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Tue, Dec 31, 2024·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR11521007031335
CBJ2100817032428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:48CBJKirill MarchenkoAssists: Sean Monahan, Denton Mateychuk · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:59CARTy SmithPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:43CBJKirill MarchenkoAssists: Dmitri Voronkov, Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:47CARJack RoslovicAssists: Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:18CARJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Eric Robinson · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:58CBJDmitri VoronkovPPAssists: Sean Monahan, Zach Werenski · Snap, 0.09 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Sean Monahan stopped
  2. 2. CAR Jackson Blake stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Damon Severson stopped
  4. 4. CAR Andrei Svechnikov scored
  5. 5. CBJ Kent Johnson scored
  6. 6. CAR Seth Jarvis stopped
  7. 7. CBJ Adam Fantilli scored
  8. 8. CAR Sebastian Aho stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:23CBJElvis Merzlikins: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:00CARTyson Jost: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:00CBJAdam Fantilli: Embellishment2 min
  4. P1 19:16CARTyson Jost: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 2:10CBJMikael Pyyhtia: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:27CARJackson Blake: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 3:56CARAndrei Svechnikov: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 8:19CBJDante Fabbro: Hooking2 min
  9. OT 4:47CBJZachary Aston-Reese: 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 SOG0CBJ
43% to win57% to win
← CAR attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fantilli won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCBJ
35Shots on goal28
3.7Expected goals2.4
75Shot attempts51
30Faceoffs won43
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
21Hits14
12Blocked shots20
14Giveaways15
6Takeaways6

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 – Jarvis11:43

    xG 0.99–0.31 (76%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  2. Necas – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov11:21

    xG 0.23–0.15 (61%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Jost – Robinson – Blake5:44

    xG 0.06–0.00 (99%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Martinook – Carrier10:28

    xG 0.22–0.35 (39%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin16:02

    xG 1.20–0.37 (76%)attempts 28–17goals 1–1

  2. Walker – Smith8:04

    xG 0.18–0.02 (89%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Orlov – Chatfield15:56

    xG 0.57–0.49 (54%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMonahan – Marchenko – Voronkov11:09

    xG 0.54–0.22 (71%)attempts 17–13goals 2–0

  2. Kuraly – Pyyhtia – Sillinger2:47

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Olivier – Johnson – Sillinger8:43

    xG 0.20–0.42 (32%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

  4. van Riemsdyk – Aston-Reese – Fantilli8:18

    xG 0.07–0.58 (11%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Provorov – Mateychuk10:06

    xG 0.33–0.31 (51%)attempts 8–10goals 2–1

  2. Provorov – Fabbro2:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Christiansen3:41

    xG 0.00–0.06 (1%)attempts 2–4goals 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.

CBJ 2.4 xGCAR 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #352 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 70% of the time.

CBJ winsCAR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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