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Sat, Jan 20, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 74% of the time.

DET winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR1130829330
DET190609124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:57CARElias LindholmPPAssists: Jordan Staal, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.42 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:37DETTomas TatarPPAssists: Mike Green, Dylan Larkin · Slap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:54CARElias LindholmPPGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.36 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:02CARJustin WilliamsAssists: Brock McGinn, Victor Rask · Slap, 0.14 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:47DETGustav Nyquist: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 2:57DETDanny DeKeyser: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 15:31CARHaydn Fleury: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:06DETXavier Ouellet: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 18:15CARTeuvo Teravainen: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Ryan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARDET
30Shots on goal24
3.4Expected goals2.0
57Shot attempts52
33Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
18Hits21
11Blocked shots15
7Giveaways15
4Takeaways9

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 – Rask – McGinn12:56

    xG 0.83–0.41 (67%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Stempniak – Skinner – Ryan13:22

    xG 0.47–0.42 (53%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris8:14

    xG 0.12–0.20 (37%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Teravainen – Lindholm13:50

    xG 0.25–0.38 (40%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Hanifin17:14

    xG 0.49–0.29 (63%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Slavin18:14

    xG 0.52–0.38 (58%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  3. Dahlbeck – Fleury13:25

    xG 0.34–0.64 (34%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAthanasiou – Bertuzzi – Larkin13:12

    xG 0.42–0.30 (58%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha14:08

    xG 0.56–0.46 (55%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Frk – Turgeon2:00

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Booth – Tatar8:17

    xG 0.22–0.65 (25%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Green12:22

    xG 0.51–0.21 (71%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Green – DeKeyser6:40

    xG 0.28–0.13 (68%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Ouellet10:29

    xG 0.34–0.41 (45%)attempts 13–8goals 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.

DET 2.0 xGCAR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #1040 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 74% 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).