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Tue, Apr 16, 2024·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 78% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR216110015341
CBJ3131824625

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:37CBJLuca Del Bel BelluzAssists: Mikael Pyyhtia, Zach Werenski · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:24CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Cole Sillinger, Kirill Marchenko · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P1 7:10CARJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Maxime Comtois, Stefan Noesen · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P1 18:16CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P1 19:01CBJJames MalatestaAssists: Mathieu Olivier, Sean Kuraly · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:16CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Brent Burns, Stefan Noesen · Snap, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P2 12:18CBJJohnny GaudreauGWGAssists: Justin Danforth, Zach Werenski · Wrap-around, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 0:47CBJAlex NylanderAssists: Erik Gudbranson, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:21CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Mathieu Olivier, Erik Gudbranson · Snap, 0.08 xG3–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:25CBJLuca Del Bel Belluz: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 13:07CARJordan Martinook: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 1:16CBJErik Gudbranson: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 6:21CARJalen Chatfield: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 9:45CBJDavid Jiricek: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 2:56CBJCole Sillinger: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 16:19CBJDamon Severson: Tripping2 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 SOG0CBJ
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Drury won the faceoff against Sillinger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCBJ
41Shots on goal25
4.2Expected goals2.3
77Shot attempts44
24Faceoffs won24
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
10Hits11
10Blocked shots15
4Giveaways4
3Takeaways7

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. bestNoesen – Comtois – Kotkaniemi8:49

    xG 0.79–0.39 (67%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Teravainen – Necas – Drury6:04

    xG 0.33–0.20 (62%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  3. Kuznetsov – Necas – Nadeau2:35

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Kuznetsov – Fast – Nadeau4:54

    xG 0.30–0.26 (53%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Coghlan3:47

    xG 0.39–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Coghlan4:07

    xG 0.53–0.20 (73%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  3. DeAngelo – Morrow2:26

    xG 0.25–0.06 (80%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Nylander – Danforth11:48

    xG 0.97–0.33 (75%)attempts 18–7goals 2–0

  2. Pyyhtia – Del Bel Belluz – Brindley8:32

    xG 0.12–0.09 (56%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Kuraly – Olivier – Malatesta10:28

    xG 0.54–1.00 (35%)attempts 7–15goals 1–1

  4. Texier – Marchenko – Sillinger8:52

    xG 0.20–0.83 (19%)attempts 4–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Werenski3:09

    xG 0.36–0.12 (76%)attempts 3–3goals 2–0

  2. Severson – Werenski12:55

    xG 0.62–0.43 (59%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  3. Severson – Provorov2:18

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

CBJ 2.3 xGCAR 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #251 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CBJ 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 78% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

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

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