Skip to content
Ice Lab

Tue, Dec 17, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Carolina Hurricanes 6, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

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

WPG winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11141215628
WPG11319111333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:23CARLucas WallmarkPPAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Ryan Dzingel · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:52WPGJack RoslovicAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Blake Wheeler · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:39CARSebastian AhoAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:18WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Nathan Beaulieu · Deflected, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:10CARAndrei SvechnikovUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P2 16:46CARSebastian AhoGWGAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Dougie Hamilton · Backhand, 0.12 xG4–2
  7. P2 18:43CARJordan StaalPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.39 xG5–2
  8. P3 3:16CARJordan StaalAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Warren Foegele · Wrist, 0.12 xG6–2
  9. P3 12:02WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.07 xG6–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:44CARJake Gardiner: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:25WPGJosh Morrissey: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:52WPGAnthony Bitetto: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 11:09CARSebastian Aho: Slashing2 min · PPG

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 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← CAR attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARWPG
28Shots on goal33
4.1Expected goals3.2
60Shot attempts51
38Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
11Hits20
10Blocked shots18
9Giveaways11
9Takeaways7

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. bestStaal – Foegele – Svechnikov10:21

    xG 0.87–0.52 (62%)attempts 15–5goals 2–0

  2. Gibbons – Martinook – McGinn7:45

    xG 0.13–0.17 (42%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  3. Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho11:28

    xG 0.46–0.62 (43%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  4. Dzingel – Wallmark – Necas12:02

    xG 0.38–0.65 (37%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin17:09

    xG 0.94–0.23 (80%)attempts 21–8goals 3–1

  2. Gardiner – van Riemsdyk14:11

    xG 0.12–0.65 (16%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Pesce17:44

    xG 0.85–1.59 (35%)attempts 16–17goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Ehlers – Roslovic14:13

    xG 0.76–0.40 (65%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  2. Bourque – Lowry – Shore5:47

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Bourque – Lowry – Copp5:58

    xG 0.56–0.50 (53%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Shaw – Shore – Luoto5:06

    xG 0.09–0.04 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBitetto – Beaulieu14:19

    xG 0.83–0.13 (86%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Poolman – Morrissey18:16

    xG 0.36–0.42 (46%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  3. Sbisa – Pionk15:18

    xG 1.07–1.18 (48%)attempts 14–17goals 1–2

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.

WPG 3.2 xGCAR 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 70/100 · #322 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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.

WPG winsCAR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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