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Tue, Feb 11, 2020·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 90% of the time.

DAL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR190907125
DAL11221718437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:54DALJamie BennAssists: Stephen Johns, Miro Heiskanen · Snap, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:38CARSebastian AhoAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:36DALDenis GurianovPPGWGAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz · Slap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:06DALJamie BennPPAssists: Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:41DALJamie BennENUnassisted · Other, 0.65 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:33DALRadek Faksa: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 4:42CARMartin Necas: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 10:41CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:55CARBrock McGinn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 3:40CARJake Gardiner: 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 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← CAR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dickinson won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARDAL
25Shots on goal37
1.7Expected goals4.7
52Shot attempts65
28Faceoffs won40
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
13Hits23
14Blocked shots17
7Giveaways11
6Takeaways9

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. bestTeravainen – Aho – Svechnikov13:23

    xG 0.83–0.31 (73%)attempts 21–6goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Staal – McGinn4:41

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Niederreiter – Wallmark2:42

    xG 0.07–0.08 (46%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Dzingel – Necas6:38

    xG 0.07–0.15 (33%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gardiner – Pesce14:38

    xG 0.64–0.93 (41%)attempts 19–12goals 0–1

  2. Slavin – van Riemsdyk16:46

    xG 0.37–0.90 (29%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Fleury12:31

    xG 0.22–0.85 (20%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Seguin – Hintz9:55

    xG 1.13–0.10 (92%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Dickinson – Gurianov7:05

    xG 0.58–0.10 (85%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  3. Radulov – Janmark – Kiviranta8:39

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Dickinson3:16

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Oleksiak13:29

    xG 0.69–0.16 (81%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Johns – Heiskanen13:56

    xG 0.87–0.38 (70%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell15:52

    xG 0.68–0.69 (50%)attempts 10–21goals 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.

DAL 4.7 xGCAR 1.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 28/100 · #801 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DAL 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, Dallas Stars win this game 90% of the time.

DAL winsCAR wins

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

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