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Sat, Jan 16, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Detroit Red Wings 4

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
CAR01009212231
DET051937421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:44DETBobby RyanAssists: Filip Zadina · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:28CARVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Dougie Hamilton · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:46DETDylan LarkinAssists: Anthony Mantha, Tyler Bertuzzi · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:56CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Jordan Martinook · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:18DETRobby FabbriGWGAssists: Filip Zadina, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:04DETDylan LarkinENAssists: Patrik Nemeth · Backhand, 0.68 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:54DETDanny DeKeyser: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:57DETMathias Brome: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:35CARNino Niederreiter: Interference2 min
  4. P2 19:28DETDanny DeKeyser: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 11:30DETTyler Bertuzzi: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 15:13CARBrady Skjei: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 19:56DETLuke Glendening: Playing without a helmet2 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 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Aho
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARDET
31Shots on goal21
3.3Expected goals5.0
58Shot attempts45
29Faceoffs won33
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
23Hits14
9Blocked shots16
4Giveaways9
1Takeaways5

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. bestNiederreiter – Teravainen – Aho11:45

    xG 0.71–0.04 (94%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Trocheck – Necas – Svechnikov5:42

    xG 0.87–0.31 (73%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Fast – Martinook – Svechnikov6:40

    xG 0.23–0.12 (66%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  4. Dzingel – McGinn – Geekie6:54

    xG 0.16–0.06 (75%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce15:17

    xG 0.78–0.29 (73%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Hamilton – Slavin13:36

    xG 0.63–0.39 (62%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Pesce2:33

    xG 0.01–0.02 (44%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Gagner – Namestnikov7:45

    xG 0.27–0.07 (79%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Glendening – Erne – Brome7:45

    xG 0.20–0.04 (82%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Fabbri – Zadina9:53

    xG 0.17–0.67 (21%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin14:17

    xG 0.46–1.28 (26%)attempts 9–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stecher14:23

    xG 0.46–0.33 (58%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  2. Merrill – DeKeyser10:46

    xG 0.48–0.66 (42%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  3. Nemeth – Hronek15:12

    xG 0.24–1.39 (15%)attempts 5–18goals 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 5.0 xGCAR 3.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 68/100 · #270 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.90 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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).