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Sun, Feb 2, 2020·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Vancouver Canucks 3, Carolina Hurricanes 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 59% of the time.

CAR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN11311417011335
CAR0921516022432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:25VANElias PetterssonAssists: Chris Tanev, Quinn Hughes · Snap, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:11CARNino NiederreiterAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Jake Gardiner · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:06CARSebastian AhoAssists: Warren Foegele, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:12VANTyler MyersAssists: Brandon Sutter, Oscar Fantenberg · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:23CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Warren Foegele, Joel Edmundson · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:06VANElias PetterssonAssists: J.T. Miller, Oscar Fantenberg · Snap, 0.05 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Andrei Svechnikov stopped
  2. 2. VAN Elias Pettersson scored
  3. 3. CAR Teuvo Teravainen scored
  4. 4. VAN J.T. Miller stopped
  5. 5. CAR Justin Williams scored
  6. 6. VAN Bo Horvat stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:40CARNino Niederreiter: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:13CARErik Haula: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:10CARJaccob Slavin: Holding2 min
  4. P3 10:54VANJ.T. Miller: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 13:57CARHaydn Fleury: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCAR
35Shots on goal32
4.0Expected goals3.5
61Shot attempts58
32Faceoffs won36
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
29Hits31
14Blocked shots12
10Giveaways17
4Takeaways17

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – Pettersson10:48

    xG 0.80–0.47 (63%)attempts 12–12goals 2–1

  2. Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat11:19

    xG 0.38–0.69 (35%)attempts 5–12goals 0–2

  3. Sutter – Beagle – Schaller7:43

    xG 0.01–0.35 (4%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Virtanen – Gaudette7:33

    xG 0.15–0.60 (20%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Fantenberg13:34

    xG 1.24–0.73 (63%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – Hughes15:27

    xG 1.00–0.87 (53%)attempts 13–15goals 2–3

  3. Edler – Stecher17:00

    xG 0.56–0.76 (42%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestHaula – McGinn – Necas10:29

    xG 0.86–0.47 (65%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  2. Williams – Martinook – Wallmark8:16

    xG 0.21–0.03 (89%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Niederreiter – Teravainen11:35

    xG 0.63–0.46 (57%)attempts 11–10goals 1–2

  4. Foegele – Aho – Svechnikov12:04

    xG 0.70–1.05 (40%)attempts 15–12goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – van Riemsdyk13:54

    xG 0.71–0.60 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 1–3

  2. Edmundson – Fleury10:19

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Slavin2:12

    xG 0.14–0.22 (40%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

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.

CAR 3.5 xGVAN 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #153 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.30 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 59% of the time.

CAR winsVAN wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).