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Thu, Feb 27, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

DAL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01107112130
DAL211111112434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:18DALTyler SeguinAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:13DALBrenden DillonSHGWGAssists: Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:35DALJamie BennSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:42CAREric StaalAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:04DALCody EakinENAssists: Shawn Horcoff, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.62 xG1–4
Penalties (19)
  1. P1 4:57DALCody Eakin: Delaying game2 min
  2. P1 8:54CARJohn-Michael Liles: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 15:19CARJustin Faulk: Interference2 min
  4. P2 0:40CAREric Staal: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 7:58DALJamie Benn: Interference2 min
  6. P2 13:35CARPatrick Dwyer: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 16:46DALRay Whitney: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 0:40DALJordie Benn: Delaying game2 min
  9. P3 5:36DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 5:36CARRon Hainsey: Instigator2 min
  11. P3 5:36CARRon Hainsey: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 5:36CARRon Hainsey: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 5:36DALAntoine Roussel: Game misconduct10 min
  14. P3 5:36DALAntoine Roussel: Charging5 min
  15. P3 6:40CARTuomo Ruutu: High sticking2 min
  16. P3 8:27CARJiri Tlusty: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  17. P3 8:27DALRyan Garbutt: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  18. P3 13:44CARJordan Staal: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  19. P3 15:40CARRiley Nash: Slashing2 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
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARDAL
30Shots on goal34
3.0Expected goals3.6
57Shot attempts60
27Faceoffs won28
5Power plays7
33Penalty minutes30
20Hits21
14Blocked shots18
6Giveaways10
7Takeaways6

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. bestDwyer – Gerbe – Staal4:04

    xG 0.24–0.07 (78%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  2. Semin – Staal – Tlusty3:01

    xG 0.10–0.03 (79%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Tlusty – Lindholm4:02

    xG 0.23–0.17 (57%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Ruutu – Nash – Skinner5:48

    xG 0.08–0.23 (26%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Liles10:39

    xG 1.08–0.15 (88%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – Bellemore8:57

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Harrison2:10

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Nichushkin5:56

    xG 0.42–0.09 (83%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Horcoff – Chiasson4:52

    xG 0.24–0.04 (87%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Fiddler – Roussel – Garbutt5:06

    xG 0.09–0.10 (47%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Peverley – Eakin6:59

    xG 0.10–0.72 (12%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Dillon11:09

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Goligoski9:22

    xG 0.43–0.55 (44%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Gonchar – Connauton9:05

    xG 0.26–0.77 (25%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

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.

DAL 3.6 xGCAR 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #891 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 60% of the time.

DAL winsCAR wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).