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Sun, Dec 12, 2010·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 2, Anaheim Ducks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 86% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1711104222
ANA29315112636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:19ANACorey PerryAssists: Bobby Ryan · Slap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:36MINBrent BurnsAssists: Martin Havlat, Mikko Koivu · Slap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:08ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Bobby Ryan, Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:51ANARyan GetzlafPPGWGAssists: Corey Perry, Lubomir Visnovsky · Slap, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P2 9:49MINMarek ZidlickyPPAssists: Andrew Brunette, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.40 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:19ANACorey PerryUnassisted · Wrist, 0.36 xG2–4
  7. P2 17:26ANABobby RyanAssists: Toni Lydman, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–5
  8. P3 15:47ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–6
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:32ANAAndreas Lilja: Holding2 min
  2. P2 1:09MINMarek Zidlicky: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:48MINChuck Kobasew: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 6:39ANAJason Blake: Interference2 min
  5. P2 9:00ANALuca Sbisa: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:39ANAAndreas Lilja: Interference2 min
  7. P2 14:19MINMartin Havlat: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  8. P2 19:00MINNick Schultz: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P3 10:40MINCal Clutterbuck: Boarding2 min
  10. P3 14:36MINJared Spurgeon: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← MIN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINANA
22Shots on goal36
2.0Expected goals4.6
48Shot attempts57
33Faceoffs won27
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
27Hits15
11Blocked shots17
16Giveaways10
3Takeaways3

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. bestHavlat – Bouchard – Brodziak9:22

    xG 0.22–0.08 (74%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Peters – Kobasew – Staubitz3:54

    xG 0.03–0.04 (44%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Brunette – Miettinen – Koivu8:15

    xG 0.29–0.57 (34%)attempts 9–8goals 0–2

  4. Nystrom – O'Sullivan – Clutterbuck6:53

    xG 0.06–0.35 (15%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Burns14:26

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 17–7goals 1–1

  2. Barker – Spurgeon10:56

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Zanon – Spurgeon3:45

    xG 0.03–0.29 (9%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestBlake – Lupul – Bonino8:50

    xG 0.40–0.06 (87%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan10:31

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 8–12goals 2–0

  3. Marchant – McMillan – Sexton8:56

    xG 0.20–0.41 (32%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrookbank – Sbisa10:54

    xG 0.69–0.11 (87%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Visnovsky8:55

    xG 0.43–0.32 (58%)attempts 7–9goals 2–0

  3. Lilja – Fowler12:08

    xG 0.08–0.24 (25%)attempts 5–7goals 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.

ANA 4.6 xGMIN 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #550 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ANA 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 86% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

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

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