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Sun, Nov 13, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 52% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN3150803326
ANA07113114234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:09MINKyle BrodziakAssists: Darroll Powe, Nick Johnson · Tip-in, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:11MINMatt CullenAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Nate Prosser · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:31MINJared SpurgeonGWGAssists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Matt Cullen · Slap, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P2 2:15ANACam FowlerAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:11ANACam FowlerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:21MINNick Johnson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:46ANAPeter Holland: Holding2 min
  3. P2 0:23MINMikko Koivu: Interference2 min
  4. P2 1:28ANACorey Perry: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 9:35ANASaku Koivu: Elbowing2 min
  6. P2 9:35MINJared Spurgeon: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 9:46MINKyle Brodziak: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 18:15ANACorey Perry: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P3 2:45ANAKurtis Foster: Interference2 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
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackANA 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.

MINANA
26Shots on goal34
3.9Expected goals4.0
57Shot attempts73
26Faceoffs won24
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
18Hits16
17Blocked shots12
4Giveaways9
6Takeaways4

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. bestPeters – Staubitz – Gillies5:44

    xG 0.58–0.20 (74%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Bouchard – Clutterbuck7:33

    xG 0.37–0.19 (66%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  3. Brodziak – Johnson – Powe10:34

    xG 0.83–0.94 (47%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

  4. Heatley – Koivu – Setoguchi11:44

    xG 0.26–0.45 (37%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZidlicky – Stoner13:05

    xG 1.04–0.67 (61%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Prosser13:03

    xG 0.83–0.66 (56%)attempts 19–13goals 1–0

  3. Falk – Spurgeon11:23

    xG 0.19–0.88 (18%)attempts 8–18goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Koivu – Cogliano11:56

    xG 0.86–0.26 (76%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  2. Gordon – Beleskey – Macenauer8:55

    xG 0.54–0.13 (81%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan14:31

    xG 0.62–0.68 (48%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  4. McMillan – Holland – Smith-Pelly3:10

    xG 0.20–0.57 (26%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFoster – Brookbank6:41

    xG 0.57–0.23 (71%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Foster2:13

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Foster – Fowler4:04

    xG 0.16–0.11 (60%)attempts 3–4goals 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 4.0 xGMIN 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 61/100 · #452 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 42% (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 52% 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).