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Wed, Nov 3, 2021·United Center, Chicago

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

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

CHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11211327432
CHI16212012330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:35CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Patrick Kane, Seth Jones · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:25CARDerek StepanAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Andrei Svechnikov · Slap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:49CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Riley Stillman, MacKenzie Entwistle · Deflected, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:24CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Mike Hardman · Snap, 0.22 xG1–3
  5. P2 12:50CARSeth JarvisAssists: Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 0:17CARJesper FastAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 3:26CARMartin NecasGWGAssists: Sebastian Aho, Ethan Bear · Snap, 0.03 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:51CARAndrei Svechnikov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:46CHIDominik Kubalik: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 13:35CHIKirby Dach: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 6:06CARIan Cole: Interference2 min
  5. P3 9:45CARBrady Skjei: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 14:34CAREthan Bear: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0CHI
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCHI
32Shots on goal30
3.3Expected goals2.4
67Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won29
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
22Hits27
18Blocked shots23
7Giveaways12
10Takeaways8

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. bestStaal – Fast – Svechnikov5:04

    xG 0.80–0.10 (89%)attempts 13–1goals 1–0

  2. Stepan – Lorentz – Jarvis8:37

    xG 0.29–0.23 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Trocheck – Necas – Kotkaniemi4:10

    xG 0.05–0.02 (74%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Martinook – Aho10:41

    xG 0.36–0.42 (46%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Slavin2:14

    xG 0.52–0.08 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Slavin – DeAngelo4:56

    xG 0.38–0.06 (86%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Cole – DeAngelo6:06

    xG 0.23–0.17 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDeBrincat – Kurashev – Hardman5:42

    xG 0.41–0.20 (66%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  2. Kane – Kubalik – Dach9:52

    xG 0.30–0.26 (53%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  3. Kane – DeBrincat – Dach2:07

    xG 0.11–0.11 (50%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  4. Khaira – Entwistle – Johnson2:07

    xG 0.06–0.10 (40%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Gustafsson11:17

    xG 0.58–0.22 (72%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Murphy – Stillman2:00

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Jones14:50

    xG 0.57–0.64 (47%)attempts 14–15goals 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.

CHI 2.4 xGCAR 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 83/100 · #267 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CHI 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.

CHI winsCAR wins

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

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