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Fri, Feb 9, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Vancouver Canucks 1, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 87% of the time.

CAR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0611204122
CAR31009114433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:14CARBrett PesceAssists: Jordan Staal, Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:43CARPhillip Di GiuseppeGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:04CARSebastian AhoAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Brett Pesce · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 3:30VANMichael Del ZottoAssists: Alex Biega, Sven Baertschi · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:27CARJustin WilliamsAssists: Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:28CARJustin Williams: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 11:54VANAlexander Edler: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 19:55VANMichael Del Zotto: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:55CARJeff Skinner: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 6:25VANErik Gudbranson: Interference2 min
  6. P2 15:41VANBo Horvat: Holding2 min
  7. P3 4:23CARKlas Dahlbeck: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 4:23VANDarren Archibald: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 18:40CARNoah Hanifin: High sticking2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCAR
22Shots on goal33
1.2Expected goals3.3
37Shot attempts72
24Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
28Hits15
24Blocked shots5
7Giveaways16
24Takeaways23

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Eriksson2:03

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Vanek6:15

    xG 0.14–0.04 (75%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Dowd – Boucher – Baertschi2:43

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Virtanen2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Gudbranson3:51

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Biega – Hutton3:26

    xG 0.15–0.06 (70%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Del Zotto2:04

    xG 0.05–0.07 (43%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStempniak – Nordstrom – Rask3:49

    xG 0.42–0.09 (82%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Williams – McGinn – Ryan4:18

    xG 0.26–0.05 (83%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Teravainen – Aho10:22

    xG 0.34–0.23 (59%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  4. Skinner – Di Giuseppe – Lindholm10:08

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Hanifin13:07

    xG 0.66–0.19 (77%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Slavin – Pesce18:00

    xG 0.65–0.44 (60%)attempts 17–14goals 2–0

  3. Faulk – Dahlbeck11:52

    xG 0.34–0.29 (54%)attempts 12–6goals 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 3.3 xGVAN 1.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #971 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 87% of the time.

CAR winsVAN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).