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Tue, Dec 12, 2023·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11431004428
OTT11108013132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:27OTTJosh NorrisAssists: Erik Brannstrom, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:49CARMartin NecasPPAssists: Brady Skjei, Jack Drury · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:18CARSebastian AhoPPGWGAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:39CARSeth JarvisAssists: Sebastian Aho, Dmitry Orlov · Snap, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:19CARSebastian AhoAssists: Brett Pesce, Brady Skjei · Snap, 0.16 xG4–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 14:02CARMartin Necas: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 17:16OTTRidly Greig: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:19CARMichael Bunting: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 7:00CARBrady Skjei: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 12:03OTTArtem Zub: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:01OTTRidly Greig: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:01CARStefan Noesen: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 2:03CARMartin Necas: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 14:32OTTRidly Greig: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 14:32CARDmitry Orlov: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 15:39CARPyotr Kochetkov: Penalty shot throwing object at puck0 min
  12. P3 15:39OTTBrady Tkachuk: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 0:00OTTTravis Hamonic: Roughing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Greig
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAROTT
28Shots on goal32
3.2Expected goals3.5
59Shot attempts57
30Faceoffs won27
2Power plays4
12Penalty minutes20
11Hits21
15Blocked shots15
10Giveaways18
12Takeaways7

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. bestBunting – Necas – Drury2:43

    xG 0.14–0.00 (98%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Noesen – Aho – Jarvis6:44

    xG 0.43–0.57 (43%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Fast – Martinook6:03

    xG 0.10–0.32 (24%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  4. Teravainen – Necas – Kotkaniemi10:59

    xG 0.57–0.93 (38%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce10:06

    xG 0.86–0.76 (53%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Slavin – DeAngelo2:30

    xG 0.10–0.00 (97%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Chatfield10:35

    xG 0.53–0.50 (51%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Giroux – Norris – Tkachuk7:47

    xG 0.54–0.51 (51%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Joseph – Kelly – Greig2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Kubalik – Joseph – Greig8:11

    xG 0.21–0.26 (45%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Batherson – Stützle10:33

    xG 0.98–1.04 (49%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Brannstrom10:58

    xG 0.62–0.37 (63%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  2. Chychrun – Zub11:50

    xG 0.70–0.54 (56%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Chychrun – Bernard-Docker2:28

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

OTT 3.5 xGCAR 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 34/100 · #887 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% 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).