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Thu, Jan 27, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (SO)

Expected result

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

OTT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR0151617011329
OTT0712019030239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:31CARDerek StepanAssists: Brady Skjei, Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:31OTTNick PaulUnassisted · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:50OTTAlex FormentonAssists: Victor Mete, Adam Gaudette · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:38CARNino NiederreiterAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Tyler Ennis stopped
  2. 2. CAR Vincent Trocheck stopped
  3. 3. OTT Tim Stützle stopped
  4. 4. CAR Andrei Svechnikov scored
  5. 5. OTT Brady Tkachuk stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:30OTTClark Bishop: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:38OTTAlex Formenton: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:40CARSeth Jarvis: Holding2 min
  4. OT 4:10CARJaccob Slavin: 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 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAROTT
29Shots on goal39
4.3Expected goals2.8
63Shot attempts67
32Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits39
17Blocked shots11
3Giveaways14
5Takeaways2

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 – Niederreiter – Fast11:09

    xG 1.12–0.34 (77%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Lorentz – Kotkaniemi8:14

    xG 0.57–0.30 (66%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  3. Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis9:36

    xG 0.41–0.31 (57%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  4. Teravainen – Aho – Necas2:30

    xG 0.10–0.01 (94%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – DeAngelo18:40

    xG 1.52–0.49 (76%)attempts 22–21goals 1–1

  2. Skjei – Pesce20:02

    xG 1.25–0.53 (70%)attempts 22–20goals 1–0

  3. Cole – Bear11:17

    xG 0.73–0.83 (47%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Ennis – Formenton – Stützle2:53

    xG 0.10–0.06 (60%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Sanford – Norris – Tkachuk2:12

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Tierney – Gaudette – Formenton7:28

    xG 0.24–0.37 (39%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  4. Watson – Paul – Sanford8:48

    xG 0.16–0.36 (31%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brown – Mete11:22

    xG 0.76–1.11 (41%)attempts 17–13goals 1–1

  2. Holden – Zub17:45

    xG 0.46–1.11 (29%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Thomson21:46

    xG 0.66–1.34 (33%)attempts 23–22goals 0–1

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.

OTT 2.8 xGCAR 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #535 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.87 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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.

OTT winsCAR wins

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

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