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Thu, Dec 16, 2021·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Detroit Red Wings 3, Carolina Hurricanes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 66% of the time.

CAR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET2131904326
CAR3170828533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:05CARNino NiederreiterPPAssists: Jesper Fast, Andrew Poturalski · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:32DETSam GagnerUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:36CARTony DeAngeloAssists: Jesper Fast, Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:54DETDylan LarkinAssists: Lucas Raymond · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P1 18:40CARJack DruryAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–3
  6. P2 11:19DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 0:18CARNino NiederreiterGWGAssists: Martin Necas, Brett Pesce · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:55CARVincent TrocheckENAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Martin Necas · Backhand, 0.79 xG3–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:12DETTyler Bertuzzi: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 3:21CAREthan Bear: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:02CARJack Drury: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:08CARMartin Necas: Interference2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCAR
26Shots on goal33
3.6Expected goals4.7
56Shot attempts60
24Faceoffs won36
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
15Hits12
12Blocked shots12
10Giveaways15
6Takeaways8

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Rowney – Smith6:08

    xG 0.50–0.25 (67%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond14:26

    xG 0.96–0.76 (56%)attempts 17–16goals 2–1

  3. Erne – Veleno – Zadina3:39

    xG 0.32–0.20 (62%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  4. Namestnikov – Suter – Zadina5:43

    xG 0.15–0.69 (18%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeKeyser – Seider5:32

    xG 0.49–0.13 (78%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  2. Staal – Seider2:17

    xG 0.28–0.03 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Oesterle – Lindstrom4:46

    xG 0.13–0.04 (78%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Noesen – Drury7:28

    xG 0.19–0.05 (80%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Trocheck – Necas16:51

    xG 0.81–0.74 (52%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  3. Fast – Teravainen – Kotkaniemi12:21

    xG 0.85–0.98 (47%)attempts 14–14goals 1–2

  4. Stepan – Poturalski – Drury4:00

    xG 0.06–0.22 (22%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Bear12:58

    xG 0.99–0.67 (60%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  2. Slavin – DeAngelo16:36

    xG 0.82–0.71 (54%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  3. Skjei – Pesce17:30

    xG 0.60–1.08 (36%)attempts 19–18goals 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.

CAR 4.7 xGDET 3.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 82/100 · #278 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.02 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 66% of the time.

CAR winsDET wins

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

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