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Thu, Nov 21, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 82% of the time.

DET winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0729111327
DET116113218447

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:17DETGustav NyquistAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Henrik Zetterberg · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:37DETDarren HelmAssists: Justin Abdelkader · Snap, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:49CARBrett BellemoreAssists: Radek Dvorak, Drayson Bowman · Slap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:51CARAndrej SekeraAssists: Eric Staal · Snap, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:29DETNiklas KronwallPPAssists: Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.46 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:58DETGustav NyquistGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:44CARAndrej SekeraSHAssists: Jordan Staal · Backhand, 0.19 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:27CAREric Staal: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:21DETJohan Franzen: Interference2 min
  3. P2 17:38DETKyle Quincey: Interference2 min
  4. P2 18:02DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:06DETNiklas Kronwall: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 6:44CARRiley Nash: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:44CARTim Gleason: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 18:30CARJeff Skinner: Hooking2 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 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARDET
27Shots on goal47
1.9Expected goals4.0
45Shot attempts67
29Faceoffs won23
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
19Hits17
11Blocked shots8
8Giveaways11
5Takeaways11

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. Ruutu – Terry – Nash2:12

    xG 0.02–0.01 (51%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Dwyer – Gerbe – Staal12:35

    xG 0.32–0.41 (44%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Dvorak – Malhotra – Bowman8:27

    xG 0.26–0.37 (41%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  4. Tlusty – Terry – Nash3:04

    xG 0.04–0.28 (12%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bellemore11:30

    xG 0.38–0.22 (64%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  2. Gleason – Bellemore2:59

    xG 0.15–0.11 (58%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Murphy3:24

    xG 0.11–0.11 (50%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist11:26

    xG 0.54–0.09 (86%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  2. Samuelsson – Miller – Andersson6:47

    xG 0.43–0.04 (91%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Cleary – Datsyuk9:52

    xG 0.62–0.26 (71%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  4. Abdelkader – Helm – Tatar9:35

    xG 0.38–0.08 (83%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Smith13:14

    xG 0.57–0.37 (61%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson8:40

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Kindl7:00

    xG 0.33–0.17 (65%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

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.

DET 4.0 xGCAR 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #281 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 82% of the time.

DET winsCAR wins

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

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