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Sat, Feb 24, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 76% of the time.

DET winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01017012129
DET1721005322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:41DETDanny DeKeyserAssists: Dylan Larkin, Xavier Ouellet · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:18CARNoah HanifinAssists: Victor Rask · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:22DETHenrik ZetterbergPPGWGAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Niklas Kronwall · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:04DETTrevor DaleyAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:34DETTomas Tatar: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:28DETHenrik Zetterberg: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:29CARElias Lindholm: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:24DETJustin Abdelkader: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 15:55CARJustin Williams: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 1:43DETDylan Larkin: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 4:22CARJoakim Nordstrom: Interference2 min
  8. P3 19:11CARDerek Ryan: Tripping2 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 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARDET
29Shots on goal22
1.7Expected goals3.0
70Shot attempts43
35Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
13Hits21
9Blocked shots31
9Giveaways14
1Takeaways4

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. bestRask – Teravainen – Aho12:30

    xG 0.30–0.21 (59%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Stempniak – Nordstrom – Ryan2:53

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Skinner – Di Giuseppe – Wallmark2:12

    xG 0.03–0.08 (25%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Williams – McGinn – Lindholm9:56

    xG 0.17–0.24 (41%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Fleury9:27

    xG 0.37–0.09 (80%)attempts 20–4goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Slavin10:14

    xG 0.32–0.19 (63%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  3. Slavin – Pesce2:08

    xG 0.04–0.02 (69%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Bertuzzi2:35

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha11:42

    xG 0.47–0.33 (59%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Helm5:53

    xG 0.11–0.08 (58%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Athanasiou – Larkin7:46

    xG 0.09–0.14 (39%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – DeKeyser14:11

    xG 0.47–0.25 (65%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  2. Kronwall – Ouellet11:27

    xG 0.39–0.23 (63%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Ericsson14:35

    xG 0.06–0.51 (10%)attempts 5–23goals 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 3.0 xGCAR 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 20/100 · #1022 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 76% 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).