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Sat, Oct 24, 2009·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Minnesota Wild 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 71% of the time.

MIN winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR191301001223
MIN191701013329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:32CARSergei SamsonovPPAssists: Ray Whitney, Joni Pitkanen · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:52MINAndrew BrunettePPAssists: Shane Hnidy, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.49 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:51MINKyle BrodziakAssists: Owen Nolan, Brent Burns · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:35CARJoni PitkanenAssists: Ray Whitney · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:55MINCal ClutterbuckGWGAssists: Greg Zanon, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–3
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 3:59CARJoni Pitkanen: Elbowing2 min
  2. P1 7:11CARRay Whitney: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 9:27MINShane Hnidy: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  4. P1 11:32MINJohn Scott: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 11:32CARTim Conboy: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P1 12:22CARAaron Ward: High sticking2 min
  7. P1 13:36MINJohn Scott: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 13:36CARTim Conboy: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 4:21CARStephane Yelle: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 9:48MINPetr Sykora: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 13:32MINEric Belanger: Holding2 min
  12. P2 15:00CARRod Brind'Amour: Tripping2 min
  13. P2 19:24CARJay Harrison: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 2:58MINPetr Sykora: High sticking2 min
  15. P3 2:58CARAaron Ward: Hooking2 min
  16. P3 18:21CARJoni Pitkanen: Roughing2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← CAR attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARMIN
23Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals3.1
54Shot attempts63
22Faceoffs won38
3Power plays7
23Penalty minutes15
8Hits13
17Blocked shots13
4Giveaways3
5Takeaways4

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.

MIN 3.1 xGCAR 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #389 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 71% of the time.

MIN winsCAR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).