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Carolina Hurricanes vs Minnesota Wild — Thursday, February 6, 2025 Game Analysis

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Carolina Hurricanes at Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena. Final.

Game Analysis
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Grand Casino Arena

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MIN

  • Yakov Trenin (5)1st 2:55 · BackhandAssists: Marat Khusnutdinov (4), Zach Bogosian (8)
  • Vincent Hinostroza (1)3rd 0:49 · Tip-InAssists: Jared Spurgeon (12), Jonas Brodin (13)

CAR

  • Sebastian Aho (18)3rd 17:12 · Wrist ShotAssists: Seth Jarvis (21), Andrei Svechnikov (21)

Carolina Hurricanes vs Minnesota Wild Game Summary — Thursday, February 6, 2025

By Hockey in 60

Minnesota Wild won 2–1 at Grand Casino Arena.

A brief summary of the verified result. Source: ESPN game record. Detailed reporting is shown when available.

Carolina Hurricanes vs Minnesota Wild Game Analysis — Thursday, February 6, 2025

By Hockey in 60

Minnesota Wild won despite being outshot 38–24. Carolina Hurricanes generated more shots on target, but the volume advantage did not translate into a better result. Minnesota Wild scored on 8.3% of its shots, compared with 2.6% for Carolina Hurricanes. Those are team scoring rates, not goalie save percentages; empty-net goals can affect them. The totals establish a difference in conversion, but cannot separate finishing, chance quality and goaltending.

Carolina Hurricanes converted 0 of 2 power plays (0.0%); Minnesota Wild converted 0 of 3 power plays (0.0%). Neither team added a power-play goal, so neither gained a scoring edge from converting its man advantages.

Carolina Hurricanes won 59.3% of faceoffs. That is a clear edge in restarts, but faceoff percentage should not be treated as a possession percentage: the totals do not show where the draws occurred or what happened immediately afterwards.

Hockey in 60’s interpretation of verified game statistics, highlighting meaningful differences and what they suggest about the result. Comparisons describe this game, not season averages. Source: ESPN game statistics.

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Carolina Hurricanes vs Minnesota Wild Game Statistics — Thursday, February 6, 2025

Reported team totals. — means unavailable.
StatisticCarolina HurricanesMinnesota Wild
Shots on goal3824
Power-play goals00
Power-play opportunities23
Power-play conversion (%)0.00.0
Faceoffs won (%)59.340.7
Hits819
Blocked shots1123
Takeaways52
Giveaways157
Penalty minutes64

Source: ESPN game statistics.

Scoring and goaltending

Minnesota Wild won 2–1 at Grand Casino Arena.

Who scored

Goalies

  • Frederik Andersen stopped 22 of 24 for Carolina Hurricanes.
  • Filip Gustavsson stopped 37 of 38 for Minnesota Wild.

Yakov Trenin Goal (5) Backhand, assists: Marat Khusnutdinov (4), Zach Bogosian (8) That made the score 0–1 in the 1st, and Minnesota Wild stayed ahead.

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