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Sat, Oct 23, 2021·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

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

CBJ winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR21111329533
CBJ0711209128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:11CARJesper FastAssists: Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:35CARVincent TrocheckPPGWGAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Tony DeAngelo · Deflected, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:19CBJBoone JennerPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Patrik Laine · Wrist, 0.36 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:57CARJordan StaalPPAssists: Brett Pesce, Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Deflected, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:05CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.08 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:13CARVincent TrocheckAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.15 xG5–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 13:28CBJVladislav Gavrikov: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:45CARTony DeAngelo: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:08CARBrett Pesce: Holding2 min
  4. P2 10:47CBJAndrew Peeke: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 14:05CBJJakub Voracek: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 5:26CBJGustav Nyquist: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:43CARTeuvo Teravainen: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 12:09CARIan Cole: Holding2 min
  9. P3 18:27CBJJake Bean: 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 SOG0CBJ
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Roslovic
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCBJ
33Shots on goal28
3.6Expected goals2.3
53Shot attempts51
31Faceoffs won24
6Power plays4
8Penalty minutes12
12Hits12
12Blocked shots10
4Giveaways3
4Takeaways5

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. bestTrocheck – Necas – Svechnikov9:19

    xG 0.55–0.20 (73%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Niederreiter – Fast9:10

    xG 0.42–0.20 (68%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Teravainen – Aho – Kotkaniemi8:43

    xG 0.77–0.57 (57%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Martinook – Lorentz7:50

    xG 0.10–0.29 (26%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce13:57

    xG 0.92–0.31 (75%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Slavin – DeAngelo11:26

    xG 0.58–0.43 (58%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Cole – DeAngelo4:06

    xG 0.23–0.18 (56%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Hofmann – Kuraly – Robinson7:36

    xG 0.15–0.18 (46%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Sillinger12:26

    xG 0.30–0.40 (43%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Roslovic – Texier – Chinakhov7:12

    xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 7–5goals 0–2

  4. Voracek – Jenner – Laine9:07

    xG 0.47–0.62 (43%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Bean4:39

    xG 0.20–0.07 (75%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Werenski – Boqvist3:07

    xG 0.12–0.06 (68%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Bean – Boqvist2:06

    xG 0.10–0.04 (72%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

CBJ 2.3 xGCAR 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #979 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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.

CBJ winsCAR wins

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

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