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Sat, Feb 18, 2023·Carter-Finley Stadium, RaleighOutdoor game

Washington Capitals 1, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 86% of the time.

CAR winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH0708110125
CAR110312013435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:11CARJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Martin Necas · Deflected, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:47CARPaul StastnyGWGAssists: Jalen Chatfield, Jordan Martinook · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:48CARMartin NecasPPAssists: Brent Burns, Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Slap, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 11:17CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Martin Necas, Frederik Andersen · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–4
  5. P3 10:32WSHTom WilsonAssists: Sonny Milano · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:44CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:59CARBrady Skjei: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:38WSHDmitry Orlov: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:33WSHNicklas Backstrom: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:16WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:36WSHAnthony Mantha: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 13:36CARJordan Martinook: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 13:36WSHAnthony Mantha: Fighting5 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
49% to win51% to win
← WSH attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Aho
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHCAR
25Shots on goal35
1.2Expected goals3.5
39Shot attempts78
40Faceoffs won40
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
25Hits12
22Blocked shots6
13Giveaways9
6Takeaways13

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Hathaway – Aube-Kubel7:27

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Oshie – Kuznetsov – Mantha2:47

    xG 0.02–0.14 (11%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Kuznetsov – Wilson – Milano8:15

    xG 0.21–0.52 (29%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

  4. Backstrom – Johansson – Sheary10:15

    xG 0.18–0.52 (26%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Fehérváry4:10

    xG 0.25–0.10 (72%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Irwin – Fehérváry4:20

    xG 0.33–0.18 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 1–1

  3. van Riemsdyk – Fehérváry4:15

    xG 0.07–0.02 (74%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestAho – Svechnikov – Jarvis15:08

    xG 1.21–0.30 (80%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Teravainen – Necas – Kotkaniemi9:00

    xG 0.53–0.32 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  3. Staal – Fast – Martinook10:44

    xG 0.12–0.24 (34%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Stastny – Stepan – Noesen6:27

    xG 0.06–0.28 (18%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce16:16

    xG 1.07–0.37 (74%)attempts 20–10goals 1–1

  2. de Haan – Chatfield13:12

    xG 0.69–0.24 (74%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  3. Burns – Slavin14:34

    xG 0.35–0.48 (42%)attempts 13–12goals 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 xGWSH 1.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #1155 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 86% of the time.

CAR winsWSH wins

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

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