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Sat, Oct 22, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Minnesota Wild 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 71% of the time.

VAN winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN171110500223
VAN041151716332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:57MINDevin SetoguchiAssists: Dany Heatley, Marek Zidlicky · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:28VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexander Edler · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:11MINKyle BrodziakAssists: Nick Johnson, Brett Bulmer · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:06VANJannik HansenAssists: Manny Malhotra, Andrew Ebbett · Deflected, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:39VANSami SaloPPGWGAssists: Daniel Sedin, Ryan Kesler · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:55VANAndrew Alberts: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 9:17VANKeith Ballard: Interference2 min
  3. P1 12:03VANDale Weise: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 3:09MINClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:09VANDale Weise: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 9:15MINBrad Staubitz: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 12:03VANAaron Volpatti: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 16:12MINBrad Staubitz: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. OT 3:45MINDany Heatley: Slashing2 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 SOG0VAN
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINVAN
23Shots on goal32
1.8Expected goals3.0
36Shot attempts66
21Faceoffs won36
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
27Hits34
17Blocked shots7
4Giveaways6
5Takeaways10

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. bestStaubitz – Powe – Gillies3:56

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Brodziak – Johnson – Bulmer9:45

    xG 0.46–0.37 (55%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  3. Brodziak – Johnson – Gillies2:18

    xG 0.04–0.06 (43%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Heatley – Koivu – Setoguchi13:30

    xG 0.31–0.34 (48%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZidlicky – Falk17:28

    xG 0.54–0.33 (62%)attempts 9–13goals 2–1

  2. Schultz – Stoner13:36

    xG 0.32–0.14 (70%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Spurgeon13:14

    xG 0.08–0.49 (14%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHiggins – Kesler – Hansen6:32

    xG 0.26–0.04 (88%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Malhotra – Hansen – Ebbett5:20

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. Lapierre – Weise – Volpatti6:22

    xG 0.18–0.12 (60%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Higgins – Kesler – Hodgson6:08

    xG 0.05–0.01 (80%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Edler15:19

    xG 0.57–0.20 (74%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Salo – Alberts13:33

    xG 0.17–0.03 (86%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Ballard14:00

    xG 0.24–0.67 (26%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

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 3.0 xGMIN 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 64/100 · #415 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 71% of the time.

VAN winsMIN wins

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

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