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Fri, Dec 10, 2010·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Dallas Stars 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 83% of the time.

DAL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR051905040123
DAL1501107061229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:39DALJames NealAssists: Brad Richards, Aaron Gagnon · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:03CARJiri TlustyAssists: Troy Bodie, Ryan Carter · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Loui Eriksson stopped
  2. 2. CAR Jussi Jokinen stopped
  3. 3. DAL Brad Richards scored
  4. 4. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
  5. 5. DAL Mike Ribeiro stopped
  6. 6. CAR Eric Staal stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:52CARTuomo Ruutu: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:42DALAdam Burish: Interference2 min
  3. P1 16:08CARErik Cole: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 0:44CAREric Staal: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 9:53DALBrian Sutherby: Interference2 min
  6. P2 14:39DALStephane Robidas: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 5:50CARTroy Bodie: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 9:01DALTrevor Daley: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 12:39DALSteve Ott: Interference2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← CAR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARDAL
23Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals3.9
52Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won29
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
33Hits31
16Blocked shots18
7Giveaways8
10Takeaways16

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – LaRose – Staal3:43

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Samsonov – LaRose – Dwyer4:43

    xG 0.19–0.13 (60%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Ruutu – Jokinen – Staal5:13

    xG 0.12–0.08 (58%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Bodie – Tlusty – Carter7:22

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPitkanen – McBain7:30

    xG 0.63–0.07 (90%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Corvo – Gleason12:26

    xG 0.40–0.35 (54%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Harrison – White3:33

    xG 0.03–0.04 (43%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Eriksson – Neal9:42

    xG 0.67–0.22 (75%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Ott – Segal – Burish8:17

    xG 0.20–0.06 (77%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Sutherby – Gagnon – Wandell5:52

    xG 0.24–0.31 (43%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Ribeiro – Benn8:29

    xG 0.09–0.47 (17%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Grossmann11:58

    xG 0.56–0.27 (68%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Woywitka – Daley12:06

    xG 0.57–0.57 (50%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Skrastins – Niskanen8:15

    xG 0.13–0.22 (38%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

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.

DAL 3.9 xGCAR 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #631 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 83% of the time.

DAL winsCAR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).