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Sun, Jan 31, 2021·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Dallas Stars 3, Carolina Hurricanes 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 55% of the time.

CAR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL0319212051329
CAR112115110032440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:58CARJordan StaalPPAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Sebastian Aho · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:47DALJamie OleksiakAssists: Jamie Benn · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:32CARBrock McGinnSHAssists: Jordan Staal, Brady Skjei · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:38DALAndrew CoglianoAssists: Blake Comeau, Miro Heiskanen · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:00DALJamie BennAssists: Alexander Radulov, Anton Khudobin · Deflected, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:25CARNino NiederreiterAssists: Brett Pesce · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Dougie Hamilton scored
  2. 2. DAL Joe Pavelski stopped
  3. 3. CAR Andrei Svechnikov stopped
  4. 4. DAL Alexander Radulov scored
  5. 5. CAR Vincent Trocheck scored
  6. 6. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:34DALEsa Lindell: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:32CARNino Niederreiter: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:53DALTanner Kero: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 0:30DALJamie Benn: Interference2 min
  5. P2 5:24DALMiro Heiskanen: Holding2 min
  6. P2 8:37CARDrew Shore: Holding2 min
  7. P2 15:02CARDougie Hamilton: Holding2 min
  8. P3 4:54CARAndrei Svechnikov: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P3 12:03DALAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 min
  10. OT 2:13CARDougie Hamilton: Hooking2 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 20:00Dellandrea won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCAR
29Shots on goal40
3.3Expected goals3.6
48Shot attempts61
33Faceoffs won37
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
31Hits17
11Blocked shots9
6Giveaways6
7Takeaways10

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Kero – Caamano3:13

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Cogliano – Faksa – Dellandrea2:40

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa3:18

    xG 0.06–0.02 (73%)attempts 1–1goals 0–1

  4. Radulov – Benn – Hintz8:53

    xG 0.25–0.34 (42%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Hanley7:57

    xG 0.75–0.27 (74%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen10:32

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 7–6goals 2–1

  3. Klingberg – Lindell15:22

    xG 0.60–0.80 (43%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Trocheck – Necas9:30

    xG 0.52–0.17 (76%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Dzingel – Lorentz5:13

    xG 0.37–0.06 (87%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Dzingel – Aho – Svechnikov3:51

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  4. McGinn – Aho – Svechnikov5:34

    xG 0.31–0.24 (57%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFleury – Bean10:31

    xG 0.77–0.67 (53%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  2. Gardiner – Pesce12:26

    xG 0.71–0.76 (49%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

  3. Skjei – Pesce3:52

    xG 0.13–0.27 (33%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

CAR 3.6 xGDAL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 93/100 · #51 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.74 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 55% of the time.

CAR winsDAL wins

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

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