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Thu, Nov 12, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Minnesota Wild 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 86% of the time.

CAR winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN15180612321
CAR2190301403239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:26CARJustin FaulkPPAssists: Eric Staal, Victor Rask · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:17CARAndrej NestrasilAssists: Jay McClement, Joakim Nordstrom · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:50MINJason ZuckerAssists: Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:41MINThomas VanekAssists: Mikael Granlund, Jason Pominville · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:50MINJason ZuckerGWGAssists: Ryan Suter, Mikko Koivu · Deflected, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 4:21MINChristian Folin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:20MINNate Prosser: Elbowing2 min
  3. OT 0:55MINRyan Suter: Hooking2 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 win54% to win
← MIN attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Rask
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCAR
21Shots on goal39
1.9Expected goals4.4
45Shot attempts84
26Faceoffs won31
0Power plays3
6Penalty minutes0
25Hits11
21Blocked shots9
8Giveaways10
13Takeaways20

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. Pominville – Vanek – Granlund14:41

    xG 0.41–0.38 (52%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  2. Koivu – Zucker – Niederreiter15:50

    xG 0.37–0.68 (35%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  3. Carter – Schroeder – Coyle7:48

    xG 0.29–0.61 (32%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

  4. Porter – Haula – Bertschy5:47

    xG 0.01–0.91 (1%)attempts 1–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin2:21

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Dumba3:22

    xG 0.06–0.03 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Spurgeon17:58

    xG 0.49–0.53 (48%)attempts 13–18goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestVersteeg – Nash – Skinner10:08

    xG 0.60–0.08 (88%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Nestrasil – Nordstrom4:53

    xG 0.55–0.29 (66%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  3. Staal – Versteeg – Staal3:53

    xG 0.27–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Skinner – Lindholm3:57

    xG 0.33–0.20 (63%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Hanifin15:02

    xG 0.92–0.31 (75%)attempts 20–11goals 1–1

  2. Hainsey – Faulk21:19

    xG 0.97–0.39 (71%)attempts 19–18goals 0–1

  3. Liles – Pesce16:40

    xG 0.46–0.35 (57%)attempts 19–9goals 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 4.4 xGMIN 1.9 xG
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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 61/100 · #452 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 86% 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).