CAR 1–4 TBL Final · L
Hurricanes/Schedule/Recap Fri, Oct 11, 2024 · 2024-25 regular season
Carolina Hurricanes
CAR · 0-1-0
1–4
FinalL
Tampa Bay Lightning
TBL · 1-0-0
1ST2ND3RDT CAR 1601104121 TBL 0914310423 goals · shots on goal
Season opener for both teams ·First meeting this season — the Hurricanes trail the season series 0–1
CAR 0-1-0 · TBL 1-0-0 · First meeting this season — the Hurricanes trail the season series 0–1

Hurricanes fell to the Lightning

The Hurricanes created the better chances (3.7 to 2.5 expected goals) — and lost 1–4. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 2.7 more goals than an average goalie would have.

Who had the better chances

The Hurricanes created the better chances: 3.7 expected goals to 2.5, on 21 and 23 shots on goal.

CAR 3.7 xG · 21 shots TBL 2.5 xG · 23 shots
0
1
2
3
4
1st 1.3 · 0.8
2nd · the swing 1.9 · 0.5
3rd 0.5 · 1.2
Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.
Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Hurricanes win 69.
CAR 69%TBL 31%

Goals and penalties

5 goals · 0 penalties
← Hurricanes shoot this way Lightning shoot this way →
On net Missed Bigger = better chance 1Goal, numbered to the list
1st period
1
14:32 Jordan Staal
William Carrier · snap shot, a great chance (26%)
1–0
2nd period
2
02:33 Brayden Point PP
Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · wrist shot, a good chance (17%)
1–1
3rd period
3
11:06 Nikita Kucherov PPGWG
Victor Hedman, Nick Paul · slap shot, a low-percentage shot (5%) that found a way in
1–2
4
17:53 Nikita Kucherov EN
Jake Guentzel, Erik Cernak · wrist shot, into an empty net
1–3
5
19:44 Nikita Kucherov EN
Jake Guentzel, Victor Hedman · snap shot, into an empty net
1–4
No penalties
Goaltending
+0.5
vs expected
19/21 saves · 2 GA · 2.5 xGA Gave up about what the shots he faced would predict.
+2.7
vs expected
20/21 saves · 1 GA · 3.7 xGA Stopped 2.7 more goals than an average goalie would have.
Team CARTBL
Shots on goal
21
23
Expected goals
3.7
2.5
Hits
0
0
Blocks
0
0
Power play
0/0
2/0
Penalty minutes
0
0