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Wed, Jan 23, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 64% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR010513011534
VAN0421507226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:54CARNino NiederreiterPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:57VANJosh LeivoAssists: Troy Stecher, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:14VANSven BaertschiAssists: Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:53CARGreg McKeggAssists: Saku Maenalanen, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:17CARNino NiederreiterGWGAssists: Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 13:42CARDougie HamiltonAssists: Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–2
  7. P2 16:32CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Greg McKegg, Jaccob Slavin · Slap, 0.03 xG5–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:49CARTeuvo Teravainen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:40VANChris Tanev: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 0:52VANLoui Eriksson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:36CARJustin Williams: Embellishment2 min
  5. P3 6:30VANAntoine Roussel: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 6:30VANAntoine Roussel: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P3 6:30VANAntoine Roussel: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 8:53VANBo Horvat: Holding2 min
  9. P3 13:38CARAndrei Svechnikov: Boarding2 min
  10. P3 13:38VANErik Gudbranson: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 13:38VANErik Gudbranson: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 13:38VANErik Gudbranson: Misconduct10 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Aho won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARVAN
34Shots on goal26
2.6Expected goals1.9
64Shot attempts50
30Faceoffs won34
6Power plays2
6Penalty minutes34
18Hits12
11Blocked shots15
5Giveaways12
3Takeaways2

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 – Martinook – Aho3:46

    xG 0.38–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Niederreiter – Aho11:00

    xG 0.40–0.10 (80%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. McKegg – Maenalanen – Foegele8:24

    xG 0.54–0.34 (62%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  4. McKegg – Teravainen – Martinook2:40

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – van Riemsdyk6:35

    xG 0.62–0.20 (76%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  2. Hamilton – Slavin11:30

    xG 0.73–0.31 (70%)attempts 16–7goals 2–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Fleury4:27

    xG 0.13–0.04 (77%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Leivo – Horvat4:49

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson3:10

    xG 0.09–0.09 (52%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Sutter – Granlund – Virtanen2:33

    xG 0.03–0.10 (27%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  4. Leivo – Horvat – Virtanen2:03

    xG 0.02–0.10 (19%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Gudbranson2:26

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  2. Edler – Hutton2:34

    xG 0.09–0.05 (65%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Stecher2:48

    xG 0.06–0.06 (52%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

VAN 1.9 xGCAR 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 57/100 · #537 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 64% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).