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Sat, Feb 24, 2024·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Dallas Stars 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

CAR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL161703216
CAR0711004121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:38DALJason RobertsonAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:16CARSebastian AhoAssists: Jesper Fast, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:15DALWyatt JohnstonGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:36CARBrady Skjei: Holding2 min
  2. P2 4:22DALJason Robertson: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 15:24CARJack Drury: Holding2 min
  4. P2 19:59CARDmitry Orlov: Interference2 min
  5. P3 4:45CARDmitry Orlov: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:00DALJoe Pavelski: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Drury won the faceoff against Benn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCAR
16Shots on goal21
1.3Expected goals2.2
36Shot attempts71
33Faceoffs won21
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
19Hits19
25Blocked shots13
8Giveaways15
4Takeaways8

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. bestBenn – Stankoven – Johnston8:39

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Faksa – Steel8:28

    xG 0.03–0.10 (25%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Marchment – Dellandrea7:25

    xG 0.08–0.24 (26%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson9:29

    xG 0.15–0.55 (22%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Suter – Heiskanen2:38

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  2. Pouliot – Hanley8:46

    xG 0.05–0.25 (16%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Heiskanen – Harley12:43

    xG 0.44–0.75 (37%)attempts 12–13goals 2–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestFast – Aho – Svechnikov8:46

    xG 0.45–0.06 (89%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Noesen – Teravainen – Kotkaniemi6:49

    xG 0.05–0.03 (60%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Bunting – Necas – Drury11:12

    xG 0.38–0.41 (48%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  4. Staal – Martinook – Jarvis6:21

    xG 0.08–0.14 (37%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Pesce14:17

    xG 1.01–0.12 (90%)attempts 18–5goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Slavin10:45

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–2

  3. Skjei – DeAngelo13:52

    xG 0.30–0.43 (41%)attempts 14–10goals 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 2.2 xGDAL 1.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 39/100 · #845 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 70% of the time.

CAR winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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