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Sat, Mar 24, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 51% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR1518311524
OTT11208116236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:34CARPhillip Di GiuseppeAssists: Valentin Zykov · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:38OTTBobby RyanAssists: Ryan Dzingel, Erik Karlsson · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:19CARBrock McGinnAssists: Klas Dahlbeck, Jordan Staal · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:29CARNoah HanifinGWGAssists: Sebastian Aho, Valentin Zykov · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:37CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Phillip Di Giuseppe · Backhand, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:34OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Mike Hoffman, Magnus Paajarvi · Snap, 0.27 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:25CARJordan StaalENAssists: Justin Williams, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.68 xG5–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 13:38CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 7:32CARTrevor van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:19OTTFilip Chlapik: Delaying game bench2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Aho
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAROTT
24Shots on goal36
2.3Expected goals2.2
51Shot attempts50
33Faceoffs won27
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
16Hits28
7Blocked shots17
8Giveaways14
9Takeaways4

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. bestTeravainen – Zykov – Aho11:11

    xG 0.81–0.42 (66%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Skinner – Di Giuseppe – Lindholm10:23

    xG 0.28–0.39 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Williams – Staal – McGinn10:57

    xG 0.17–0.46 (27%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  4. Stempniak – Nordstrom – Ryan9:40

    xG 0.02–0.42 (5%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – van Riemsdyk8:42

    xG 0.73–0.05 (94%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Fleury – McKeown9:34

    xG 0.17–0.26 (40%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Dahlbeck – Slavin8:43

    xG 0.19–0.36 (35%)attempts 5–10goals 2–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Dzingel – Pageau10:46

    xG 0.49–0.03 (94%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Burrows – Ryan – Pageau3:47

    xG 0.27–0.10 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Hoffman – Duchene4:09

    xG 0.13–0.01 (92%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Smith – Paajarvi7:46

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 9–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Chabot11:03

    xG 0.53–0.17 (76%)attempts 7–8goals 1–2

  2. Borowiecki – Claesson7:02

    xG 0.35–0.09 (79%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Wolanin6:22

    xG 0.28–0.10 (75%)attempts 5–7goals 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.

OTT 2.2 xGCAR 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #609 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 51% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

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

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