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Thu, Oct 24, 2024·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 76% of the time.

CGY winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR114218111443
CGY07114111232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:29CARSeth JarvisPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:41CARJack RoslovicAssists: Brent Burns, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:59CARMartin NecasGWGAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–0
  4. P2 13:01CGYJake BeanAssists: Connor Zary, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:05CGYJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Justin Kirkland, Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:43CAREric RobinsonENAssists: Pyotr Kochetkov · Wrist, 0.72 xG4–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:17CGYRyan Lomberg: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:55CGYBrayden Pachal: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 13:55CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 14:10CGYBlake Coleman: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 18:18CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 3:14CGYKevin Rooney: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 3:14CARSean Walker: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P3 8:38CARJalen Chatfield: Delaying game puck over glass2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
43% to win57% to win
← CAR attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Kirkland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCGY
43Shots on goal32
4.7Expected goals2.8
81Shot attempts59
43Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
17Hits31
15Blocked shots19
24Giveaways24
10Takeaways5

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. bestCarrier – Drury – Blake6:53

    xG 0.67–0.13 (84%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  2. Aho – Roslovic – Svechnikov10:27

    xG 0.92–0.62 (60%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Martinook – Jarvis11:53

    xG 0.25–0.10 (71%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  4. Necas – Robinson – Kotkaniemi10:32

    xG 0.45–0.39 (53%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin15:48

    xG 1.44–0.38 (79%)attempts 25–12goals 1–1

  2. Gostisbehere – Walker12:47

    xG 0.67–0.37 (64%)attempts 18–12goals 1–1

  3. Orlov – Chatfield17:08

    xG 0.75–0.71 (51%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKadri – Pospisil – Kuzmenko12:38

    xG 0.71–0.65 (52%)attempts 19–17goals 0–1

  2. Huberdeau – Mantha – Kirkland7:16

    xG 0.04–0.20 (16%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Huberdeau – Kirkland – Coronato4:23

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Coleman – Zary11:18

    xG 0.40–0.67 (37%)attempts 15–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Bean – Pachal11:54

    xG 0.27–0.54 (34%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  2. Andersson – Bahl15:36

    xG 0.60–0.93 (39%)attempts 14–22goals 1–1

  3. Weegar – Miromanov18:12

    xG 0.18–0.91 (17%)attempts 12–21goals 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.

CGY 2.8 xGCAR 4.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #480 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 76% of the time.

CGY winsCAR wins

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

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