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Sat, Oct 7, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Minnesota Wild 4, Carolina Hurricanes 5 (SO)

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.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN2111719000427
CAR114117210011542

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:30MINJason ZuckerPPAssists: Mathew Dumba, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:26CARJoakim NordstromAssists: Marcus Kruger, Brock McGinn · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:47MINChris StewartAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Marcus Foligno · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:43MINEric StaalAssists: Jason Zucker, Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:20CARDerek RyanPPAssists: Justin Williams, Victor Rask · Tip-in, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:15CARNoah HanifinAssists: Sebastian Aho, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:26CARVictor RaskAssists: Sebastian Aho, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:59MINMikko KoivuAssists: Eric Staal, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.32 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Sebastian Aho stopped
  2. 2. MIN Tyler Ennis stopped
  3. 3. CAR Justin Williams stopped
  4. 4. MIN Mikko Koivu stopped
  5. 5. CAR Jaccob Slavin scored
  6. 6. MIN Eric Staal stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:44CARNoah Hanifin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:35CARJustin Faulk: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:20MINJonas Brodin: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 10:26MINChris Stewart: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  5. P2 10:58MINMatt Cullen: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 15:14MINMike Reilly: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 18:56MINRyan Suter: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 1:22CARTrevor van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCAR
27Shots on goal42
3.5Expected goals3.8
56Shot attempts79
38Faceoffs won30
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
27Hits12
16Blocked shots17
5Giveaways7
15Takeaways16

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 – Niederreiter11:08

    xG 1.11–0.39 (74%)attempts 19–12goals 0–1

  2. Stewart – Zucker – Eriksson Ek6:26

    xG 0.47–0.44 (52%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Winnik – Foligno3:27

    xG 0.01–0.09 (11%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Ennis – Foligno8:27

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba13:27

    xG 0.73–0.61 (55%)attempts 10–18goals 1–1

  2. Quincey – Reilly6:53

    xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Spurgeon16:31

    xG 0.69–0.62 (53%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. Kruger – Nordstrom – McGinn6:35

    xG 0.32–0.31 (51%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  2. Williams – Rask – Teravainen2:15

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Rask – Teravainen – Kuokkanen6:54

    xG 0.31–0.34 (47%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Lindholm – Aho11:15

    xG 0.52–0.74 (41%)attempts 13–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce9:18

    xG 0.72–0.40 (64%)attempts 16–10goals 2–0

  2. Faulk – Hanifin7:02

    xG 0.17–0.01 (94%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Pesce – Hanifin7:14

    xG 0.48–0.50 (49%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

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.

CAR 3.8 xGMIN 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 97/100 · #45 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.82 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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).