Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.
Shot quality
Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken,
the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works
DAL 49%Deserve to win51% CAR
DAL
CAR
3.88
Expected goals
3.96
3
Goals (no shootout)
6
1.72
Expected goals, 5 on 5
3.02
51
Shot attempts
66
39
Unblocked attempts
54
23
Shots on goal
33
Game notes
What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is
counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the
shots' expected goals (xG).
1st Period
11:53
DAL
Deserve to win
Deserve to win · DAL takes the lead, 75–25%
CAR had led since 1:35 of the 1st, by as much as 73%
2nd Period
5:17
DAL
Goalie
Goalie · Oettinger −2.4 goals saved
4 goals on 1.64 xG, 13 shots on goal
6:59
DAL
Goalie change
Goalie change · DeSmith in for Oettinger
6:59 of the 2nd; Oettinger had allowed 5 goals on 15 shots (1.93 xG)
9:35
CAR
Deserve to win
Deserve to win · CAR takes the lead, 61–39%
DAL had led since 11:53 of the 1st, by as much as 75%
10:00
CAR
xG swing
xG swing · Out-chanced DAL 1.10–0.08
In xG over 10 minutes, the end of the 1st to 10:00 of the 2nd; goals 2–0
3rd Period
5:00
DAL
No shift
No shift · Erne, 20:50 on the bench
No shift after 12:32 of the 2nd; 9 shifts (6:57) before that
8:40
CAR
No shift
No shift · Philp, 17:05 on the bench
No shift after 18:37 of the 2nd; 10 shifts (7:38) before that
Shot map
DAL shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ CAR shoots
About these numbers
xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot
from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the
share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how
often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count
as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map
leaves them out.
An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a
player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays,
all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.
