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Sat, Feb 10, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Colorado Avalanche 1, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 78% of the time.

CAR winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL11001307130
CAR11409212335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:51COLTyson BarrieAssists: Mikko Rantanen, J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:09CARBrock McGinnAssists: Elias Lindholm · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:35CARBrock McGinnGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm, Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:17CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Lee Stempniak, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:14COLNikita Zadorov: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 15:59CARDerek Ryan: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:27CARTeuvo Teravainen: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:26CARTeuvo Teravainen: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 14:11COLAnton Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:56COLJ.T. Compher: Holding2 min
  7. P3 19:58CARJustin Williams: Too many men on the ice2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCAR
30Shots on goal35
3.3Expected goals5.2
54Shot attempts68
18Faceoffs won31
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
31Hits28
10Blocked shots11
9Giveaways12
10Takeaways22

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestWilson – Landeskog – Kerfoot8:41

    xG 0.49–0.21 (70%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  2. Yakupov – Toninato – Greer5:57

    xG 0.14–0.19 (42%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Compher – Rantanen – Jost9:38

    xG 0.38–0.71 (35%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Soderberg – Bourque – Nieto9:07

    xG 0.48–0.94 (34%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Lindholm9:43

    xG 0.54–0.48 (53%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  2. Barrie – Girard2:35

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Zadorov8:11

    xG 0.58–0.61 (49%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – McGinn – Lindholm4:03

    xG 0.86–0.04 (96%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Williams – Rask – Teravainen4:09

    xG 0.45–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Stempniak – Skinner – Aho2:13

    xG 0.45–0.02 (96%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  4. Williams – McGinn – Ryan5:29

    xG 0.53–0.32 (62%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce14:04

    xG 1.02–0.47 (68%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Hanifin10:35

    xG 0.77–0.23 (77%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Hanifin3:53

    xG 0.48–0.15 (77%)attempts 7–4goals 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 5.2 xGCOL 3.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #991 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 78% of the time.

CAR winsCOL wins

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

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