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Mon, Oct 22, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 76% of the time.

DET winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR12111513339
DET060619121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:25CARJustin FaulkPPAssists: Justin Williams · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:05CARMicheal FerlandPPGWGAssists: Valentin Zykov, Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P3 12:02DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Thomas Vanek, Frans Nielsen · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:16CARJordan MartinookENAssists: Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.73 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:33DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:55DETJonathan Ericsson: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:28DETAnthony Mantha: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:14CARAndrei Svechnikov: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:55CARJustin Williams: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 13:35CARJordan Martinook: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 18:16CARDougie Hamilton: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARDET
39Shots on goal21
3.9Expected goals2.3
69Shot attempts42
25Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
15Hits18
12Blocked shots18
6Giveaways23
3Takeaways3

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. bestMcGinn – Zykov – Bishop7:28

    xG 0.91–0.27 (77%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Ferland – Teravainen – Aho10:56

    xG 0.86–0.25 (78%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Martinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov10:33

    xG 0.32–0.24 (57%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Staal – Foegele11:34

    xG 0.40–0.38 (51%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Faulk14:06

    xG 1.24–0.55 (69%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin15:41

    xG 1.10–0.45 (71%)attempts 28–6goals 0–1

  3. Pesce – van Riemsdyk17:05

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHelm – Glendening – Mantha2:10

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Athanasiou – Bertuzzi5:06

    xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Mantha – Larkin4:02

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Ehn – Rasmussen2:36

    xG 0.20–0.14 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Cholowski3:17

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Jensen10:16

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Hicketts3:39

    xG 0.11–0.26 (30%)attempts 2–5goals 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 2.3 xGCAR 3.9 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 18/100 · #1025 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 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).