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Tue, Oct 25, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR05210016231
DET3101906425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:53DETThomas VanekAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Darren Helm · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:51DETDylan LarkinAssists: Henrik Zetterberg · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:55DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Alexey Marchenko · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P2 6:43CARJordan StaalAssists: Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:12CARVictor RaskAssists: Andrej Nestrasil, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:04DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Luke Glendening, Steve Ott · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:26DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:38CARCam Ward: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 9:05DETAlexey Marchenko: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:08DETBrendan Smith: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:04CARMartin Frk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 11:22CARViktor Stalberg: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 11:22DETSteve Ott: Roughing2 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
44% to win56% 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
31Shots on goal25
1.6Expected goals1.7
51Shot attempts36
27Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
21Hits16
7Blocked shots13
3Giveaways7
2Takeaways8

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. bestDi Giuseppe – Teravainen – Lindholm10:57

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  2. McClement – Nestrasil – Frk5:09

    xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. Stempniak – Stalberg – Rask10:58

    xG 0.17–0.18 (48%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Nordstrom – Aho9:05

    xG 0.21–0.25 (45%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Pesce12:21

    xG 0.52–0.28 (65%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  2. Faulk – Slavin16:01

    xG 0.25–0.39 (39%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  3. Hanifin – Nakladal11:39

    xG 0.14–0.38 (27%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestVanek – Helm – Athanasiou7:39

    xG 0.33–0.03 (91%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  2. Zetterberg – Tatar – Sheahan9:35

    xG 0.21–0.02 (90%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Miller – Glendening7:17

    xG 0.14–0.19 (42%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Nyquist – Larkin8:17

    xG 0.07–0.27 (20%)attempts 2–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – DeKeyser14:52

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Sproul12:04

    xG 0.38–0.24 (61%)attempts 8–9goals 2–1

  3. Ericsson – Marchenko14:18

    xG 0.38–0.68 (36%)attempts 8–17goals 2–0

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 1.7 xGCAR 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 63/100 · #417 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 54% 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).