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Sat, Mar 23, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Minnesota Wild 1, Carolina Hurricanes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 67% of the time.

CAR winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0711107125
CAR01121339533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:06CARJordan StaalAssists: Justin Faulk, Teuvo Teravainen · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:32CARBrett PesceGWGAssists: Justin Williams, Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:57MINEric StaalPPAssists: Kevin Fiala, Jared Spurgeon · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:27CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:09CARLucas WallmarkAssists: Micheal Ferland, Jordan Martinook · Snap, 0.18 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:12CARTeuvo TeravainenUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:56CARWarren Foegele: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 10:03MINAnthony Bitetto: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:56CARMicheal Ferland: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:59CARJordan Martinook: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 3:59MINRyan Suter: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 17:22CARBrett Pesce: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 17:22MINLuke Kunin: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 0:00CARJordan Martinook: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kunin won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCAR
25Shots on goal33
1.8Expected goals2.8
56Shot attempts61
29Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes12
34Hits26
13Blocked shots17
6Giveaways17
11Takeaways21

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. bestFehr – Foligno – Brown7:55

    xG 0.28–0.15 (66%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Zucker – Fiala2:36

    xG 0.07–0.00 (97%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Read – Rask – Aberg2:44

    xG 0.07–0.01 (86%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Zucker – Rask – Aberg5:11

    xG 0.18–0.21 (46%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Hunt13:53

    xG 0.66–0.24 (74%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Pateryn – Bitetto10:24

    xG 0.18–0.50 (27%)attempts 7–8goals 0–3

  3. Suter – Spurgeon17:47

    xG 0.23–0.95 (20%)attempts 13–22goals 0–2

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Teravainen – Svechnikov9:13

    xG 1.05–0.05 (95%)attempts 18–4goals 3–0

  2. Ferland – Martinook – Wallmark10:25

    xG 0.32–0.29 (52%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Williams – Niederreiter – Aho11:35

    xG 0.31–0.28 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  4. McKegg – McGinn – Foegele7:25

    xG 0.25–0.24 (51%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Pesce15:20

    xG 1.57–0.20 (89%)attempts 25–8goals 4–0

  2. de Haan – van Riemsdyk12:55

    xG 0.17–0.33 (34%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Slavin16:29

    xG 0.24–0.68 (26%)attempts 14–16goals 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 2.8 xGMIN 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #899 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 67% 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).