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Fri, Oct 22, 2010·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Minnesota Wild 1, Vancouver Canucks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 82% of the time.

VAN winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0501316124
VAN110112313535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:00VANRaffi TorresAssists: Jannik Hansen, Manny Malhotra · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:28VANRyan KeslerGWGAssists: Mason Raymond, Andrew Alberts · Backhand, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P3 11:05VANManny MalhotraAssists: Alexander Edler, Raffi Torres · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P3 16:36VANManny MalhotraAssists: Jannik Hansen, Cory Schneider · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–4
  5. P3 17:25MINAntti MiettinenAssists: Guillaume Latendresse, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:40VANJeff TambelliniAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:14MINAndrew Brunette: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:03MINClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:03VANGuillaume Desbiens: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:20VANJeff Tambellini: Interference2 min
  5. P2 0:18VANManny Malhotra: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 7:26MINBrent Burns: Interference2 min
  7. P2 17:29VANManny Malhotra: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 18:05MINMikko Koivu: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 8:35MINMarek Zidlicky: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 11:30VANAndrew Alberts: Interference2 min
  11. P3 14:10MINCal Clutterbuck: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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
47% to win53% to win
← MIN attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Malhotra won the faceoff against Madden
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINVAN
24Shots on goal35
2.0Expected goals4.2
48Shot attempts76
28Faceoffs won33
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
18Hits25
21Blocked shots12
6Giveaways5
3Takeaways9

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestMadden – Nystrom – Clutterbuck6:06

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Kobasew – Brodziak – Staubitz2:26

    xG 0.03–0.30 (10%)attempts 1–5goals 0–2

  3. Cullen – Havlat – Latendresse5:23

    xG 0.06–0.40 (12%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Brunette – Miettinen – Koivu7:44

    xG 0.12–0.55 (17%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Falk10:07

    xG 0.29–0.24 (55%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Zanon – Zidlicky12:17

    xG 0.35–1.21 (23%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Burns15:04

    xG 0.32–1.37 (19%)attempts 12–19goals 1–3

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Tambellini11:20

    xG 1.49–0.17 (90%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Samuelsson – Kesler – Raymond8:53

    xG 1.02–0.15 (88%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen8:35

    xG 0.39–0.09 (82%)attempts 10–4goals 2–0

  4. Schaefer – Desbiens – Glass6:22

    xG 0.17–0.11 (60%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Parent12:24

    xG 1.10–0.20 (85%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  2. Ehrhoff – Edler14:44

    xG 1.06–0.43 (71%)attempts 18–10goals 3–0

  3. Alberts – Rome12:19

    xG 0.47–0.26 (64%)attempts 11–11goals 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.

VAN 4.2 xGMIN 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1012 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (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 82% of the time.

VAN winsMIN wins

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

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