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Sun, Dec 15, 2024·Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

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

CAR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ08110010128
CAR2121917428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:28CARSebastian AhoSHAssists: Seth Jarvis · Snap, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:08CARWilliam CarrierGWGAssists: Jordan Staal, Jordan Martinook · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:52CBJDmitri VoronkovAssists: Kirill Marchenko, Ivan Provorov · Snap, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:16CARJordan MartinookAssists: Jordan Staal, Dmitry Orlov · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:19CARJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Martin Necas, Sean Walker · Snap, 0.06 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:06CARAndrei Svechnikov: Illegal check to head2 min
  2. P1 3:56CBJMathieu Olivier: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 6:36CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 11:03CBJZachary Aston-Reese: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 17:16CBJKirill Marchenko: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  6. P2 19:01CARSeth Jarvis: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 13:38CARSebastian Aho: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCAR
28Shots on goal28
1.6Expected goals3.2
48Shot attempts65
23Faceoffs won36
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
23Hits17
16Blocked shots11
26Giveaways24
5Takeaways5

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMonahan – Marchenko – Voronkov5:27

    xG 0.33–0.18 (65%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. Olivier – Aston-Reese – Sillinger7:33

    xG 0.19–0.24 (43%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli5:41

    xG 0.06–0.12 (34%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Johnson – Fantilli5:06

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProvorov – Fabbro3:13

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Severson – Christiansen4:03

    xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Werenski2:04

    xG 0.15–0.12 (57%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Martinook – Carrier9:04

    xG 0.54–0.01 (99%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Aho – Robinson – Jarvis10:23

    xG 0.47–0.21 (70%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Roslovic – Jost – Blake7:30

    xG 0.27–0.10 (74%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Necas – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov11:30

    xG 0.22–0.51 (30%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Chatfield14:40

    xG 0.84–0.16 (84%)attempts 18–11goals 2–0

  2. Burns – Slavin11:44

    xG 0.53–0.26 (67%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Walker13:14

    xG 0.39–0.27 (60%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

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 3.2 xGCBJ 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #947 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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.

CAR winsCBJ wins

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

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