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Tue, Feb 5, 2019·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 72% of the time.

PIT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR19113210432
PIT0801005023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:15CARJordan MartinookGWGAssists: Brock McGinn, Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:58CARBrett PesceAssists: Justin Williams, Nino Niederreiter · Snap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:29CARMicheal FerlandENAssists: Lucas Wallmark · Wrist, 0.61 xG3–0
  4. P3 19:18CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Trevor van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 15:20CARLucas Wallmark: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:26CARDougie Hamilton: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 19:42PITMarcus Pettersson: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:24PITTanner Pearson: Holding2 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 SOG0PIT
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Aho won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPIT
32Shots on goal23
3.3Expected goals2.2
62Shot attempts44
25Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
38Hits38
16Blocked shots18
5Giveaways10
5Takeaways2

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. bestWilliams – Niederreiter – Aho15:43

    xG 0.59–0.30 (66%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  2. Martinook – McGinn – Svechnikov10:00

    xG 0.52–0.45 (54%)attempts 12–6goals 2–0

  3. Ferland – Teravainen – Wallmark10:27

    xG 0.29–0.53 (36%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  4. McKegg – Maenalanen – Foegele8:11

    xG 0.06–0.31 (17%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – van Riemsdyk10:57

    xG 0.53–0.33 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Faulk – Pesce15:46

    xG 0.51–0.56 (48%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

  3. Hamilton – Slavin18:22

    xG 0.55–0.64 (46%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Hornqvist – Simon6:09

    xG 0.52–0.22 (70%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel9:52

    xG 0.55–0.33 (63%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Wilson – Blueger5:51

    xG 0.25–0.07 (77%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Hornqvist – McCann – Simon7:02

    xG 0.10–0.14 (43%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Dumoulin17:23

    xG 0.79–0.66 (54%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  2. Maatta – Riikola12:54

    xG 0.39–0.58 (40%)attempts 8–18goals 0–2

  3. Johnson – Pettersson13:53

    xG 0.22–0.43 (34%)attempts 7–17goals 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.

PIT 2.2 xGCAR 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1171 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 72% of the time.

PIT winsCAR wins

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

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