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Sat, Feb 11, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR091916224
DAL3911315527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:51DALEsa LindellUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:49DALPatrick EavesAssists: Cody Eakin, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P1 6:11DALCurtis McKenzieGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 5:06CARSebastian AhoAssists: Elias Lindholm, Jordan Staal · Slap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:09DALPatrick EavesPPAssists: Radek Faksa, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.22 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:13CARJustin FaulkPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:19DALAdam CracknellAssists: Curtis McKenzie · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 18:30CARJustin Faulk: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 16:17CARBrett Pesce: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:13DALBrett Ritchie: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 18:32CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 3:27DALStephen Johns: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 14:34DALJamie Oleksiak: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 14:34CARJordan Staal: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 14:34CARJordan Staal: Cross checking2 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
44% to win56% to win
← CAR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARDAL
24Shots on goal27
3.2Expected goals2.5
54Shot attempts50
31Faceoffs won27
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
14Hits15
12Blocked shots15
7Giveaways19
7Takeaways13

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. bestStaal – Lindholm – Aho14:00

    xG 1.37–0.15 (90%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. McClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom6:00

    xG 0.14–0.12 (54%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Stempniak – Skinner – Rask13:16

    xG 0.57–0.96 (37%)attempts 16–15goals 0–3

  4. Teravainen – McGinn – Ryan9:46

    xG 0.18–0.68 (21%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Faulk15:47

    xG 0.98–0.67 (59%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

  2. Tennyson – Hanifin9:39

    xG 0.55–0.36 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  3. Slavin – Pesce14:19

    xG 0.64–0.46 (58%)attempts 11–11goals 1–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCracknell – McKenzie – Ritchie8:55

    xG 0.54–0.28 (66%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  2. Sharp – Korpikoski – Shore10:59

    xG 0.56–0.34 (62%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Roussel – Seguin – Faksa11:51

    xG 0.48–0.57 (46%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  4. Eaves – Benn – Eakin11:43

    xG 0.39–1.40 (22%)attempts 9–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell15:10

    xG 1.06–0.81 (57%)attempts 15–19goals 4–1

  2. Johns – Oleksiak14:50

    xG 0.59–0.86 (41%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Benn12:49

    xG 0.36–0.67 (35%)attempts 11–12goals 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 2.5 xGCAR 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 51/100 · #557 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 62% 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).