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Sun, Jan 12, 2025·Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Anaheim Ducks 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (OT)

Expected result

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

CAR winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA17031911320
CAR01001121501237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:35ANAJansen HarkinsAssists: Nikita Nesterenko, Brian Dumoulin · Snap, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:18ANACutter GauthierAssists: Mason McTavish, Jackson LaCombe · Snap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P3 7:48CARAndrei SvechnikovPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Martin Necas · Snap, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:04CARSeth JarvisAssists: Martin Necas, Brent Burns · Snap, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:52ANACutter GauthierGWGAssists: Jackson LaCombe, Frank Vatrano · Snap, 0.16 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 8:35CARJack Drury: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:49ANAMason McTavish: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 13:33CARJordan Martinook: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 5:51ANAJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACAR
20Shots on goal37
1.9Expected goals3.4
35Shot attempts86
27Faceoffs won40
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
26Hits32
28Blocked shots8
12Giveaways15
0Takeaways2

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Colangelo – Carlsson11:40

    xG 0.53–0.26 (67%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  2. Leason – McTavish – Gauthier9:12

    xG 0.21–0.52 (29%)attempts 6–21goals 1–0

  3. Harkins – Lundeström – Nesterenko8:11

    xG 0.04–0.62 (6%)attempts 1–15goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Fabbri – Vatrano12:43

    xG 0.11–0.74 (13%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – LaCombe16:29

    xG 0.67–0.56 (54%)attempts 9–20goals 0–0

  2. Dumoulin – Zellweger13:18

    xG 0.39–0.41 (48%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  3. Dumoulin – Trouba2:12

    xG 0.01–0.25 (4%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Martinook – Svechnikov9:21

    xG 0.46–0.15 (76%)attempts 19–5goals 0–1

  2. Necas – Kotkaniemi – Blake2:00

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Necas – Robinson – Kotkaniemi9:28

    xG 0.34–0.27 (56%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  4. Aho – Roslovic – Jarvis13:35

    xG 0.36–0.41 (47%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Chatfield16:50

    xG 0.84–0.24 (78%)attempts 25–7goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Slavin14:18

    xG 0.71–0.50 (59%)attempts 26–8goals 0–2

  3. Gostisbehere – Walker13:43

    xG 0.46–0.45 (50%)attempts 17–10goals 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.

CAR 3.4 xGANA 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #270 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.97 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +50 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.

CAR winsANA wins

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

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