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Tue, Dec 13, 2011·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Minnesota Wild 1, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN07115013135
WPG0101918227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:39MINGuillaume LatendressePPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Dany Heatley · Wrist, 0.59 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:37WPGZach BogosianUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:00WPGBryan LittlePPGWGAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Blake Wheeler · Snap, 0.22 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 14:23MINGuillaume Latendresse: Interference2 min
  2. P1 18:52WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:33MINKyle Brodziak: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 2:49WPGChris Thorburn: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:11WPGTanner Glass: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:19MINClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 10:19WPGTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 18:52MINNick Schultz: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 13:00MINClayton Stoner: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  10. P3 18:54WPGZach Bogosian: Boarding5 min
  11. P3 18:54WPGZach Bogosian: Game misconduct10 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 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Slater
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINWPG
35Shots on goal27
3.2Expected goals2.9
62Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes26
25Hits26
12Blocked shots12
10Giveaways9
4Takeaways6

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. bestBouchard – Almond – Wellman8:04

    xG 0.42–0.19 (69%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  2. Brodziak – Johnson – Latendresse2:51

    xG 0.20–0.08 (71%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Koivu – Clutterbuck11:21

    xG 0.25–0.19 (58%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Brodziak – Johnson – Gillies5:31

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Lundin13:11

    xG 0.61–0.29 (67%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Zanon – Stoner10:38

    xG 0.38–0.39 (49%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Spurgeon13:51

    xG 0.31–0.72 (30%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWellwood – Fehr – Ladd4:33

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Jaffray – Stapleton – Klingberg3:15

    xG 0.14–0.01 (91%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Wellwood – Ladd – Stapleton5:37

    xG 0.20–0.24 (45%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Slater – Glass9:36

    xG 0.17–0.22 (43%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Flood12:49

    xG 0.65–0.26 (71%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Byfuglien13:43

    xG 0.37–0.47 (44%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Bogosian13:20

    xG 0.46–0.62 (42%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

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.

WPG 2.9 xGMIN 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 43/100 · #683 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

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

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