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Thu, Apr 3, 2014·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Dallas Stars 1, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 54% of the time.

CAR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL013110011134
CAR08311113432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:30CAREric StaalAssists: John-Michael Liles, Patrick Dwyer · Deflected, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:08CARJustin FaulkPPGWGAssists: John-Michael Liles, Chris Terry · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:06CARJohn-Michael LilesPPAssists: Chris Terry, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:44DALTyler SeguinAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Trevor Daley · Snap, 0.21 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:40CARRiley NashAssists: Brett Bellemore · Snap, 0.22 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 12:20CARBrett Bellemore: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:46DALPatrik Nemeth: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:16DALPatrik Nemeth: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:47CARNathan Gerbe: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 11:00DALAlex Chiasson: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 12:08DALRyan Garbutt: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 13:12DALJamie Benn: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 13:12DALTyler Seguin: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 14:26DALRyan Garbutt: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 15:56CARJordan Staal: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nash won the faceoff against Jeffrey
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCAR
34Shots on goal32
3.2Expected goals3.0
60Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won32
3Power plays5
30Penalty minutes6
17Hits18
13Blocked shots15
9Giveaways12
3Takeaways20

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestJeffrey – Chiasson – Eakin2:01

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Jeffrey – Chiasson2:04

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt8:04

    xG 0.13–0.25 (34%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Fiddler – Sceviour8:29

    xG 0.39–0.53 (43%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Benn – Dillon12:54

    xG 0.82–0.85 (49%)attempts 13–18goals 0–1

  2. Gonchar – Nemeth11:00

    xG 0.41–0.47 (47%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  3. Daley – Goligoski17:33

    xG 0.72–0.94 (43%)attempts 22–12goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Gerbe – Staal10:39

    xG 0.97–0.33 (74%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Skinner – Lindholm10:26

    xG 0.77–0.46 (62%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Dvorak – Malhotra – Boychuk6:36

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Terry – Loktionov9:39

    xG 0.42–0.92 (32%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bellemore4:55

    xG 0.65–0.08 (88%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Bellemore9:18

    xG 0.51–0.18 (73%)attempts 7–8goals 2–0

  3. Komisarek – Harrison9:03

    xG 0.45–0.49 (48%)attempts 9–9goals 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.

CAR 3.0 xGDAL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #884 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 54% of the time.

CAR winsDAL wins

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

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