Dallas Stars at Carolina Hurricanes
Recap
written from the game dataThe Carolina Hurricanes beat the Dallas Stars 4-1. The Hurricanes scored first and never trailed. The Hurricanes led 4-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Vincent Trocheck's goal at 4:05 of the first period, which took the Hurricanes' chances from 54% to 66%. Expected goals favored the Hurricanes, 3.3 to 1.9; shots on goal were DAL 11, CAR 26. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Hurricanes win a replay of these chances 74% of the time. Anton Khudobin stopped 12 of 16 (.750), 2.6 goals below expected; James Reimer stopped 10 of 11 (.909), 0.8 goals saved above expected. Three stars: 1. Vincent Trocheck (2 G, 1 A), 2. Martin Necas (2 A), 3. Sebastian Aho (2 A).
Three stars
- ★V. Trocheck2 G, 1 A

- ★★M. Necas2 A

- ★★★S. Aho2 A

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
5 goals1st period
0-14:05
0-26:55
2nd period
0-38:42
0-410:21
3rd period
1-49:36
Penalties
1st
- 5:53
John Klingberg · Interferencedrawn by Jake Bean2 min
- 12:02
Sebastian Aho · Cross checkingdrawn by Ty Dellandrea2 min
- 19:43
Andrei Svechnikov · Cross checkingdrawn by Andrew Cogliano2 min
2nd
- 1:39
Ty Dellandrea · Trippingdrawn by Vincent Trocheck2 min
- 7:58
Mark Pysyk · Trippingdrawn by Martin Necas2 min
- 8:42
Radek Faksa · Hookingdrawn by Andrei Svechnikov2 min
- 13:07
Jordan Staal · Slashingdrawn by Miro Heiskanen2 min
- 18:36
Jake Bean · Trippingdrawn by Radek Faksa2 min
3rd
- 5:55
Justin Dowling · Slashingdrawn by Morgan Geekie2 min
- 9:30
Sebastian Aho · Slashingdrawn by Jamie Oleksiak2 min
- 16:45
Brock McGinn · High stickingdrawn by Denis Gurianov2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Vincent Trocheck, 1st 4:05 — 54% → 66%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 1.91 G
- All situations
- 4 G3.3
- 0.70 G
- Even strength
- 1 G1.9
- 1.21 G
- Power play
- 3 G1.2
- 0.00 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.2
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 71 unblocked attempts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 1.88 – 3.24
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 11
- Shots on goal
- 26
- 47%
- Faceoffs
- 53%
- 1/6
- Power play
- 3/5
- 10
- Penalty minutes
- 12
- 38
- Hits
- 26
- 14
- Blocked shots
- 12
- 11
- Giveaways
- 6
- 3
- Takeaways
- 4
Box score
every player line
Season series
CAR leads 6-2
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
