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Sun, Nov 26, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Nashville Predators 3, Carolina Hurricanes 4 (SO)

Expected result

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

CAR winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH19112113010335
CAR115111110002436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:37CARJosh JoorisAssists: Marcus Kruger, Trevor van Riemsdyk · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:36NSHViktor ArvidssonAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Juuse Saros · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:32NSHMattias EkholmPPAssists: Roman Josi, Kyle Turris · Snap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:37CARVictor RaskAssists: Elias Lindholm, Noah Hanifin · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:49CARJustin WilliamsPPAssists: Derek Ryan, Victor Rask · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:15NSHCraig SmithAssists: Kevin Fiala · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Brock McGinn stopped
  2. 2. NSH Kyle Turris stopped
  3. 3. CAR Sebastian Aho scored
  4. 4. NSH Filip Forsberg stopped
  5. 5. CAR Teuvo Teravainen scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 4:23NSHRyan Johansen: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:58CARJustin Williams: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P3 2:39NSHAustin Watson: Interference2 min
  4. P3 4:47NSHMattias Ekholm: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. OT 2:03CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 min
  6. OT 4:40NSHMattias Ekholm: Interference2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHCAR
35Shots on goal36
3.4Expected goals4.2
75Shot attempts73
33Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
37Hits34
21Blocked shots21
10Giveaways21
8Takeaways16

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestTurris – Smith – Fiala12:13

    xG 0.70–0.31 (69%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Bonino – Jarnkrok – Sissons13:29

    xG 0.76–0.81 (48%)attempts 17–13goals 0–1

  3. Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson14:45

    xG 0.80–0.93 (46%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  4. Watson – Aberg – Gaudreau5:50

    xG 0.18–0.40 (31%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ekholm20:30

    xG 1.18–0.95 (55%)attempts 27–21goals 0–1

  2. Emelin – Subban18:00

    xG 1.16–1.47 (44%)attempts 22–21goals 1–0

  3. Irwin – Bitetto12:55

    xG 0.20–0.58 (26%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Teravainen – Aho13:30

    xG 0.65–0.25 (72%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris7:17

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Rask – McGinn – Lindholm10:31

    xG 0.96–0.83 (54%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  4. Williams – Skinner – Ryan12:09

    xG 0.56–1.20 (32%)attempts 14–21goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce16:12

    xG 1.00–0.52 (66%)attempts 19–16goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Slavin2:02

    xG 0.16–0.03 (83%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Fleury15:40

    xG 0.88–1.04 (46%)attempts 16–20goals 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 4.2 xGNSH 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #296 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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.

CAR winsNSH wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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