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Fri, Nov 29, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Nashville Predators 3, Carolina Hurricanes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 50% of the time.

CAR winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH2131708328
CAR01209010031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:15NSHRocco GrimaldiGWGAssists: Nick Bonino · Wrist, 0.41 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:55NSHCalle JarnkrokAssists: Filip Forsberg · Snap, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:28NSHAustin WatsonAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Matt Duchene · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:35CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 18:18NSHColton Sissons: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 11:14NSHDaniel Carr: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 15:53CARJake Gardiner: Interference2 min
  5. P3 2:59CARJake Gardiner: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:16NSHAustin Watson: Elbowing2 min
  7. P3 17:20CARJoel Edmundson: 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← NSH attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Aho
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHCAR
28Shots on goal31
3.5Expected goals3.5
45Shot attempts66
32Faceoffs won21
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
24Hits13
16Blocked shots7
13Giveaways14
12Takeaways13

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJarnkrok – Johansen – Forsberg8:02

    xG 0.45–0.18 (71%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi8:14

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 3–11goals 1–0

  3. Watson – Sissons – Olivier6:25

    xG 0.20–0.22 (48%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  4. Duchene – Granlund – Carr8:04

    xG 0.29–0.66 (30%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Weber9:09

    xG 0.92–0.30 (75%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  2. Josi – Ellis12:45

    xG 0.39–0.39 (50%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Ekholm2:02

    xG 0.07–0.12 (36%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMartinook – McGinn – Bishop6:16

    xG 0.52–0.13 (80%)attempts 8–2goals 0–1

  2. Teravainen – Aho – Svechnikov10:04

    xG 0.83–0.47 (64%)attempts 17–3goals 0–1

  3. Staal – Niederreiter – Foegele10:31

    xG 0.23–0.53 (30%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  4. Dzingel – Wallmark – Necas7:21

    xG 0.04–0.54 (6%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Fleury12:15

    xG 0.93–0.39 (71%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  2. Hamilton – Slavin15:02

    xG 0.85–0.48 (64%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Pesce9:31

    xG 0.37–0.48 (44%)attempts 10–8goals 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 3.5 xGNSH 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1032 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50CAR 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 50% of the time.

CAR winsNSH wins

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

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