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Sat, Oct 17, 2009·General Motors Place, Vancouver

Minnesota Wild 1, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 68% of the time.

VAN winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN14000014
VAN0100000210

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:30MINMikko KoivuAssists: Andrew Brunette, Nick Schultz · Deflected, 0.02 xG1–0
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 0:57MINBrent Burns: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:50VANRick Rypien: Holding2 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 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINVAN
4Shots on goal10
0.5Expected goals1.1
11Shot attempts22
5Faceoffs won7
4Power plays5
2Penalty minutes2
2Hits7
7Blocked shots3
1Giveaways2
2Takeaways2

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.

VAN 1.1 xGMIN 0.5 xG
00.20.40.60.811.2P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1216 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 0% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 68% of the time.

VAN winsMIN wins

Simulated goal difference (VAN − MIN), 10,000 replays

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).