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Sat, Oct 21, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR011114214339
DAL2142903426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:58DALJamie BennAssists: Alexander Radulov, Stephen Johns · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:07DALTyler PitlickAssists: Radek Faksa, Dan Hamhuis · Tip-in, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:24DALTyler SeguinAssists: Mattias Janmark, Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:46DALTyler PitlickGWGAssists: Antoine Roussel, Radek Faksa · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P2 19:50CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Brock McGinn · Snap, 0.26 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:32CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Noah Hanifin, Brock McGinn · Wrist, 0.42 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:24CARJordan StaalAssists: Sebastian Aho, Elias Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:55CARBrett Pesce: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 3:18DALTyler Seguin: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:49CARJeff Skinner: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 13:21DALRemi Elie: Delaying game2 min
  5. P3 17:11DALMartin Hanzal: 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
46% to win54% 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
39Shots on goal26
3.8Expected goals2.6
72Shot attempts46
25Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
19Hits27
8Blocked shots21
7Giveaways14
1Takeaways3

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. bestWilliams – Staal – Teravainen12:28

    xG 0.44–0.10 (81%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Skinner – McGinn – Ryan10:08

    xG 0.92–0.73 (56%)attempts 10–11goals 2–2

  3. Rask – Lindholm – Aho12:08

    xG 0.48–0.34 (58%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris7:16

    xG 0.22–0.29 (43%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Hanifin10:56

    xG 0.97–0.42 (70%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  2. Faulk – Fleury3:25

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Pesce16:47

    xG 0.61–0.74 (45%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Pitlick – Faksa9:13

    xG 0.64–0.17 (79%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Shore – Janmark2:09

    xG 0.01–0.05 (14%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Ritchie – Shore – Janmark7:23

    xG 0.11–0.25 (32%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Hanzal – Elie8:08

    xG 0.22–0.50 (31%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Johns14:23

    xG 0.96–0.47 (67%)attempts 15–12goals 2–1

  2. Lindell – Honka11:43

    xG 0.34–0.12 (74%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Johns – Lindell2:01

    xG 0.10–0.12 (45%)attempts 1–4goals 1–0

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 2.6 xGCAR 3.8 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 82/100 · #241 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 68% of the time.

DAL winsCAR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+5
+6
+7

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