–4
  7. P2 14:58COLMikko RantanenPPAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Tyson Barrie · Tip-in, 0.02 xG2–5
  8. P2 17:34CARDerek RyanAssists: Josh Jooris · Backhand, 0.16 xG3–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 5:54COLPatrik Nemeth: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 8:49CARMarcus Kruger: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 14:03CARJeff Skinner: Delaying game bench2 min · PPG
  4. P3 11:51COLCarl Soderberg: Tripping2 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 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCOL
60Shots on goal27
3.4Expected goals3.0
90Shot attempts42
38Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
15Hits21
10Blocked shots17
3Giveaways7
9Takeaways11

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 – Skinner – Lindholm6:33

    xG 0.75–0.08 (90%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Jooris – Aho – Ryan5:11

    xG 0.44–0.04 (92%)attempts 11–4goals 1–1

  3. Skinner – Jooris – Ryan6:38

    xG 0.34–0.02 (94%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Lindholm – Aho8:34

    xG 0.38–0.15 (71%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Fleury11:53

    xG 0.81–0.24 (77%)attempts 26–7goals 2–0

  2. Dahlbeck – Hanifin9:22

    xG 0.89–0.46 (66%)attempts 18–12goals 0–2

  3. Faulk – Slavin3:35

    xG 0.33–0.06 (85%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto11:05

    xG 0.50–0.64 (44%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  2. Yakupov – Kerfoot – Greer6:37

    xG 0.18–0.34 (34%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen16:15

    xG 0.48–0.83 (36%)attempts 9–24goals 1–0

  4. Duchene – Grimaldi – Andrighetto9:37

    xG 0.10–0.92 (9%)attempts 5–26goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Nemeth3:48

    xG 0.10–0.04 (74%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Barrie2:17

    xG 0.08–0.07 (55%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Barberio – Mironov4:27

    xG 0.07–0.16 (31%)attempts 3–5goals 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.

COL 3.0 xGCAR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #440 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 55% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

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

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