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Wed, Nov 13, 2024·Delta Center, Salt Lake City

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Utah Hockey Club 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 92% of the time.

UTA winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR015117018150
UTA180538421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:55UTANick BjugstadUnassisted · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:04CARMartin NecasPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Sebastian Aho · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:09UTAJack McBainGWGAssists: Michael Kesselring · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:11UTAMikhail SergachevAssists: Dylan Guenther, Matias Maccelli · Snap, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:28UTANick BjugstadAssists: Michael Kesselring, Clayton Keller · Snap, 0.31 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 13:42CARSebastian Aho: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:13UTAIan Cole: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:42UTAIan Cole: Holding2 min
  4. P3 8:03UTAMichael Carcone: Instigator2 min
  5. P3 8:03UTAMichael Carcone: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 8:03UTAMichael Carcone: Aggressor10 min
  7. P3 14:29UTAMaveric Lamoureux: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 17:07UTANick Bjugstad: Delaying game2 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 SOG0UTA
43% to win57% to win
← CAR attackUTA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Hayton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARUTA
50Shots on goal21
5.9Expected goals2.2
99Shot attempts47
43Faceoffs won30
6Power plays1
2Penalty minutes25
12Hits11
14Blocked shots26
19Giveaways15
7Takeaways5

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. bestAho – Roslovic – Svechnikov8:57

    xG 0.59–0.23 (71%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Martinook – Carrier9:53

    xG 0.66–0.36 (65%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Jost – Drury – Blake7:22

    xG 0.39–0.11 (79%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  4. Necas – Robinson – Kotkaniemi9:02

    xG 0.62–1.02 (38%)attempts 11–10goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Walker10:05

    xG 0.87–0.35 (71%)attempts 19–6goals 0–1

  2. Burns – Slavin13:49

    xG 0.71–0.74 (49%)attempts 23–15goals 0–1

  3. Orlov – Chatfield15:52

    xG 0.77–1.01 (43%)attempts 18–23goals 0–2

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. Bjugstad – Schmaltz – Keller9:45

    xG 0.66–0.77 (46%)attempts 6–15goals 1–0

  2. Kerfoot – Crouse – Hayton9:41

    xG 0.16–0.28 (37%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Maccelli – Guenther – Cooley10:26

    xG 0.44–0.79 (36%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  4. Stenlund – Carcone – McBain7:46

    xG 0.15–0.85 (15%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Lamoureux12:20

    xG 0.86–0.43 (66%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. Maatta – Sergachev14:26

    xG 0.24–0.68 (27%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

  3. Välimäki – Kesselring9:07

    xG 0.10–0.98 (9%)attempts 3–23goals 0–0

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.

UTA 2.2 xGCAR 5.9 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

UTACAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #935 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50UTA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 92% of the time.

UTA winsCAR wins

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

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