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Sun, Mar 4, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Winnipeg Jets 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 53% of the time.

CAR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1914110323
CAR11001718235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:40WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Joe Morrow · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:31CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Sebastian Aho, Justin Faulk · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:37WPGPatrik LainePPAssists: Paul Stastny, Blake Wheeler · Snap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:06WPGPaul StastnyGWGAssists: Ben Chiarot, Patrik Laine · Snap, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 15:48CARJordan StaalAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Brock McGinn · Snap, 0.26 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:32CARJustin Faulk: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:26WPGJosh Morrissey: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 2:31CARSebastian Aho: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:57WPGMatt Hendricks: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 16:27WPGDmitry Kulikov: Hooking2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCAR
23Shots on goal35
2.7Expected goals2.7
46Shot attempts68
25Faceoffs won18
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
31Hits24
14Blocked shots6
5Giveaways16
8Takeaways12

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Ehlers – Laine9:37

    xG 0.84–0.60 (58%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  2. Hendricks – Armia – Copp8:10

    xG 0.08–0.09 (47%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor12:08

    xG 0.47–0.50 (48%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  4. Little – Perreault – Roslovic10:55

    xG 0.21–0.36 (37%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Morrow8:47

    xG 0.59–0.42 (58%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  2. Kulikov – Chiarot2:51

    xG 0.15–0.05 (74%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Kulikov16:45

    xG 0.41–0.48 (47%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSkinner – Di Giuseppe – Wallmark4:15

    xG 0.53–0.13 (80%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Teravainen – Lindholm – Aho12:38

    xG 0.58–0.37 (61%)attempts 16–6goals 0–1

  3. Williams – Staal – McGinn12:40

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  4. Stempniak – Rask – Ryan5:42

    xG 0.17–0.30 (36%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPesce – Hanifin15:10

    xG 0.53–0.18 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Slavin16:34

    xG 0.91–0.78 (54%)attempts 21–17goals 2–2

  3. van Riemsdyk – Fleury11:46

    xG 0.36–0.31 (54%)attempts 12–7goals 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 2.7 xGWPG 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #766 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 53% of the time.

CAR winsWPG wins

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

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