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Sun, Apr 7, 2024·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Columbus Blue Jackets 0, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 95% of the time.

CAR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ050909023
CAR213011111335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:17CARAndrei SvechnikovGWGAssists: Jordan Martinook, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:45CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Jake Guentzel, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 13:53CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.06 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:28CBJAlexandre Texier: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:23CBJIvan Provorov: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:36CBJSean Kuraly: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 6:45CBJDamon Severson: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:12CARSeth Jarvis: Slashing2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCAR
23Shots on goal35
1.4Expected goals5.1
47Shot attempts70
19Faceoffs won36
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
18Hits5
16Blocked shots10
6Giveaways8
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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGaunce – Danforth – Malatesta5:52

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Gaunce – Olivier – Malatesta3:09

    xG 0.19–0.23 (45%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. Kuraly – Danforth – Pyyhtia4:42

    xG 0.05–0.17 (23%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Kuraly – Olivier – Pyyhtia5:34

    xG 0.02–0.64 (2%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Jiricek – Blankenburg9:58

    xG 0.14–0.42 (25%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Gudbranson – Provorov16:50

    xG 0.36–0.96 (27%)attempts 11–19goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Werenski19:19

    xG 0.63–1.45 (30%)attempts 16–24goals 0–2

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestGuentzel – Aho – Jarvis11:53

    xG 1.33–0.22 (86%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Noesen – Drury10:27

    xG 0.79–0.10 (89%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Martinook – Svechnikov10:26

    xG 0.57–0.17 (77%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  4. Kuznetsov – Teravainen – Necas8:50

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin16:12

    xG 1.56–0.19 (89%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Orlov – Chatfield15:37

    xG 1.07–0.44 (71%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce15:35

    xG 0.84–0.65 (56%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

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.

CAR 5.1 xGCBJ 1.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1277 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 95% of the time.

CAR winsCBJ wins

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

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