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Sat, Dec 2, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Florida Panthers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 80% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA0402021401239
CAR11901111017347

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:02CARElias LindholmPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:52FLANick BjugstadAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:17CARJeff SkinnerPPAssists: Derek Ryan · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:04FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.45 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:58CARNoah HanifinGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm · Backhand, 0.24 xG2–3
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 1:12FLAAleksander Barkov: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:46FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:05FLAAleksander Barkov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:25CARBrock McGinn: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 19:25FLAJared McCann: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 7:42FLAMike Matheson: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 7:42CARJeff Skinner: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 7:42FLAMicheal Haley: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 7:42CARJustin Faulk: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 7:42CARJeff Skinner: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 9:01FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 14:18CARNoah Hanifin: Fighting5 min
  13. P2 14:18FLADerek MacKenzie: Fighting5 min
  14. P2 19:26CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 min
  15. P3 7:24FLAAaron Ekblad: Hooking2 min · PPG
  16. P3 12:06CARBrock McGinn: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 12:06FLAAlexander Petrovic: Roughing2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACAR
39Shots on goal47
3.4Expected goals5.7
78Shot attempts82
32Faceoffs won39
2Power plays5
26Penalty minutes20
25Hits19
15Blocked shots15
16Giveaways15
18Takeaways15

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Huberdeau – Barkov10:08

    xG 0.48–0.23 (68%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley5:41

    xG 0.35–0.18 (67%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Trocheck – Hunt – Malgin9:15

    xG 0.37–0.54 (41%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – McGinn – McCann11:30

    xG 0.37–1.55 (19%)attempts 9–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Ekblad16:09

    xG 0.64–0.53 (54%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

  2. Petrovic – McCoshen12:25

    xG 0.56–0.67 (45%)attempts 23–12goals 0–0

  3. Pysyk – Matheson13:30

    xG 0.43–1.07 (29%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Rask – McGinn9:33

    xG 1.25–0.20 (86%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Skinner – Lindholm – Ryan6:47

    xG 0.36–0.14 (71%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris7:17

    xG 0.30–0.09 (77%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Lindholm – Aho2:17

    xG 0.14–0.08 (62%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Hanifin9:05

    xG 1.29–0.26 (83%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Fleury14:49

    xG 1.03–0.58 (64%)attempts 20–20goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Fleury3:41

    xG 0.09–0.10 (45%)attempts 2–8goals 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.

CAR 5.7 xGFLA 3.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 73/100 · #359 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 80% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

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

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