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Sat, Dec 7, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Minnesota Wild 2, Carolina Hurricanes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 76% of the time.

CAR winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1711007224
CAR212215213640

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:21MINRyan DonatoAssists: Marcus Foligno, Jonas Brodin · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:00CARLucas WallmarkAssists: Ryan Dzingel, Trevor van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:02CARAndrei SvechnikovPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Sebastian Aho · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:43CARSebastian AhoGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Nino Niederreiter · Snap, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P2 9:08MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:15CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Jordan Staal · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:24CARJoel EdmundsonAssists: Sebastian Aho · Slap, 0.02 xG2–5
  8. P3 18:39CARSebastian AhoENAssists: Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.58 xG2–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:10MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:10MINJordan Greenway: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:25CARJaccob Slavin: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:30CARLucas Wallmark: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 14:30MINKevin Fiala: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:54CARLucas Wallmark: Interference2 min
  7. P3 17:09CARClark Bishop: 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
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCAR
24Shots on goal40
2.7Expected goals4.5
47Shot attempts60
32Faceoffs won29
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
21Hits13
10Blocked shots12
13Giveaways19
12Takeaways17

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. bestFoligno – Hartman – Donato4:28

    xG 0.34–0.05 (86%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Rask – Hartman4:33

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Fiala – Donato6:06

    xG 0.20–0.07 (74%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker10:52

    xG 0.91–0.97 (48%)attempts 9–16goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Soucy17:17

    xG 0.82–0.46 (64%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Seeler – Hunt9:53

    xG 0.11–0.35 (23%)attempts 7–11goals 0–2

  3. Suter – Dumba18:02

    xG 0.85–1.56 (35%)attempts 13–25goals 1–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Foegele – Svechnikov11:10

    xG 0.74–0.20 (79%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Dzingel – McGinn – Wallmark10:27

    xG 0.24–0.11 (68%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho9:48

    xG 0.70–0.70 (50%)attempts 17–6goals 2–1

  4. Gibbons – Martinook – Bishop8:39

    xG 0.18–0.58 (24%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin15:28

    xG 0.94–0.69 (58%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – van Riemsdyk12:27

    xG 0.46–0.27 (63%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Edmundson – Pesce17:09

    xG 0.67–1.13 (37%)attempts 16–12goals 2–1

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 4.5 xGMIN 2.7 xG
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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 54/100 · #514 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (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 76% 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).