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Fri, Mar 14, 2025·Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Detroit Red Wings 2, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 65% of the time.

CAR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1606114226
CAR09312111432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:07DETAlex DeBrincatAssists: Ben Chiarot · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:22CARTaylor HallAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Jack Roslovic · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:44CARJack RoslovicAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Scott Morrow · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:18CARJalen ChatfieldGWGAssists: Sean Walker, Seth Jarvis · Snap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:53DETMichael RasmussenAssists: Tyler Motte · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:49CAREric RobinsonENAssists: Brent Burns · Backhand, 0.43 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 15:30DETSimon Edvinsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 16:22CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 4:09DETBen Chiarot: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 16:00CARJordan Martinook: Tripping2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Roslovic won the faceoff against Compher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCAR
26Shots on goal32
2.9Expected goals3.7
55Shot attempts83
20Faceoffs won39
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
22Hits5
27Blocked shots15
17Giveaways17
5Takeaways5

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. bestMotte – Shine – Rasmussen5:16

    xG 0.80–0.20 (80%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  2. Kane – DeBrincat – Kasper13:19

    xG 0.51–0.39 (57%)attempts 10–20goals 1–1

  3. Larkin – Soderblom – Raymond11:17

    xG 0.46–0.37 (55%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Tarasenko – Compher8:58

    xG 0.41–0.42 (50%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Gustafsson12:42

    xG 0.76–0.13 (85%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Johansson – Edvinsson13:04

    xG 0.56–0.44 (56%)attempts 12–18goals 0–1

  3. Chiarot – Seider17:24

    xG 0.56–1.32 (30%)attempts 11–32goals 1–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestJankowski – Jost – Robinson6:34

    xG 0.49–0.02 (96%)attempts 16–2goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Martinook – Stankoven9:33

    xG 0.36–0.44 (45%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Aho – Jarvis – Blake14:58

    xG 0.39–0.79 (33%)attempts 22–12goals 1–0

  4. Hall – Roslovic – Kotkaniemi11:44

    xG 0.50–1.32 (28%)attempts 11–17goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Morrow13:08

    xG 1.05–0.37 (74%)attempts 23–10goals 2–0

  2. Burns – Slavin15:35

    xG 0.78–0.76 (51%)attempts 25–13goals 0–0

  3. Chatfield – Walker13:59

    xG 0.28–0.97 (23%)attempts 16–12goals 1–1

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 3.7 xGDET 2.9 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 · #715 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 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 65% 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).