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Thu, Dec 1, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Carolina Hurricanes 6, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 88% of the time.

STL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0931839636
STL1629111426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:00STLPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Robert Thomas, Vladimir Tarasenko · Tip-in, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:31STLNoel AcciariAssists: Nick Leddy, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:24CARBrent BurnsPPUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:45CARJordan MartinookUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:28CARSeth JarvisAssists: Martin Necas · Snap, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:55STLTorey KrugPPAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 15:25CARJordan MartinookAssists: Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:02CARJordan StaalENGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.63 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:18STLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Jordan Kyrou · Snap, 0.17 xG5–4
  10. P3 19:51CARJordan MartinookENAssists: Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.79 xG6–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:33CARJaccob Slavin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:13STLBrayden Schenn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:16CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:31CARJordan Martinook: Slashing2 min · PPG

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 SOG0STL
49% to win51% to win
← CAR attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Schenn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARSTL
36Shots on goal26
4.5Expected goals1.9
55Shot attempts36
31Faceoffs won21
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
12Hits27
4Blocked shots8
3Giveaways7
8Takeaways9

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 – Martinook13:13

    xG 0.86–0.11 (89%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  2. Noesen – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov8:21

    xG 0.65–0.03 (95%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Noesen – Svechnikov2:04

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Stastny – Stepan – Drury5:26

    xG 0.27–0.20 (58%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce19:49

    xG 1.49–0.30 (83%)attempts 24–7goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Slavin17:58

    xG 0.76–0.44 (63%)attempts 14–12goals 2–1

  3. de Haan – Chatfield11:36

    xG 0.42–0.86 (33%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Leivo – Saad13:10

    xG 0.83–0.40 (68%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  2. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas4:29

    xG 0.20–0.11 (63%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Tarasenko – Acciari2:01

    xG 0.02–0.05 (23%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  4. Barbashev – Acciari – Neighbours2:52

    xG 0.16–0.25 (39%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Parayko17:33

    xG 0.87–0.45 (66%)attempts 10–12goals 0–2

  2. Bortuzzo – Rosen5:06

    xG 0.16–0.08 (68%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Mikkola – Rosen3:48

    xG 0.10–0.16 (38%)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.

STL 1.9 xGCAR 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #169 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 88% of the time.

STL winsCAR wins

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

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