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Tue, Feb 6, 2024·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Vancouver Canucks 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 64% of the time.

CAR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1121413319
CAR1418012224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:25CARJordan MartinookSHAssists: Teuvo Teravainen · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:23VANElias LindholmPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:30VANElias LindholmPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:32CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Brent Burns, Seth Jarvis · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:00VANJ.T. MillerGWGAssists: Brock Boeser, Tyler Myers · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:08CARSebastian Aho: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:17CARJack Drury: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:23VANIan Cole: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:01CARTeuvo Teravainen: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:10VANNils Hoglander: Too many men on the ice2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Aho won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCAR
19Shots on goal24
2.2Expected goals2.9
43Shot attempts63
27Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
27Hits19
20Blocked shots9
3Giveaways15
6Takeaways5

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – Suter11:27

    xG 0.62–0.06 (91%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Lafferty – Hoglander – Aman6:23

    xG 0.02–0.31 (6%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  3. Blueger – Joshua – Garland10:24

    xG 0.32–0.68 (32%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Lindholm – Pettersson – Mikheyev13:37

    xG 0.27–1.05 (20%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Myers13:54

    xG 0.49–0.32 (61%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  2. Hronek – Hughes16:54

    xG 0.71–0.56 (56%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  3. Zadorov – Juulsen10:31

    xG 0.22–0.84 (21%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestBunting – Necas – Kotkaniemi5:35

    xG 0.53–0.01 (98%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Noesen – Lemieux – Kotkaniemi5:47

    xG 0.15–0.02 (88%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Fast – Martinook4:57

    xG 0.23–0.17 (57%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  4. Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis5:33

    xG 0.03–0.01 (76%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Chatfield14:08

    xG 0.74–0.31 (71%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  2. Skjei – Pesce16:14

    xG 0.66–0.52 (56%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Slavin15:33

    xG 0.61–0.50 (55%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

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 2.9 xGVAN 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #743 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 64% of the time.

CAR winsVAN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).