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Sat, Nov 19, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Minnesota Wild 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 51% of the time.

MIN winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR111070300121
MIN05081612221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:47CARSebastian AhoAssists: Martin Necas, Stefan Noesen · Slap, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P3 17:23MINSam SteelAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Kirill Kaprizov · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:12MINAlex GoligoskiGWGAssists: Sam Steel, Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:53MINMats Zuccarello: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 12:25CARJalen Chatfield: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 0:49MINBrandon Duhaime: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P3 0:49CARJaccob Slavin: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 3:48MINJonas Brodin: Interference2 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
49% to win51% to win
← CAR attackMIN 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.

CARMIN
21Shots on goal21
1.7Expected goals1.7
58Shot attempts47
25Faceoffs won40
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits23
13Blocked shots19
3Giveaways6
3Takeaways3

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. bestKotkaniemi – Svechnikov – Jarvis11:56

    xG 0.32–0.19 (63%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Fast – Martinook13:17

    xG 0.19–0.18 (51%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Stepan – Drury6:13

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Noesen – Aho – Necas13:40

    xG 0.59–0.68 (46%)attempts 17–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Chatfield10:46

    xG 0.65–0.27 (71%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Slavin19:21

    xG 0.37–0.13 (73%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce17:11

    xG 0.30–0.77 (28%)attempts 17–17goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Kaprizov – Steel12:31

    xG 0.64–0.20 (76%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Petan – Gaudreau – Boldy10:34

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Duhaime11:04

    xG 0.15–0.19 (44%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  4. Kaprizov – Shaw – Dewar2:39

    xG 0.03–0.21 (13%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton12:25

    xG 0.42–0.18 (70%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Merrill – Addison2:25

    xG 0.04–0.04 (50%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Middleton – Addison2:35

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 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.

MIN 1.7 xGCAR 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 48/100 · #782 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 51% 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).