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Thu, Dec 12, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Vancouver Canucks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 62% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR0802201201043
VAN050701212126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 0:40VANElias PetterssonGWGAssists: Brock Boeser · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:21CARDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:20CARMartin Necas: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:59CARRyan Dzingel: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:19VANAntoine Roussel: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:53VANChris Tanev: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 12:54CARJulien Gauthier: Holding2 min
  7. P2 17:03VANTyler Myers: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 7:16VANJake Virtanen: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 7:28CARAndrei Svechnikov: Interference2 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
45% to win55% to win
← CAR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARVAN
43Shots on goal26
3.1Expected goals2.5
64Shot attempts41
33Faceoffs won27
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
13Hits15
6Blocked shots13
5Giveaways7
5Takeaways8

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. bestDzingel – Wallmark – Necas10:38

    xG 0.49–0.09 (85%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Foegele – Svechnikov10:26

    xG 0.85–0.51 (63%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Martinook – McGinn – Gauthier3:06

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho10:42

    xG 0.11–0.33 (25%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – van Riemsdyk9:00

    xG 0.33–0.07 (82%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin13:17

    xG 0.64–0.45 (59%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Pesce2:31

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Virtanen – Pettersson3:19

    xG 0.14–0.04 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Leivo – Pearson – Horvat9:30

    xG 0.50–0.40 (55%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson6:08

    xG 0.11–0.03 (78%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Boeser – Gaudette4:43

    xG 0.05–0.10 (34%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Tanev – Fantenberg14:46

    xG 0.46–0.49 (48%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Hughes13:49

    xG 0.34–0.63 (35%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Stecher9:31

    xG 0.03–0.43 (7%)attempts 2–11goals 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 2.5 xGCAR 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 12/100 · #976 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 62% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

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

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