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Sun, Apr 4, 2021·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Dallas Stars 0, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 89% of the time.

CAR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL06010012028
CAR01111809138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:40CARJordan MartinookGWGAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 6:16DALJake Oettinger: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:27DALBlake Comeau: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 13:27CARCedric Paquette: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Gardner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCAR
28Shots on goal38
1.7Expected goals4.5
47Shot attempts75
20Faceoffs won29
0Power plays1
4Penalty minutes2
35Hits54
20Blocked shots14
15Giveaways18
3Takeaways1

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. bestKero – Caamano – Dellandrea4:26

    xG 0.17–0.06 (75%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson14:04

    xG 0.45–0.54 (46%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dowling – Gurianov12:39

    xG 0.12–0.85 (12%)attempts 5–22goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Gardner6:38

    xG 0.07–0.82 (8%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Heiskanen2:25

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Heiskanen2:09

    xG 0.16–0.10 (61%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Pysyk10:37

    xG 0.42–0.57 (43%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Martinook – Necas10:36

    xG 0.82–0.20 (81%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Fast – Aho – Svechnikov11:11

    xG 0.65–0.31 (68%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Niederreiter – Foegele11:30

    xG 0.49–0.20 (71%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Paquette – Lorentz3:04

    xG 0.24–0.06 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce18:28

    xG 1.85–0.35 (84%)attempts 31–12goals 1–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin18:05

    xG 0.78–0.46 (63%)attempts 22–18goals 0–0

  3. Fleury – Bean7:57

    xG 0.31–0.21 (60%)attempts 7–4goals 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 4.5 xGDAL 1.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 0/100 · #867 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 89% of the time.

CAR winsDAL wins

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

-7
-6
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-4
-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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