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Thu, Oct 27, 2011·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Anaheim Ducks 3, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 53% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA141715316
MIN0811116225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:47ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Teemu Selanne · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:01ANABobby RyanAssists: Teemu Selanne, Toni Lydman · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:07MINJared SpurgeonPPAssists: Devin Setoguchi, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · Snap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:58ANARyan GetzlafPPGWGAssists: Teemu Selanne, Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:54MINMatt CullenPPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Dany Heatley · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:54MINDarroll Powe: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:59ANAToni Lydman: Interference2 min
  3. P2 2:55ANATeemu Selanne: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 11:25ANABobby Ryan: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:58MINBrett Bulmer: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 3:40MINKyle Brodziak: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 4:53ANABobby Ryan: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 6:57MINDevin Setoguchi: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 13:08ANAKurtis Foster: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 15:08MINGuillaume Latendresse: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 17:15MINMatt Cullen: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
16Shots on goal25
1.8Expected goals1.6
41Shot attempts49
24Faceoffs won34
6Power plays5
10Penalty minutes12
12Hits20
17Blocked shots15
3Giveaways9
2Takeaways5

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Koivu – Ryan10:51

    xG 0.61–0.14 (81%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey2:00

    xG 0.07–0.01 (83%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Parros – Beleskey – Macenauer4:45

    xG 0.04–0.03 (55%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Maroon8:05

    xG 0.04–0.20 (18%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFoster – Sbisa7:53

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Visnovsky14:10

    xG 0.52–0.51 (50%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

  3. Beauchemin – Fowler15:21

    xG 0.31–0.31 (49%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Bouchard – Setoguchi7:26

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Heatley – Koivu – Clutterbuck7:35

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Koivu – Latendresse2:51

    xG 0.12–0.07 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Latendresse – Powe – Gillies3:42

    xG 0.11–0.07 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Spurgeon9:05

    xG 0.18–0.03 (84%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Stoner6:00

    xG 0.21–0.09 (70%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Zidlicky – Falk10:39

    xG 0.27–0.20 (57%)attempts 11–8goals 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.

MIN 1.6 xGANA 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #711 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 53% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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