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Sun, Mar 17, 2024·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Carolina Hurricanes 7, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 55% of the time.

OTT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11329416738
OTT17114011232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:19CARDmitry OrlovAssists: Brendan Lemieux, Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:50OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Parker Kelly · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:03CAREvgeny KuznetsovPPAssists: Brady Skjei, Dmitry Orlov · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:51OTTTim StützleAssists: Thomas Chabot, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:38CARSeth JarvisGWGAssists: Sebastian Aho, Jake Guentzel · Snap, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:41CARJalen ChatfieldAssists: Sebastian Aho, Dmitry Orlov · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 7:14CARDmitry OrlovAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Evgeny Kuznetsov · Slap, 0.04 xG5–2
  8. P3 8:52CARJake GuentzelAssists: Sebastian Aho, Jalen Chatfield · Snap, 0.05 xG6–2
  9. P3 13:07CARBrendan LemieuxAssists: Brent Burns, Jaccob Slavin · Tip-in, 0.07 xG7–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:05CARBrendan Lemieux: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 17:04CARJordan Staal: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 0:00OTTDominik Kubalik: Holding2 min
  4. P2 0:41OTTMathieu Joseph: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 16:34OTTBrady Tkachuk: 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 20:00Ostapchuk won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CAROTT
38Shots on goal32
3.4Expected goals3.0
72Shot attempts56
25Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
18Hits23
10Blocked shots15
9Giveaways11
7Takeaways9

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. bestGuentzel – Aho – Jarvis13:46

    xG 0.91–0.37 (71%)attempts 19–15goals 2–0

  2. Noesen – Lemieux – Kotkaniemi8:59

    xG 0.31–0.21 (59%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Kuznetsov – Necas – Svechnikov13:07

    xG 0.84–0.80 (51%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  4. Staal – Fast – Martinook9:13

    xG 0.17–0.44 (28%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Chatfield14:08

    xG 1.20–0.16 (88%)attempts 24–11goals 4–0

  2. Burns – Slavin15:09

    xG 0.69–0.78 (47%)attempts 15–15goals 1–1

  3. Skjei – Pesce16:38

    xG 0.69–0.82 (46%)attempts 21–17goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBatherson – Tkachuk – Pinto12:28

    xG 0.82–0.35 (70%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  2. Katchouk – Kastelic – Kelly8:10

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  3. Kubalik – Joseph – Ostapchuk3:33

    xG 0.02–0.10 (14%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Kubalik – Greig – Ostapchuk6:11

    xG 0.03–0.12 (20%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Brannstrom15:01

    xG 1.24–0.28 (82%)attempts 19–19goals 2–0

  2. Chychrun – Bernard-Docker14:44

    xG 0.52–0.92 (36%)attempts 14–17goals 0–2

  3. Sanderson – Zub16:01

    xG 0.26–1.12 (19%)attempts 6–18goals 0–2

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 3.0 xGCAR 3.4 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 55/100 · #639 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50OTT 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 55% 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).