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Fri, Feb 25, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 68% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN1120101514331
ANA01012011503248

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:29MINJohn MaddenAssists: Andrew Brunette, Antti Miettinen · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:22ANABobby RyanAssists: Jason Blake, Ryan Getzlaf · Tip-in, 0.31 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:03MINClayton StonerAssists: Antti Miettinen, Greg Zanon · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:00ANAFrancois BeaucheminAssists: Jason Blake, Teemu Selanne · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:53MINPierre-Marc BouchardGWGAssists: Brent Burns, Antti Miettinen · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:51ANAMaxim Lapierre: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 9:55ANATeemu Selanne: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:40MINNick Schultz: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:25ANACorey Perry: Charging2 min
  5. P2 7:22MINBrent Burns: Interference2 min
  6. P2 13:05ANALuca Sbisa: Holding2 min
  7. P2 13:09MINPierre-Marc Bouchard: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 19:46MINGreg Zanon: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 8:56MINJed Ortmeyer: Tripping2 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← MIN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Madden won the faceoff against McMillan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINANA
31Shots on goal48
2.8Expected goals4.0
46Shot attempts83
42Faceoffs won26
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
26Hits21
18Blocked shots7
7Giveaways13
4Takeaways4

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. Brunette – Madden – Miettinen4:49

    xG 0.09–0.15 (38%)attempts 3–4goals 2–0

  2. Madden – Havlat – Bouchard2:20

    xG 0.10–0.17 (36%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Madden – Nystrom – Ortmeyer2:47

    xG 0.01–0.19 (4%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Cullen – Havlat – Bouchard7:11

    xG 0.09–0.29 (25%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Zidlicky – Spurgeon11:06

    xG 0.23–0.31 (43%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  2. Zanon – Stoner15:06

    xG 0.38–0.53 (42%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Schultz – Burns12:46

    xG 0.52–0.80 (39%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchant – Ruutu – Sexton10:38

    xG 0.75–0.25 (75%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Blake – McMillan12:48

    xG 0.47–0.10 (83%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan14:13

    xG 0.50–0.58 (46%)attempts 11–12goals 0–2

  4. Parros – Lapierre – Chipchura2:51

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLilja – Fowler12:32

    xG 0.66–0.21 (76%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Visnovsky – Fowler2:04

    xG 0.41–0.01 (98%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Lydman – Visnovsky14:19

    xG 0.50–0.49 (51%)attempts 14–9goals 0–2

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 4.0 xGMIN 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 81/100 · #215 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.19 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 68% 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).