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Thu, Feb 11, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

DAL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11321029532
DAL09318010337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:01CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Jordan Staal, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:16DALMark PysykAssists: Jason Robertson, Denis Gurianov · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:46CARJordan StaalAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:25DALRoope HintzAssists: Denis Gurianov, Jason Robertson · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:28DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: John Klingberg, Miro Heiskanen · Slap, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:33CARBrock McGinnAssists: Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 3:58CARNino NiederreiterGWGAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:06CARWarren FoegeleENAssists: Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.72 xG5–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:01CARNino Niederreiter: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:54DALJamie Oleksiak: Interference2 min
  3. P1 13:32CARMorgan Geekie: Holding2 min
  4. P1 15:37DALRadek Faksa: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 19:23CARAndrei Svechnikov: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 9:50CARNino Niederreiter: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P2 10:40CARRyan Dzingel: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 15:55DALMark Pysyk: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARDAL
32Shots on goal37
3.3Expected goals3.9
57Shot attempts63
39Faceoffs won34
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
19Hits39
17Blocked shots11
13Giveaways13
4Takeaways9

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 – Trocheck – McGinn12:12

    xG 1.03–0.44 (70%)attempts 15–12goals 2–0

  2. Fast – Dzingel – Geekie3:31

    xG 0.05–0.07 (40%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Foegele – Svechnikov9:47

    xG 0.39–0.44 (47%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

  4. Teravainen – Martinook – Aho8:49

    xG 0.10–0.39 (21%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce15:18

    xG 0.93–0.56 (62%)attempts 16–11goals 2–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin15:17

    xG 0.73–0.78 (48%)attempts 19–14goals 1–2

  3. Gardiner – Fleury9:54

    xG 0.07–0.55 (12%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHintz – Gurianov – Robertson8:09

    xG 0.70–0.36 (66%)attempts 7–10goals 2–1

  2. Faksa – Caamano – Dellandrea4:18

    xG 0.32–0.13 (71%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Pavelski – Benn – Kiviranta10:31

    xG 0.28–0.19 (59%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Dickinson – Caamano – Dellandrea2:11

    xG 0.01–0.02 (35%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Pysyk12:47

    xG 1.09–0.31 (78%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen14:29

    xG 0.62–0.63 (50%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell13:13

    xG 0.21–0.76 (22%)attempts 11–20goals 1–2

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 3.9 xGCAR 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 85/100 · #135 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 60% of the time.

DAL winsCAR wins

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

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