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Sat, Oct 13, 2018·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Minnesota Wild 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 90% of the time.

MIN winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR12011621813557
MIN150431400423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:12CARJordan StaalAssists: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:09MINCharlie CoylePPAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Mathew Dumba · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:13CARBrett PesceAssists: Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen · Deflected, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:20MINJared SpurgeonAssists: Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:41MINJason ZuckerPPAssists: Mikael Granlund, Ryan Suter · Slap, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:22CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Justin Faulk, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–3
  7. P3 15:47MINMikael GranlundAssists: Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:51CARJustin WilliamsAssists: Justin Faulk, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:57CARSebastian AhoGWGAssists: Justin Williams, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–4
Penalties (18)
  1. P1 9:02MINJT Brown: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:44MINMarcus Foligno: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 15:30CARBrett Pesce: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 17:11MINCharlie Coyle: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 4:29CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 4:29MINJT Brown: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 12:39MINCharlie Coyle: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 14:34CARAndrei Svechnikov: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 14:53MINJason Zucker: Slashing2 min
  10. P2 14:53MINJason Zucker: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P2 19:12CARLucas Wallmark: Holding2 min
  12. P3 4:50CARJustin Faulk: Interference2 min · PPG
  13. P3 7:26MINNick Seeler: Interference2 min · PPG
  14. P3 11:24MINMatt Hendricks: Slashing2 min
  15. P3 11:40CARAndrei Svechnikov: High sticking2 min
  16. P3 12:01CARCalvin de Haan: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 12:01MINEric Staal: Slashing2 min
  18. P3 16:23MINEric Staal: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Fehr
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARMIN
57Shots on goal23
4.5Expected goals1.6
83Shot attempts34
35Faceoffs won42
9Power plays5
14Penalty minutes22
12Hits19
8Blocked shots18
1Giveaways11
5Takeaways7

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. bestWilliams – Staal – Foegele9:15

    xG 0.51–0.22 (70%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  2. Martinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov6:43

    xG 0.27–0.06 (82%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Ferland – Teravainen – Aho9:50

    xG 0.25–0.08 (77%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Martinook – McGinn – Wallmark2:13

    xG 0.05–0.04 (53%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPesce – van Riemsdyk11:07

    xG 0.53–0.06 (90%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin12:22

    xG 0.42–0.32 (57%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. de Haan – Faulk8:50

    xG 0.30–0.37 (45%)attempts 16–5goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Zucker – Greenway9:05

    xG 0.26–0.21 (56%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Foligno – Brown3:58

    xG 0.15–0.21 (42%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Fehr – Coyle – Niederreiter7:04

    xG 0.07–0.21 (24%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Parise – Granlund7:50

    xG 0.13–0.55 (20%)attempts 4–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Seeler9:13

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Dumba11:53

    xG 0.28–0.55 (33%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  3. Spurgeon – Brodin12:15

    xG 0.15–0.54 (22%)attempts 7–13goals 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 1.6 xGCAR 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 98/100 · #29 of 1271 this seasonSwing 3.52 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 90% 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).