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Fri, Oct 18, 2024·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 69% of the time.

PIT winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR19218111438
PIT1407015126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:20PITDrew O'ConnorAssists: Lars Eller, Jesse Puljujarvi · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:24CARJackson BlakeAssists: Eric Robinson, Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:52CARMartin NecasPPGWGAssists: Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho · Slap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:13CARShayne GostisbeherePPAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Martin Necas · Slap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:00CARJack RoslovicAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Dmitry Orlov · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:20CARSean Walker: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:13PITMarcus Pettersson: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:28PITKris Letang: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 10:23CARJackson Blake: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 10:23PITDrew O'Connor: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 10:45CARWilliam Carrier: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 16:04PITMichael Bunting: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  8. P3 2:09CAREric Robinson: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 13:35CARSean Walker: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 19:00CARJackson Blake: 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 SOG0PIT
43% to win57% to win
← CAR attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Malkin won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARPIT
38Shots on goal26
4.1Expected goals2.8
81Shot attempts51
27Faceoffs won30
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
15Hits27
13Blocked shots21
15Giveaways17
6Takeaways3

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. bestStaal – Martinook – Carrier9:57

    xG 0.90–0.10 (90%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis11:10

    xG 0.80–0.21 (79%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  3. Roslovic – Necas – Kotkaniemi9:51

    xG 0.89–0.56 (61%)attempts 14–16goals 1–1

  4. Robinson – Drury – Blake6:25

    xG 0.29–0.17 (63%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Walker10:29

    xG 1.08–0.08 (93%)attempts 17–5goals 0–1

  2. Burns – Slavin13:41

    xG 1.17–0.38 (76%)attempts 25–12goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Chatfield15:44

    xG 0.62–0.59 (51%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. Malkin – Rakell – O'Connor6:45

    xG 0.23–0.20 (53%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Eller – Puljujarvi – O'Connor2:39

    xG 0.09–0.10 (49%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Acciari – Glass4:35

    xG 0.18–0.23 (45%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  4. Malkin – Rakell – Bunting4:20

    xG 0.00–0.37 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPettersson – St. Ivany2:22

    xG 0.32–0.10 (76%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Graves – St. Ivany11:43

    xG 0.35–0.42 (45%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Pettersson14:19

    xG 0.32–0.91 (26%)attempts 7–18goals 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.

PIT 2.8 xGCAR 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #919 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 69% of the time.

PIT winsCAR wins

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

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