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Sat, Oct 20, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Colorado Avalanche 3, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 66% of the time.

CAR winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL171916322
CAR011016116143

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:49COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:13COLGabriel LandeskogPPGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P3 16:51COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Nikita Zadorov, Mikko Rantanen · Snap, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P3 17:27CARMicheal FerlandAssists: Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 3:19CARWarren Foegele: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:39COLMikko Rantanen: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 8:32CARAndrei Svechnikov: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:33CARCalvin de Haan: Holding2 min
  5. P2 11:50COLMikko Rantanen: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:57COLNathan MacKinnon: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 5:42CARMicheal Ferland: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 5:42COLErik Johnson: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 7:22COLMikko Rantanen: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 10:01CARLucas Wallmark: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 18:20CARJustin Williams: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 18:20COLIan Cole: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 19:50COLGabriel Bourque: Kneeing2 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 20:00Staal won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCAR
22Shots on goal43
3.2Expected goals4.3
44Shot attempts81
23Faceoffs won41
4Power plays5
17Penalty minutes15
30Hits34
23Blocked shots13
8Giveaways11
2Takeaways9

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. bestSoderberg – Calvert – Nieto8:00

    xG 0.44–0.13 (77%)attempts 9–2goals 0–1

  2. Wilson – Kerfoot – Jost6:35

    xG 0.17–0.42 (28%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Bourque – Andrighetto – Kamenev6:05

    xG 0.02–0.30 (5%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

  4. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:15

    xG 0.65–0.98 (40%)attempts 9–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Cole2:24

    xG 0.39–0.07 (85%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Girard2:11

    xG 0.04–0.01 (74%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Barrie7:27

    xG 0.15–0.39 (27%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMartinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov8:38

    xG 0.72–0.41 (63%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  2. Ferland – Teravainen – Aho9:42

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. McGinn – Zykov – Bishop5:48

    xG 0.19–0.02 (92%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Staal – Foegele10:15

    xG 0.84–0.72 (54%)attempts 17–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPesce – van Riemsdyk10:27

    xG 0.97–0.35 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  2. de Haan – Faulk12:30

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Slavin13:15

    xG 0.99–0.78 (56%)attempts 22–10goals 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 4.3 xGCOL 3.2 xG
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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 13/100 · #1064 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 66% 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).