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Tue, Nov 6, 2018·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Carolina Hurricanes 1, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 74% of the time.

STL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR114013012139
STL3110316420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:57STLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:01STLRobby FabbriGWGAssists: David Perron, Robert Thomas · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:34CARJaccob SlavinPPAssists: Justin Williams, Lucas Wallmark · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:55STLRyan O'ReillyPPAssists: Tyler Bozak, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:50STLRyan O'ReillyENAssists: Alexander Steen, Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.49 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:33STLVince Dunn: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:44STLJoel Edmundson: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:43CARNicolas Roy: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:55STLCarl Gunnarsson: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 13:56CARTrevor van Riemsdyk: Holding2 min
  6. P2 16:57STLDavid Perron: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 3:59CARDougie Hamilton: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 8:39STLPatrick Maroon: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 11:18CARMicheal Ferland: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARSTL
39Shots on goal20
3.2Expected goals1.8
71Shot attempts36
23Faceoffs won34
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
16Hits16
12Blocked shots17
4Giveaways14
5Takeaways6

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. bestMartinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov8:22

    xG 0.73–0.17 (81%)attempts 15–3goals 0–1

  2. McGinn – Wallmark – Svechnikov2:00

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Ferland – Teravainen – Aho9:48

    xG 0.58–0.44 (57%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  4. McGinn – Zykov – Roy4:06

    xG 0.13–0.02 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Faulk12:34

    xG 0.92–0.04 (96%)attempts 23–3goals 0–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin12:51

    xG 1.10–0.60 (65%)attempts 21–9goals 0–1

  3. Pesce – van Riemsdyk11:13

    xG 0.07–0.14 (33%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Steen – Bozak – Sanford5:04

    xG 0.06–0.07 (45%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Schwartz10:59

    xG 0.54–0.62 (47%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  3. Maroon – Sundqvist – Barbashev3:33

    xG 0.02–0.13 (11%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Bozak – Barbashev2:10

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Dunn2:29

    xG 0.21–0.03 (89%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Parayko – Dunn11:12

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Parayko3:14

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

STL 1.8 xGCAR 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #923 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 74% of the time.

STL winsCAR wins

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

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