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Wed, Oct 28, 2009·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Nashville Predators 4, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH271916422
MIN0734011322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:36NSHJ-P DumontAssists: David Legwand, Steve Sullivan · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:33NSHShea WeberPPAssists: Steve Sullivan, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:31MINBrent BurnsPPAssists: Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:00MINCal ClutterbuckAssists: Eric Belanger, Benoit Pouliot · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:18MINOwen NolanAssists: Marek Zidlicky, Antti Miettinen · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P2 6:44NSHMike SantorelliAssists: Joel Ward, Shea Weber · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:44NSHJerred SmithsonSHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:14MINJames Sheppard: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:28NSHJ-P Dumont: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:08MINAndrew Brunette: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:00NSHDan Hamhuis: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 6:00MINMartin Havlat: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 17:18MINOwen Nolan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 10:19NSHCody Franson: 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← NSH attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Legwand
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHMIN
22Shots on goal22
1.4Expected goals1.1
53Shot attempts44
28Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
10Hits17
13Blocked shots15
5Giveaways7
1Takeaways8

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 1.1 xGNSH 1.4 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #240 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsNSH wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).