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Thu, Nov 18, 2021·Honda Center, Anaheim

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 74% of the time.

ANA winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11101218231
ANA1170906132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:44CAREthan BearAssists: Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:03ANATroy TerryAssists: Adam Henrique, Ryan Getzlaf · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:34CARSeth JarvisGWGUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 3:26CARMartin Necas: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 10:45CARTeuvo Teravainen: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:08CARAndrei Svechnikov: Elbowing2 min
  4. P2 14:08ANAJosh Manson: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 15:15ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 1:20ANACam Fowler: Penalty shot holding on breakaway0 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 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARANA
31Shots on goal32
4.5Expected goals2.9
68Shot attempts55
33Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
14Hits28
14Blocked shots18
13Giveaways15
5Takeaways6

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. bestAho – Svechnikov – Jarvis15:20

    xG 1.14–0.40 (74%)attempts 24–11goals 1–0

  2. Trocheck – Teravainen – Necas12:19

    xG 0.51–0.34 (60%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  3. Martinook – Lorentz – Kotkaniemi7:46

    xG 0.15–0.21 (42%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Niederreiter – Fast11:50

    xG 0.33–1.21 (21%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Bear17:09

    xG 1.21–0.66 (65%)attempts 24–15goals 2–1

  2. Cole – DeAngelo14:20

    xG 0.65–0.38 (63%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce17:08

    xG 0.26–1.28 (17%)attempts 15–19goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Henrique – Terry13:40

    xG 1.15–0.27 (81%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Silfverberg – Lundeström – McTavish9:07

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Grant – Carrick – Steel8:15

    xG 0.19–0.39 (33%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Deslauriers – Milano – Zegras10:21

    xG 0.48–0.91 (35%)attempts 10–15goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Drysdale16:10

    xG 0.94–0.51 (65%)attempts 18–20goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Fowler2:06

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Mahura11:35

    xG 0.85–0.95 (47%)attempts 13–18goals 1–1

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.

ANA 2.9 xGCAR 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #1098 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 74% of the time.

ANA winsCAR wins

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

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