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Sat, Dec 11, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 60% of the time.

EDM winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11011417331
EDM0101409123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:17CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Teuvo Teravainen · Backhand, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:19CARNino NiederreiterGWGAssists: Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:11EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Darnell Nurse · Snap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:16CARSebastian AhoAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Ian Cole · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:25EDMZack Kassian: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:05EDMEvan Bouchard: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 6:19CARBrady Skjei: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 10:55CARBrady Skjei: Interference2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McLeod won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAREDM
31Shots on goal23
3.6Expected goals2.9
56Shot attempts48
30Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
22Hits34
12Blocked shots10
7Giveaways9
8Takeaways5

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. bestFast – Trocheck – Svechnikov10:14

    xG 0.76–0.15 (84%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Lorentz – Kotkaniemi9:39

    xG 0.42–0.22 (66%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Necas – Jarvis12:26

    xG 0.31–0.16 (66%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho8:32

    xG 0.43–0.68 (39%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Slavin19:31

    xG 1.36–0.38 (78%)attempts 23–11goals 1–0

  2. Skjei – Chatfield15:26

    xG 0.85–0.41 (68%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Skjei – Bear2:16

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Foegele – McLeod6:23

    xG 0.25–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – McDavid – Puljujarvi6:10

    xG 0.51–0.29 (64%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi6:59

    xG 0.21–0.33 (39%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

  4. Hyman – Yamamoto – McLeod4:52

    xG 0.04–0.17 (20%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bouchard16:48

    xG 0.68–0.53 (56%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  2. Ceci – Lagesson10:29

    xG 0.47–0.43 (52%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Nurse6:41

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 2–5goals 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.

EDM 2.9 xGCAR 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #1094 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50EDM 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 60% of the time.

EDM winsCAR wins

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

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