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Tue, Apr 6, 2021·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Florida Panthers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 65% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA113113010236
CAR07117412536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:19FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: MacKenzie Weegar, Carter Verhaeghe · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:03CARVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov · Backhand, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:30FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Mason Marchment · Snap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:45CARDougie HamiltonPPAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Sebastian Aho · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:52CARJordan StaalGWGUnassisted · Deflected, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:20CARJordan StaalENAssists: Warren Foegele · Wrist, 0.68 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:04CARJesper FastENAssists: Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.70 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:10CARAndrei Svechnikov: Illegal check to head2 min
  2. P1 15:11FLAFrank Vatrano: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 12:24CARSebastian Aho: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 12:31FLAAleksander Barkov: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:52FLAKeith Yandle: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:17FLAFrank Vatrano: Interference2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Luostarinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACAR
36Shots on goal36
4.3Expected goals5.5
49Shot attempts64
26Faceoffs won36
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
41Hits36
12Blocked shots8
14Giveaways20
3Takeaways5

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVerhaeghe – Barkov – Marchment12:30

    xG 0.94–0.39 (71%)attempts 10–12goals 2–0

  2. Lammikko – Vatrano – Acciari10:46

    xG 0.83–0.44 (65%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Wennberg9:39

    xG 0.19–0.23 (46%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Stillman7:33

    xG 0.72–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Weegar – Forsling15:34

    xG 0.91–0.67 (58%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

  3. Yandle – Stralman4:40

    xG 0.53–0.55 (49%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestPaquette – Lorentz – Geekie6:59

    xG 0.68–0.19 (79%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Aho – Svechnikov12:06

    xG 0.40–0.12 (77%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Niederreiter – Trocheck – Necas4:42

    xG 0.18–0.37 (32%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Niederreiter – Foegele8:15

    xG 0.32–0.89 (27%)attempts 7–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce15:50

    xG 0.95–0.26 (79%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin16:18

    xG 0.89–1.39 (39%)attempts 15–18goals 0–2

  3. Fleury – Bean11:28

    xG 0.25–1.10 (18%)attempts 7–9goals 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.

CAR 5.5 xGFLA 4.3 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 64/100 · #307 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 65% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

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

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

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