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Mon, Apr 26, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Dallas Stars 4 (OT)

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.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR0142111700332
DAL2111140511431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:19DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Jason Robertson, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:59DALJason DickinsonAssists: Esa Lindell, Jamie Benn · Deflected, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:24CARMax McCormickAssists: Morgan Geekie, Cedric Paquette · Slap, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:28CARJaccob SlavinAssists: Sebastian Aho, Nino Niederreiter · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:04DALDenis GurianovAssists: Jamie Benn · Slap, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:46CARJani HakanpääAssists: Morgan Geekie, Jordan Staal · Slap, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:44DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 0:16CARDougie Hamilton: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:57DALRadek Faksa: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 17:56DALMiro Heiskanen: Slashing2 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 Benn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARDAL
32Shots on goal31
2.6Expected goals3.2
66Shot attempts47
24Faceoffs won33
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
18Hits24
8Blocked shots17
12Giveaways17
6Takeaways7

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 – Necas15:44

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. McCormick – Paquette – Geekie2:44

    xG 0.17–0.08 (67%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Foegele – Geekie3:01

    xG 0.10–0.06 (61%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. McCormick – Lorentz – Geekie2:00

    xG 0.04–0.10 (30%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Bean9:25

    xG 0.21–0.15 (58%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin18:01

    xG 0.65–0.64 (50%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  3. Hakanpää – Ryan3:45

    xG 0.14–0.31 (31%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson14:27

    xG 0.95–0.58 (62%)attempts 9–19goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Dickinson – Gurianov13:25

    xG 0.82–0.51 (61%)attempts 13–11goals 2–1

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa12:04

    xG 0.12–0.29 (30%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVatanen – Lindell14:55

    xG 1.33–0.41 (76%)attempts 14–14goals 2–1

  2. Sekera – Hanley12:12

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Heiskanen14:55

    xG 0.16–0.55 (22%)attempts 5–17goals 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.

DAL 3.2 xGCAR 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 86/100 · #126 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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

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