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Sat, Jan 15, 2022·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Vancouver Canucks 1, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 61% of the time.

CAR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1708016131
CAR112210111433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:17CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Tony DeAngelo · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:24VANBo HorvatAssists: Luke Schenn · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:02CARVincent TrocheckGWGAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Martin Necas · Snap, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:49CARMartin NecasAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Vincent Trocheck · Snap, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:09CARSteven LorentzAssists: Brady Skjei, Brett Pesce · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:49CARBrett Pesce: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:39VANTyler Myers: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 8:38CARJoey Keane: Holding2 min
  4. P1 17:09CARNino Niederreiter: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 7:51CARIan Cole: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 11:13VANJuho Lammikko: Interference2 min
  7. P2 16:12VANBo Horvat: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 16:12CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 10:00CARIan Cole: Cross checking2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← VAN attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCAR
31Shots on goal33
2.9Expected goals3.5
51Shot attempts66
42Faceoffs won26
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes12
37Hits36
18Blocked shots7
8Giveaways8
9Takeaways14

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestDickinson – Garland – Podkolzin3:33

    xG 0.26–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Dickinson – Hoglander – Podkolzin4:27

    xG 0.10–0.02 (85%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Horvat – Highmore – Pettersson4:24

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Pearson – Boeser6:06

    xG 0.26–0.24 (53%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPoolman – Hughes11:20

    xG 0.72–0.47 (61%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Hunt8:36

    xG 0.82–0.65 (56%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  3. Hunt – Poolman3:17

    xG 0.00–0.01 (6%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Fast – Lorentz10:26

    xG 0.76–0.28 (73%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Trocheck – Necas – Svechnikov10:23

    xG 0.84–0.91 (48%)attempts 13–14goals 2–1

  3. Niederreiter – Martinook – Kotkaniemi9:14

    xG 0.18–0.27 (40%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis6:59

    xG 0.01–0.34 (4%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce13:24

    xG 0.69–0.35 (66%)attempts 18–13goals 1–1

  2. Cole – DeAngelo12:52

    xG 0.85–0.76 (53%)attempts 16–13goals 2–0

  3. Smith – Keane12:41

    xG 0.35–0.40 (47%)attempts 10–9goals 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.

CAR 3.5 xGVAN 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 33/100 · #931 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 61% of the time.

CAR winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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