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Fri, Oct 8, 2010·Hartwall Areena, HelsinkiNeutral site

Minnesota Wild 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 79% of the time.

CAR winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN11801204080142
CAR011110015011237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:23MINAndrew BrunettePPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Cam Barker · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:00CARTuomo RuutuAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Jeff Skinner scored
  2. 2. MIN Mikko Koivu stopped
  3. 3. CAR Jussi Jokinen stopped
  4. 4. MIN Brent Burns stopped
  5. 5. CAR Tuomo Ruutu stopped
  6. 6. MIN Antti Miettinen stopped
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 4:07CARChad LaRose: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 4:07MINMikko Koivu: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 8:08CARTom Kostopoulos: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:08MINEric Nystrom: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 15:18MINNick Schultz: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 15:46CAREric Staal: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P1 18:20CARJoni Pitkanen: Roughing2 min
  8. P1 18:20MINChuck Kobasew: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 7:39MINNick Schultz: Interference2 min
  10. P2 10:22CARDrayson Bowman: High sticking double minor4 min
  11. P2 13:51CAREric Staal: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 11:43MINClayton Stoner: Interference2 min
  13. P3 12:37MINGreg Zanon: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 18:30MINMikko Koivu: Hooking2 min
  15. OT 4:53CARJamie McBain: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
47% to win53% to win
← MIN attackCAR 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.

MINCAR
42Shots on goal37
4.6Expected goals2.6
70Shot attempts58
45Faceoffs won22
5Power plays5
19Penalty minutes19
27Hits24
15Blocked shots12
12Giveaways9
8Takeaways4

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestBrunette – Miettinen – Koivu11:38

    xG 1.06–0.05 (96%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Havlat – Clutterbuck8:16

    xG 0.58–0.20 (75%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Brodziak – Latendresse – Wellman6:15

    xG 0.40–0.49 (45%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Madden – Kobasew – Nystrom7:06

    xG 0.05–0.16 (24%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Burns15:13

    xG 1.68–0.09 (95%)attempts 22–6goals 0–0

  2. Zanon – Stoner3:06

    xG 0.42–0.29 (60%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Barker – Falk2:15

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestRuutu – Jokinen – Skinner7:33

    xG 0.18–0.04 (82%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  2. Cole – LaRose – Staal11:50

    xG 0.56–0.98 (36%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Kostopoulos – O'Sullivan – Dalpe4:05

    xG 0.07–0.60 (11%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Dwyer – Sutter – Bowman8:04

    xG 0.07–0.63 (10%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – McBain12:07

    xG 0.51–0.46 (53%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Pitkanen – McBain2:11

    xG 0.05–0.04 (55%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Harrison – Babchuk8:12

    xG 0.10–0.21 (32%)attempts 8–4goals 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 2.6 xGMIN 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #643 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 79% of the time.

CAR winsMIN wins

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

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