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Tue, Dec 5, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 50% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01205013030
VAN0321019322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:58VANDerrick PouliotGWGAssists: Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:50VANThomas VanekPPAssists: Sam Gagner, Derrick Pouliot · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:26VANNikolay GoldobinAssists: Bo Horvat, Derrick Pouliot · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:15VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:31CARJustin Faulk: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 18:55VANBen Hutton: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 12:11CARJosh Jooris: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:50CARMarcus Kruger: Misconduct10 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARVAN
30Shots on goal22
2.1Expected goals2.0
60Shot attempts42
32Faceoffs won21
2Power plays2
14Penalty minutes4
13Hits18
10Blocked shots15
9Giveaways9
5Takeaways4

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 – Lindholm – Ryan4:40

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Teravainen – Aho4:59

    xG 0.18–0.06 (75%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris5:35

    xG 0.26–0.14 (65%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Rask – McGinn12:01

    xG 0.45–0.33 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce17:53

    xG 0.67–0.17 (80%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Fleury16:32

    xG 0.59–0.45 (57%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Hanifin14:00

    xG 0.42–0.30 (58%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHorvat – Goldobin – Boeser9:12

    xG 0.70–0.30 (70%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Granlund – Gaunce – Virtanen12:50

    xG 0.41–0.29 (59%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson8:41

    xG 0.30–0.39 (43%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  4. Vanek – Gagner – Baertschi11:48

    xG 0.10–0.55 (16%)attempts 4–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Pouliot18:05

    xG 1.07–0.40 (73%)attempts 15–14goals 2–0

  2. Hutton – Stecher13:00

    xG 0.13–0.55 (19%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Tanev17:30

    xG 0.37–0.82 (31%)attempts 12–21goals 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.

VAN 2.0 xGCAR 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 5/100 · #1208 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 50% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

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

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