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Sat, Jan 30, 2021·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Dallas Stars 1, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 78% of the time.

CAR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL060213111
CAR2721306426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:05CARVincent TrocheckAssists: Martin Necas, Steven Lorentz · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:55CARVincent TrocheckPPGWGAssists: Sebastian Aho, Jordan Staal · Backhand, 0.28 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:42CARAndrei SvechnikovPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Vincent Trocheck · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:21CARRyan DzingelPPAssists: Martin Necas, Jake Gardiner · Snap, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P3 9:36DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Alexander Radulov, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:53DALJohn Klingberg: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:02CARSebastian Aho: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 19:43CARAndrei Svechnikov: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 1:39DALTy Dellandrea: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:58DALMark Pysyk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:42DALRadek Faksa: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 13:07CARJordan Staal: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 18:36CARJake Bean: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 5:55DALJustin Dowling: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 9:30CARSebastian Aho: Slashing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 16:45CARBrock McGinn: High sticking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCAR
11Shots on goal26
2.0Expected goals3.8
37Shot attempts60
31Faceoffs won35
6Power plays5
10Penalty minutes12
38Hits26
14Blocked shots12
11Giveaways6
3Takeaways4

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDickinson – Hintz – Gurianov5:37

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Cogliano – Faksa – Dellandrea4:40

    xG 0.09–0.08 (52%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Dickinson – Gurianov2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Dowling2:00

    xG 0.01–0.10 (6%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Oleksiak – Heiskanen14:25

    xG 0.13–0.18 (43%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell13:08

    xG 0.41–0.79 (34%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Lindell3:57

    xG 0.00–0.49 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGinn – Aho – Svechnikov10:44

    xG 0.64–0.08 (89%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Trocheck – Necas8:07

    xG 0.38–0.10 (80%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Dzingel – Lorentz6:15

    xG 0.20–0.20 (51%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFleury – Bean9:43

    xG 0.71–0.08 (89%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Pesce11:52

    xG 0.64–0.24 (73%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Skjei10:56

    xG 0.26–0.18 (59%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

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.

CAR 3.8 xGDAL 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CAR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CAR is favoured, below it DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #736 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 78% of the time.

CAR winsDAL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).