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Tue, Mar 28, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Detroit Red Wings 1, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 61% of the time.

CAR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0406112122
CAR211111110432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:10CARLee StempniakAssists: Derek Ryan, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:12CARJoakim NordstromGWGAssists: Brett Pesce, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.37 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:36CARJordan StaalAssists: Matt Tennyson, Klas Dahlbeck · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–3
  4. P3 13:33DETTomas NosekAssists: Ben Street, Drew Miller · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:22CARElias LindholmPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 5:14DETMike Green: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:18CARElias Lindholm: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P3 0:38DETDylan Larkin: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 10:31CARMatt Tennyson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 16:59DETRobbie Russo: Interference2 min · PPG

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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
44% to win56% to win
← DET attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCAR
22Shots on goal32
3.1Expected goals3.7
50Shot attempts59
21Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
20Hits31
15Blocked shots13
6Giveaways9
9Takeaways13

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Street – Nosek8:46

    xG 1.42–0.30 (83%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Nielsen – Helm – Sheahan9:30

    xG 0.10–0.19 (34%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Abdelkader – Mantha – Larkin8:37

    xG 0.56–0.80 (41%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

  4. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Tatar10:25

    xG 0.24–0.63 (28%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – DeKeyser14:52

    xG 1.05–0.79 (57%)attempts 17–14goals 0–1

  2. Kronwall – Green19:51

    xG 0.76–0.79 (49%)attempts 13–18goals 0–1

  3. Russo – Ouellet13:45

    xG 0.18–0.45 (29%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNordstrom – Rask – Teravainen12:12

    xG 0.82–0.35 (70%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Di Giuseppe – McGinn – Wallmark8:32

    xG 0.33–0.12 (73%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Lindholm – Aho10:56

    xG 0.66–0.57 (54%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  4. Stempniak – Skinner – Ryan12:49

    xG 0.41–1.39 (23%)attempts 15–17goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Hanifin17:07

    xG 0.94–0.55 (63%)attempts 20–14goals 1–0

  2. Slavin – Pesce17:54

    xG 0.75–0.48 (61%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  3. Dahlbeck – Tennyson14:14

    xG 0.61–1.46 (29%)attempts 14–18goals 1–1

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 3.7 xGDET 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #928 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 61% of the time.

CAR winsDET wins

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

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