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Carolina Hurricanes

#2 Puckigree (final) · +9.053-22-7 · 2nd in standingsMetropolitan · Eastern
Why #2 at season’s end
Puckigree#2 · +9.0Standings2ndChance share (xGF% 5v5)2ndSchedule faced19th hardest

Results rank, standings, how the team drove play, and schedule strength side by side.

Final
Record53-22-7Points113Games82Goals for – against296–240
CF%59.11st of 32
GF/GP3.552nd of 32
GA/GP2.886th of 32
PP%24.94th of 32
PK%80.511th of 32
PDO98.427th of 32
SV% 5v5.89526th of 32
SF/GP32.22nd of 32

Playoff odds

From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.
FinalMade the playoffs
Lowest along the way73%
Playoff chance through the season: high 100% (Mar 5), low 73% (Oct 28). On the timeline · All teams

Player Puckigree

How much each player adds over a replacement-level player, in goals. See them against the league →
Roster total+110.6goals above replacement · 2nd of 32
Forwards +75.9Defence +26.6Goalies +8.1

Goals above a replacement-level player (someone outside a team’s regular rotation): how he did against an average player, plus credit for the workload a replacement would otherwise take. About 6.2 goals make one win.

Who’s driving it
EhlersL+11.4
AhoC+10.4
BlakeR+7.5
JarvisR+7.4
WalkerD+7.4
NikishinD−0.8

Chances

From our expected-goals model: what each shot was worth, given where and how it was taken.
Where the goal difference came fromxg-v1.1
Even-strength chances EV xGD+47.9
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD+16.4
Finishing GF−xGF−7.8
Goaltending GSAx−5.5
Goal difference GD+51

Each bar starts where the last one ended. Chances are what the shots were worth; finishing and goaltending are what happened to them.

Record by the chances
Chances say51-25-6107.4 pts
Actually53-22-7113 pts

5.6 points ahead of their chances.

xGF% 5v556.42nd of 32
HDCF% 5v554.64th of 32
GF−xGF−7.821st of 32
GSAx−5.521st of 32
Last gamesGame log →
  • Apr 14@ NYIW 2-1
  • Apr 13@ PHIOTL 2-3
  • Apr 11@ UTAW 4-1
  • Apr 9@ CHIW 7-2
  • Apr 7vs BOSW 6-5

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 16.

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