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Thu, Feb 23, 2012·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Minnesota Wild 3, Florida Panthers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 50% of the time.

FLA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN0111817022328
FLA011114114040243

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:23FLAMikael SamuelssonPPAssists: Tomas Kopecky, Stephen Weiss · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:40MINKyle BrodziakAssists: Dany Heatley, Marek Zidlicky · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:14MINMatt CullenPPAssists: Dany Heatley, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.47 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:48FLASean BergenheimAssists: Brian Campbell, Mikael Samuelsson · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Erik Christensen scored
  2. 2. FLA Kris Versteeg stopped
  3. 3. MIN Matt Cullen scored
  4. 4. FLA Sean Bergenheim stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:52FLAEd Jovanovski: Interference2 min
  2. P1 16:51FLAKris Versteeg: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 7:29MINNick Schultz: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 13:11MINDevin Setoguchi: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  5. P3 0:42FLAStephen Weiss: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 3:33MINMarek Zidlicky: High sticking2 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 SOG0FLA
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Weiss won the faceoff against Cullen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINFLA
28Shots on goal43
2.5Expected goals2.6
45Shot attempts81
25Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
34Hits38
23Blocked shots10
0Giveaways2
8Takeaways9

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. bestHeatley – Brodziak – Setoguchi12:28

    xG 0.65–0.45 (59%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  2. Cullen – Johnson – Powe12:30

    xG 0.30–0.33 (47%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Christensen – Rau – Clutterbuck8:58

    xG 0.06–0.15 (29%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

  4. Peters – Ortmeyer – Kassian3:39

    xG 0.05–0.16 (24%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZanon – Zidlicky14:02

    xG 0.76–0.35 (68%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  2. Scandella – Spurgeon15:47

    xG 0.27–0.36 (43%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Prosser15:02

    xG 0.61–0.75 (45%)attempts 12–25goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSamuelsson – Kopecky – Bergenheim11:32

    xG 0.56–0.12 (82%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  2. Barch – Matsumoto – Repik2:21

    xG 0.01–0.02 (33%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Weiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg16:37

    xG 0.37–0.42 (47%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  4. Santorelli – Skille – Matthias9:16

    xG 0.06–0.55 (9%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJovanovski – Gudbranson12:12

    xG 0.37–0.09 (80%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Gudbranson3:20

    xG 0.09–0.08 (53%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Strachan – Ellerby11:09

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 12–5goals 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.

FLA 2.6 xGMIN 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #220 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50FLA 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 50% of the time.

FLA winsMIN wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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