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Sun, Oct 15, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Anaheim Ducks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 69% of the time.

ANA winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR08112215335
ANA3111628625

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:52ANASam CarrickAssists: Brett Leason · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:31ANAFrank VatranoAssists: Jamie Drysdale, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:06ANAPavel MintyukovAssists: Jackson LaCombe, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:52CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Brady Skjei, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:44ANAFrank VatranoGWGAssists: Ryan Strome, Mason McTavish · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P3 3:01CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Brent Burns, Dmitry Orlov · Slap, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:29CARMartin NecasPPAssists: Michael Bunting, Tony DeAngelo · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:03ANACam FowlerENAssists: Troy Terry, Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.42 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:41ANAFrank VatranoENAssists: Mason McTavish · Wrist, 0.72 xG3–6
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 10:57CARMichael Bunting: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 10:57ANAFrank Vatrano: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 13:56ANAMason McTavish: Interference2 min
  4. P1 17:15CARJordan Martinook: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 19:04ANATroy Terry: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P2 3:54CARSebastian Aho: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 9:37ANAIlya Lyubushkin: Interference2 min
  8. P2 0:00CARStefan Noesen: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 0:00CARBrendan Lemieux: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 0:00ANARadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 0:00ANARadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 0:00CARBrendan Lemieux: Misconduct10 min
  13. P2 0:00ANARadko Gudas: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 1:07ANARyan Strome: Hooking2 min · PPG
  15. P3 14:53ANATrevor Zegras: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Groulx won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARANA
35Shots on goal25
3.0Expected goals4.1
88Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won28
6Power plays2
20Penalty minutes28
13Hits16
9Blocked shots29
5Giveaways2
4Takeaways5

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 – Martinook10:36

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 24–4goals 0–0

  2. Teravainen – Aho – Necas5:37

    xG 0.29–0.11 (72%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  3. Teravainen – Necas – Kotkaniemi3:26

    xG 0.12–0.23 (34%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  4. Bunting – Aho – Jarvis4:26

    xG 0.10–0.28 (27%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin15:07

    xG 0.77–0.61 (56%)attempts 29–10goals 0–1

  2. Orlov – DeAngelo8:06

    xG 0.47–0.42 (53%)attempts 11–6goals 0–2

  3. Skjei – Pesce15:42

    xG 0.36–1.31 (21%)attempts 21–19goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Vatrano – McTavish11:30

    xG 0.95–0.26 (79%)attempts 14–12goals 2–0

  2. Henrique – Terry – Zegras7:07

    xG 0.12–0.12 (51%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Silfverberg – Jones – Groulx7:57

    xG 0.19–0.23 (46%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

  4. Carrick – Johnston – Leason4:48

    xG 0.23–0.33 (41%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLyubushkin – Mintyukov12:00

    xG 0.67–0.40 (63%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Fowler – Drysdale13:49

    xG 0.47–0.69 (41%)attempts 11–25goals 2–1

  3. Gudas – LaCombe8:37

    xG 0.06–0.45 (12%)attempts 2–15goals 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.

ANA 4.1 xGCAR 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #307 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 69% of the time.

ANA winsCAR wins

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

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