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Sat, Feb 25, 2023·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Anaheim Ducks 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 85% of the time.

CAR winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA081523316
CAR013022218253

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:18ANAJohn KlingbergAssists: Trevor Zegras, Ryan Strome · Slap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P3 4:06ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Ryan Strome, Trevor Zegras · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:19CARJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:01ANATroy TerryGWGAssists: Isac Lundeström, Cam Fowler · Snap, 0.19 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:35CARJesper FastAssists: Brett Pesce, Jordan Staal · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 19:38CARBrett Pesce: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:54CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 8:21ANAKevin Shattenkirk: Holding2 min
  4. P2 17:49ANASam Carrick: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 10:13CARBrady Skjei: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 10:37ANAMason McTavish: Interference2 min
  7. P3 17:42ANARyan Strome: Tripping2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACAR
16Shots on goal53
2.1Expected goals4.6
31Shot attempts90
31Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
5Hits11
20Blocked shots6
12Giveaways5
7Takeaways11

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Silfverberg – Strome – Zegras8:07

    xG 0.27–0.46 (37%)attempts 6–9goals 2–0

  2. Terry – Jones – McTavish10:39

    xG 0.43–0.72 (38%)attempts 6–11goals 0–2

  3. Grant – Carrick – Comtois8:55

    xG 0.05–0.44 (11%)attempts 4–18goals 0–0

  4. Megna – Vatrano – Lundeström8:07

    xG 0.16–0.57 (21%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fowler – Klingberg2:10

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

  2. Kulikov – Fowler13:37

    xG 0.67–0.84 (45%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Beaulieu13:33

    xG 0.40–0.68 (37%)attempts 8–19goals 2–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestAho – Svechnikov – Jarvis12:00

    xG 0.94–0.52 (65%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  2. Teravainen – Necas – Kotkaniemi11:33

    xG 0.41–0.04 (91%)attempts 16–3goals 1–0

  3. Stastny – Stepan – Noesen6:37

    xG 0.36–0.05 (88%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Fast – Martinook10:26

    xG 0.61–0.32 (65%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin17:34

    xG 1.47–0.05 (97%)attempts 27–3goals 1–0

  2. de Haan – Chatfield11:33

    xG 0.50–0.22 (69%)attempts 17–6goals 0–1

  3. Skjei – Pesce16:20

    xG 0.74–0.74 (50%)attempts 21–12goals 1–1

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.

CAR 4.6 xGANA 2.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #868 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 85% of the time.

CAR winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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