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Tue, Jan 30, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Ottawa Senators 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 77% of the time.

CAR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT01011208130
CAR08018213239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:48OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Zack Smith, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:49CARSebastian AhoAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Jordan Staal · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:32CARVictor RaskPPGWGAssists: Justin Williams, Noah Hanifin · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:18CARSebastian Aho: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 18:53OTTErik Karlsson: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 9:39OTTZack Smith: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 17:28OTTDion Phaneuf: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCAR
30Shots on goal39
2.4Expected goals4.0
54Shot attempts79
27Faceoffs won30
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
26Hits18
18Blocked shots10
8Giveaways5
10Takeaways19

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – DiDomenico – White7:37

    xG 0.72–0.35 (67%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Paajarvi – Dzingel11:55

    xG 0.51–0.65 (44%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Smith – Pageau11:23

    xG 0.39–0.56 (41%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  4. Ryan – Hoffman – Duchene12:46

    xG 0.44–0.82 (35%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Phaneuf – Ceci6:31

    xG 0.49–0.46 (52%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Karlsson9:55

    xG 0.39–0.36 (52%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Karlsson – Chabot8:57

    xG 0.52–0.53 (50%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStempniak – Skinner – Ryan11:40

    xG 0.91–0.26 (78%)attempts 19–4goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Teravainen – Aho7:00

    xG 0.78–0.15 (84%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  3. Kruger – Nordstrom – McGinn2:07

    xG 0.09–0.10 (47%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Kruger – Nordstrom – Lindholm3:54

    xG 0.13–0.20 (41%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Fleury16:14

    xG 0.98–0.65 (60%)attempts 25–15goals 1–0

  2. Slavin – Pesce14:14

    xG 0.70–0.42 (63%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

  3. van Riemsdyk – Hanifin16:34

    xG 0.80–0.82 (49%)attempts 19–15goals 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 4.0 xGOTT 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CAROTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #845 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 77% of the time.

CAR winsOTT wins

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

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