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Sat, Feb 8, 2025·Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Utah Hockey Club 3, Carolina Hurricanes 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 53% of the time.

CAR winsUTA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
UTA18111120339
CAR116412210738

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:09CARJalen ChatfieldAssists: Jordan Staal, Andrei Svechnikov · Snap, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:35UTAJosh DoanPPAssists: Matias Maccelli, Michael Carcone · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:25CARSeth JarvisPPAssists: Brent Burns, Andrei Svechnikov · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:35CARSebastian AhoUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 10:19UTAClayton KellerUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:14CARSebastian AhoSHGWGAssists: Seth Jarvis, Jalen Chatfield · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–4
  7. P2 19:15CARSeth JarvisAssists: Jackson Blake · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–5
  8. P3 16:11UTAClayton KellerPPAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Dylan Guenther · Slap, 0.13 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:16CARJordan MartinookENAssists: Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis · Wrist, 0.48 xG3–6
  10. P3 18:34CARJack RoslovicAssists: Jackson Blake, Juha Jaaska · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–7
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:57CARBrent Burns: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:16UTAIan Cole: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:51UTANick Bjugstad: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:03CARBrent Burns: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 8:18CARJaccob Slavin: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 14:21CARTaylor Hall: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 15:05CARSebastian 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.

UTA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

UTACAR
39Shots on goal38
4.6Expected goals4.7
74Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won40
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
21Hits16
10Blocked shots14
18Giveaways20
2Takeaways3

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.

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Stenlund – McBain3:20

    xG 0.48–0.32 (60%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Crouse – McBain – Doan6:59

    xG 0.47–0.37 (55%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Schmaltz – Keller12:01

    xG 0.76–0.89 (46%)attempts 16–12goals 1–2

  4. Carcone – Hayton – Guenther8:57

    xG 0.62–0.86 (42%)attempts 13–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarino – Sergachev11:09

    xG 0.59–0.47 (56%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Sergachev – DeSimone2:19

    xG 0.21–0.12 (63%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Marino3:04

    xG 0.12–0.15 (45%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Robinson – Kotkaniemi12:13

    xG 1.30–0.91 (59%)attempts 22–9goals 0–0

  2. Aho – Jarvis – Blake10:56

    xG 0.75–0.55 (57%)attempts 11–16goals 2–0

  3. Hall – Roslovic – Jaaska3:24

    xG 0.04–0.11 (27%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Martinook – Svechnikov8:55

    xG 0.53–0.63 (45%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Walker10:24

    xG 1.03–0.41 (72%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Orlov – Chatfield9:28

    xG 0.51–0.48 (51%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  3. Burns – Slavin13:02

    xG 0.82–0.85 (49%)attempts 11–20goals 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 4.7 xGUTA 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARUTA

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 UTA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 75/100 · #322 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
UTA 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 53% of the time.

CAR winsUTA wins

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

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