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Carolina Hurricanes

#1 Puckigree · +11.08-2-2 · 1st in standingsMetropolitan · Eastern
Why #1
Puckigree#1 · +11.0Standings1stChance share (xGF% 5v5)3rdSchedule faced32nd hardest

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

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CF%59.52nd of 32
GF/GP3.923rd of 32
GA/GP2.677th of 32
PP%23.911th of 32
PK%83.39th of 32
PDO99.118th of 32
SV% 5v5.88824th of 32
SF/GP33.52nd of 32

Playoff odds

From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.
Make the playoffs95%
Win the division55%
Win the Cup12%
Projected points11198–124
Playoff chance this season: high 96% (Oct 17), low 57% (Oct 2). 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+15.7goals above replacement · 5th of 32
Forwards +11.3Defence +4.8Goalies −0.4

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
KochetkovGSAx +1.9G+2.8
SlavinD+2.4
BlakeR+2.3
AhoC+1.7
EhlersL+1.3
BussiGSAx −4.2G−3.2

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+8.5
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD+5.9
Finishing GF−xGF−0.1
Goaltending GSAx−2.3
Goal difference GD+12

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 say8-3-117.3 pts
Actually8-2-218 pts

Results match the chances.

xGF% 5v559.33rd of 32
HDCF% 5v559.55th of 32
GF−xGF−0.111th of 32
GSAx−2.319th of 32
Recent gamesGame log →
  • Oct 22@ EDMOTL 5-6
  • Oct 20@ VANW 6-3
  • Oct 18@ CGYL 2-3
  • Oct 17@ WPGW 3-2
  • Oct 13vs WSHW 4-2

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Oct 22.

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