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Tue, Mar 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 81% of the time.

DET winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR17119011237
DET2151815428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:21CARNino NiederreiterPPAssists: Jesper Fast, Jake Bean · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:35DETAdam ErnePPAssists: Filip Zadina, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:11DETAdam ErnePPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Filip Hronek · Slap, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:50CARSebastian AhoAssists: Martin Necas, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:28DETRobby FabbriGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:34DETFilip HronekENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.47 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:59DETAnthony Mantha: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 2:48CARHaydn Fleury: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 11:20CARCedric Paquette: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 17:45CARDougie Hamilton: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 2:52DETChristian Djoos: Interference2 min
  6. P2 8:50CARAndrei Svechnikov: Holding2 min
  7. P2 13:51CARAndrei Svechnikov: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  8. P2 18:48DETMichael Rasmussen: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 13:36CARJordan Staal: 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 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARDET
37Shots on goal28
2.1Expected goals4.1
61Shot attempts48
32Faceoffs won27
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
10Hits12
11Blocked shots14
2Giveaways8
2Takeaways1

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 – Aho – Necas11:53

    xG 0.60–0.29 (68%)attempts 18–5goals 1–1

  2. Paquette – Lorentz – Geekie5:33

    xG 0.25–0.03 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Martinook – McGinn – Lorentz4:54

    xG 0.21–0.07 (76%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Martinook – McGinn – Foegele3:39

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFleury – Bean9:39

    xG 0.33–0.16 (68%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Skjei – Pesce13:12

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Hamilton – Slavin14:29

    xG 0.56–0.77 (42%)attempts 24–9goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHelm – Glendening – Erne8:43

    xG 0.65–0.09 (88%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Mantha – Larkin – Fabbri8:09

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

  3. Gagner – Namestnikov – Zadina6:41

    xG 0.05–0.16 (24%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stecher10:37

    xG 0.51–0.20 (71%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Djoos2:23

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Merrill8:38

    xG 0.13–0.18 (43%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

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 4.1 xGCAR 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 47/100 · #447 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 81% 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).