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Fri, Jan 19, 2024·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Detroit Red Wings 2, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 93% of the time.

CAR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET131504212
CAR1818214430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:27DETKlim KostinAssists: Joseph Veleno, Daniel Sprong · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:14CARJordan MartinookAssists: Brent Burns, Jordan Staal · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:25CARMartin NecasAssists: Michael Bunting, Dmitry Orlov · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:17DETJ.T. CompherPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Shayne Gostisbehere · Snap, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:46CARAndrei SvechnikovPPGWGAssists: Michael Bunting, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:44CARSebastian AhoENAssists: Martin Necas, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.68 xG2–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 18:57CARJaccob Slavin: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P3 10:15DETJeff Petry: Tripping2 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCAR
12Shots on goal30
0.9Expected goals3.5
32Shot attempts64
27Faceoffs won34
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
13Hits11
17Blocked shots10
10Giveaways27
7Takeaways9

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. bestCompher – Sprong – DeBrincat4:51

    xG 0.07–0.01 (84%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Fabbri – Kostin – Veleno3:02

    xG 0.15–0.19 (45%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  3. Sprong – Kostin – Veleno7:52

    xG 0.13–0.32 (29%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. Perron – Larkin – Raymond14:08

    xG 0.03–0.27 (11%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Chiarot13:32

    xG 0.38–0.22 (63%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  2. Maatta – Gostisbehere19:36

    xG 0.18–0.74 (20%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

  3. Walman – Seider19:11

    xG 0.10–0.68 (13%)attempts 11–19goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNoesen – Necas – Drury14:07

    xG 0.71–0.10 (88%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Teravainen – Aho – Svechnikov13:31

    xG 0.36–0.09 (80%)attempts 20–4goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Martinook – Jarvis13:05

    xG 0.27–0.10 (74%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  4. Fast – Bunting – Kotkaniemi9:39

    xG 0.22–0.39 (36%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin17:57

    xG 0.81–0.06 (93%)attempts 23–9goals 2–0

  2. Orlov – Chatfield17:02

    xG 0.72–0.11 (87%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce21:11

    xG 0.38–0.54 (41%)attempts 21–13goals 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.

CAR 3.5 xGDET 0.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 45/100 · #778 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 93% 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).