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Sat, Dec 21, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Florida Panthers 4, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 71% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA191825422
CAR013011220244

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:07FLAEvgenii DadonovAssists: Brian Boyle · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:34FLABrian BoylePPAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Brett Connolly · Tip-in, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:26FLAJonathan HuberdeauPPGWGAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P3 9:16CARNino NiederreiterAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:41FLANoel AcciariAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Keith Yandle · Snap, 0.06 xG4–1
  6. P3 12:59CARLucas WallmarkAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 19:56FLAMark Pysyk: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 9:52CARAndrei Svechnikov: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:48CARLucas Wallmark: Interference2 min
  4. P2 19:30CARAndrei Svechnikov: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 19:30FLAJoshua Brown: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 19:30CARJoel Edmundson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 19:30CARAndrei Svechnikov: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 19:30FLABrett Connolly: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 1:39FLADominic Toninato: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 11:17FLABrian Boyle: Tripping2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACAR
22Shots on goal44
2.8Expected goals4.2
34Shot attempts84
30Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
15Hits11
23Blocked shots5
8Giveaways10
8Takeaways5

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Huberdeau – Acciari9:47

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Dadonov – Hoffman8:30

    xG 0.37–0.63 (37%)attempts 2–13goals 1–0

  3. Connolly – Barkov – Vatrano10:30

    xG 0.08–0.39 (18%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad8:49

    xG 0.45–0.37 (55%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Matheson13:38

    xG 0.26–0.48 (35%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Brown9:54

    xG 0.57–0.90 (39%)attempts 5–18goals 2–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestHaula – Dzingel – Necas10:34

    xG 1.01–0.61 (62%)attempts 18–5goals 0–1

  2. Staal – Foegele – Svechnikov9:26

    xG 0.47–0.21 (69%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho10:35

    xG 0.69–0.47 (59%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  4. Martinook – McGinn – Wallmark8:24

    xG 0.65–0.50 (57%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin12:57

    xG 1.25–0.18 (87%)attempts 25–5goals 1–0

  2. Gardiner – van Riemsdyk10:13

    xG 1.07–0.46 (70%)attempts 17–5goals 0–1

  3. Gardiner – Pesce2:45

    xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 5–1goals 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 4.2 xGFLA 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #630 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 71% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).