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Mon, Mar 11, 2019·Pepsi Center, Denver

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Colorado Avalanche 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 56% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR09114210333
COL014011013038

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:07CARDougie HamiltonGWGAssists: Justin Williams, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P3 7:08CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Justin Faulk · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:33CARAndrei SvechnikovENAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Brett Pesce · Backhand, 0.76 xG3–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:28CARBrock McGinn: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:30CARCalvin de Haan: Delaying game2 min
  3. P2 2:03COLAlexander Kerfoot: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:55CARSebastian Aho: Slashing2 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 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Soderberg won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCOL
33Shots on goal38
3.0Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts56
28Faceoffs won22
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
23Hits28
10Blocked shots15
3Giveaways7
14Takeaways3

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 – Aho13:41

    xG 0.86–0.47 (65%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  2. McKegg – Maenalanen – Foegele5:55

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Martinook – McGinn – Wallmark10:39

    xG 0.36–0.52 (41%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Teravainen – Svechnikov10:31

    xG 0.34–0.65 (35%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – van Riemsdyk11:13

    xG 0.86–0.36 (71%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Slavin – van Riemsdyk2:19

    xG 0.02–0.05 (30%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Pesce14:55

    xG 0.59–0.68 (46%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestSoderberg – Wilson – Rantanen6:14

    xG 0.63–0.21 (75%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Soderberg – Wilson – Compher5:04

    xG 0.23–0.03 (90%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – MacKinnon – Rantanen7:08

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  4. Bourque – Agozzino – Andrighetto4:12

    xG 0.04–0.03 (52%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Nemeth3:08

    xG 0.25–0.07 (79%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  2. Cole – Barrie10:11

    xG 0.60–0.43 (58%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Zadorov – Girard2:19

    xG 0.18–0.13 (58%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

COL 2.8 xGCAR 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #1145 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 56% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

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

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