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Fri, Oct 30, 2009·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

New York Rangers 2, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 73% of the time.

MIN winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR051817220
MIN11221307332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:31MINPetr SykoraAssists: Mikko Koivu, Andrew Brunette · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:33NYRDane ByersAssists: Wade Redden · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:49MINEric BelangerAssists: Martin Havlat, Petr Sykora · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:01MINAntti MiettinenGWGAssists: Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:01NYRMarc StaalAssists: Vinny Prospal, Artem Anisimov · Snap, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:12MINEric Belanger: Kneeing2 min
  2. P1 7:09NYRMarc Staal: Kneeing2 min
  3. P2 10:33NYRMichal Rozsival: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 19:17NYRDane Byers: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 19:24MINAndrew Brunette: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRMIN
20Shots on goal32
1.6Expected goals2.8
40Shot attempts58
27Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
29Hits37
11Blocked shots7
3Giveaways11
3Takeaways6

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 2.8 xGNYR 1.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #794 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50MIN 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 73% of the time.

MIN winsNYR wins

Simulated goal difference (MIN − NYR), 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).