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Thu, Apr 22, 2021·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 73% of the time.

FLA winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0931416429
FLA1609119234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:22FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Patric Hornqvist, Nikita Gusev · Deflected, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:14CARJordan MartinookAssists: Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:09CARNino NiederreiterPPAssists: Brett Pesce, Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:08CARSebastian AhoSHGWGAssists: Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:02FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Jonathan Huberdeau · Snap, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:44CARSebastian AhoENAssists: Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.67 xG4–2
Penalties (18)
  1. P1 2:31CARNino Niederreiter: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:17FLARyan Lomberg: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:17CARCedric Paquette: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 6:52FLAAleksander Barkov: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 8:55CARNino Niederreiter: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P1 13:22FLASam Bennett: Interference2 min
  7. P1 15:58CARWarren Foegele: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 9:39FLARyan Lomberg: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P2 17:22CARBrett Pesce: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 5:38CARDougie Hamilton: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 9:52FLAPatric Hornqvist: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 9:52FLARyan Lomberg: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 9:52CARSebastian Aho: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 9:52CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 10:14CARSteven Lorentz: Tripping2 min · PPG
  16. P3 11:30CARJordan Staal: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  17. P3 15:06CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 min
  18. P3 18:18CARVincent Trocheck: Hooking2 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wennberg won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARFLA
29Shots on goal34
4.4Expected goals2.9
42Shot attempts75
29Faceoffs won35
3Power plays9
27Penalty minutes15
18Hits28
24Blocked shots8
7Giveaways20
7Takeaways9

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. bestNiederreiter – Trocheck – Necas8:52

    xG 0.54–0.33 (63%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Martinook – Foegele5:32

    xG 0.23–0.02 (94%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Paquette – Lorentz – Geekie3:03

    xG 0.15–0.01 (93%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Foegele – Lorentz2:16

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin11:10

    xG 0.63–0.34 (65%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  2. Hakanpää – Ryan5:05

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Pesce11:41

    xG 0.89–0.95 (48%)attempts 12–19goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHornqvist – Gusev – Barkov6:57

    xG 0.74–0.35 (68%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Hornqvist – Wennberg – Vatrano2:32

    xG 0.16–0.03 (82%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Wennberg – Vatrano – Lomberg2:45

    xG 0.04–0.23 (14%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Huberdeau – Duclair – Bennett7:01

    xG 0.15–0.44 (25%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Forsling15:42

    xG 1.25–0.82 (61%)attempts 21–12goals 1–0

  2. Montour – Nutivaara8:28

    xG 0.12–0.27 (31%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Nutivaara2:09

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 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.

FLA 2.9 xGCAR 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #435 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 73% of the time.

FLA winsCAR wins

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

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