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Sun, Nov 3, 2024·Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Washington Capitals 2, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 84% of the time.

CAR winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH2100506221
CAR113218114445

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:01CARDmitry OrlovAssists: Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:16WSHAlex OvechkinPPAssists: John Carlson, Dylan Strome · Slap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:49WSHBrandon DuhaimeAssists: Nic Dowd · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:29CARMartin NecasAssists: Eric Robinson, Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:26CARDmitry OrlovGWGAssists: Martin Necas, Jalen Chatfield · Slap, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:51CARAndrei SvechnikovENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.77 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:20CARAndrei Svechnikov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:31CARShayne Gostisbehere: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:31CARMartin Necas: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:29WSHNic Dowd: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 11:46WSHPierre-Luc Dubois: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 0:41CARJack Roslovic: Holding2 min
  7. P3 3:54WSHAliaksei Protas: 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
43% to win57% to win
← WSH attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Aho won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHCAR
21Shots on goal45
2.2Expected goals4.6
44Shot attempts77
31Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
20Hits10
16Blocked shots11
15Giveaways15
2Takeaways7

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. Milano – Mangiapane – Lapierre4:08

    xG 0.09–0.11 (43%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Wilson – Dubois – McMichael11:14

    xG 0.25–0.37 (41%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime9:10

    xG 0.48–0.69 (41%)attempts 5–16goals 1–1

  4. Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Strome2:07

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry3:59

    xG 0.57–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Carlson – Alexeyev2:26

    xG 0.07–0.19 (26%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. McIlrath – Fehérváry4:06

    xG 0.00–0.19 (2%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Martinook – Jarvis8:59

    xG 0.73–0.08 (90%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Aho – Roslovic – Svechnikov10:27

    xG 0.99–0.41 (71%)attempts 25–10goals 0–0

  3. Necas – Robinson – Kotkaniemi9:19

    xG 0.71–0.14 (84%)attempts 12–5goals 3–0

  4. Carrier – Drury – Blake8:05

    xG 0.28–0.22 (56%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Walker12:36

    xG 1.20–0.44 (73%)attempts 20–7goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Slavin15:31

    xG 1.06–0.57 (65%)attempts 22–8goals 0–1

  3. Orlov – Chatfield16:15

    xG 0.71–0.54 (57%)attempts 20–13goals 2–0

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 4.6 xGWSH 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #690 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 84% of the time.

CAR winsWSH wins

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

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