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Sat, Mar 19, 2016·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Minnesota Wild 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 60% of the time.

MIN winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR0711219051233
MIN0811518012332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:37MINDavid JonesAssists: Erik Haula, Nino Niederreiter · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:05CARChris TerryAssists: Noah Hanifin, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:16MINJason ZuckerAssists: Mikko Koivu, Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:09CARJordan StaalAssists: Elias Lindholm, Joakim Nordstrom · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Charlie Coyle scored
  2. 2. CAR Brody Sutter stopped
  3. 3. MIN Zach Parise scored
  4. 4. CAR Riley Nash scored
  5. 5. MIN Mikko Koivu stopped
  6. 6. CAR Chris Terry stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:59MINMike Reilly: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 12:01CARRon Hainsey: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:08CARRon Hainsey: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:13MINMathew Dumba: Cross checking2 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
47% to win54% 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
33Shots on goal32
1.8Expected goals2.3
47Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits12
12Blocked shots8
4Giveaways5
11Takeaways8

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestGerbe – Terry – Nash9:02

    xG 0.31–0.09 (78%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Terry – Skinner – Rask2:53

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Malone – Sutter7:17

    xG 0.08–0.23 (25%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Skinner – Rask – Di Giuseppe10:47

    xG 0.21–0.58 (27%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hainsey – Slavin19:23

    xG 0.62–0.66 (48%)attempts 18–18goals 1–1

  2. Pesce – Hanifin14:12

    xG 0.13–0.17 (43%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Jordan – Carrick14:35

    xG 0.34–0.76 (31%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Haula – Niederreiter13:30

    xG 0.60–0.08 (88%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Koivu – Zucker – Coyle13:40

    xG 0.65–0.14 (83%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Stoll – Carter – Fontaine4:20

    xG 0.10–0.06 (62%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Parise – Schroeder – Granlund9:17

    xG 0.33–0.35 (49%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon19:14

    xG 1.15–0.64 (64%)attempts 22–18goals 2–1

  2. Scandella – Brodin20:13

    xG 0.49–0.21 (70%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – Dumba6:06

    xG 0.14–0.11 (57%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

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 2.3 xGCAR 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 77/100 · #273 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.07 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 60% of the time.

MIN winsCAR wins

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

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