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Sun, Apr 14, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 91% of the time.

CHI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR09116310435
CHI120915216

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:05CHIFrank NazarAssists: Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:10CARJordan StaalAssists: Jordan Martinook, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:54CHIAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Lukas Reichel, Ryan Donato · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:24CARSeth JarvisPPUnassisted · Other, 1.00 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:27CARSeth JarvisPPGWGAssists: Brent Burns, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:54CARSebastian AhoENAssists: Jake Guentzel · Wrist, 0.74 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:19CARJake Guentzel: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:09CARJalen Chatfield: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 2:18CARPyotr Kochetkov: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 4:58CHIAlex Vlasic: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 14:51CHISeth Jones: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 17:54CHIRyan Donato: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 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 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nazar won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCHI
35Shots on goal16
4.9Expected goals1.9
73Shot attempts31
23Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
9Hits17
7Blocked shots19
3Giveaways17
4Takeaways6

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. bestNecas – Kotkaniemi – Drury9:31

    xG 0.88–0.10 (90%)attempts 19–4goals 0–1

  2. Staal – Martinook – Svechnikov10:55

    xG 0.60–0.13 (82%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. Guentzel – Aho – Jarvis12:15

    xG 0.77–0.40 (66%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  4. Kuznetsov – Fast – Noesen6:34

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Pesce15:42

    xG 0.90–0.21 (81%)attempts 24–8goals 0–1

  2. Burns – Slavin13:04

    xG 0.61–0.24 (72%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  3. Slavin – Chatfield2:44

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Kurashev – Bedard11:57

    xG 0.72–0.62 (54%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  2. Athanasiou – Donato – Reichel8:58

    xG 0.31–0.72 (30%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Raddysh – Slaggert7:09

    xG 0.01–0.49 (1%)attempts 2–14goals 0–0

  4. Dickinson – Anderson – Nazar10:31

    xG 0.13–0.65 (16%)attempts 6–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Murphy – Del Mastro14:39

    xG 0.13–0.33 (29%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Vlasic15:27

    xG 0.87–1.23 (41%)attempts 12–23goals 1–0

  3. Tinordi – Korchinski10:47

    xG 0.01–0.93 (1%)attempts 3–20goals 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.

CHI 1.9 xGCAR 4.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHICAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #556 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 91% of the time.

CHI winsCAR wins

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

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