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Thu, Mar 16, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Minnesota Wild 1, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 55% of the time.

CAR winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1906016131
CAR1100826324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:37CARDerek RyanPPAssists: Noah Hanifin, Lee Stempniak · Wrist, 0.35 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:35MINMikael GranlundSHAssists: Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:36CARVictor RaskGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:34CARTeuvo TeravainenENAssists: Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.62 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:04MINRyan White: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:02MINNate Prosser: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 8:45CARLucas Wallmark: Holding2 min
  4. P2 12:33MINMathew Dumba: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 17:57MINNate Prosser: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
44% to win56% to win
← MIN attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wallmark won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCAR
31Shots on goal24
3.1Expected goals3.3
61Shot attempts59
20Faceoffs won21
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
22Hits26
18Blocked shots18
8Giveaways11
7Takeaways9

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. bestStaal – Coyle – Niederreiter12:21

    xG 0.73–0.15 (83%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Zucker – Granlund9:38

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. White – Stewart – Graovac6:09

    xG 0.26–0.26 (50%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Pominville – Parise – Haula11:43

    xG 0.32–0.45 (41%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon18:19

    xG 1.18–0.51 (70%)attempts 19–21goals 0–0

  2. Scandella – Dumba15:21

    xG 0.66–0.35 (65%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Prosser – Brodin10:45

    xG 0.30–0.32 (49%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGinn – Brown – Ryan2:49

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Rask – McGinn – Lindholm6:15

    xG 0.44–0.40 (53%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Nordstrom – Brown – Ryan3:49

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Nordstrom – Wallmark2:38

    xG 0.02–0.02 (47%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Faulk – Slavin16:17

    xG 0.80–0.98 (45%)attempts 20–14goals 1–0

  2. Pesce – Hanifin15:18

    xG 0.26–0.47 (36%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Dahlbeck – Murphy13:39

    xG 0.32–0.67 (32%)attempts 9–20goals 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 3.3 xGMIN 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #949 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 55% 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).