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Fri, Feb 1, 2013·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 1, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 68% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1608013127
ANA0131929331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:44MINMarco ScandellaAssists: Matt Cullen · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:49ANAKyle PalmieriAssists: Bobby Ryan, Teemu Selanne · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:21ANAKyle PalmieriGWGAssists: Teemu Selanne, Bobby Ryan · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:26ANABobby RyanPPAssists: Teemu Selanne, Ryan Getzlaf · Slap, 0.27 xG1–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 7:29MINPierre-Marc Bouchard: High sticking2 min
  2. P3 14:24ANACam Fowler: Holding2 min
  3. P3 16:40MINTom Gilbert: Tripping2 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 SOG0ANA
43% to win57% 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
27Shots on goal31
1.4Expected goals2.3
46Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won25
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
22Hits34
22Blocked shots12
9Giveaways13
3Takeaways3

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. Bouchard – Brodziak – Clutterbuck8:39

    xG 0.30–0.36 (46%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Konopka – Mitchell – Powe9:12

    xG 0.34–0.47 (42%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Koivu – Parise17:17

    xG 0.11–0.32 (27%)attempts 7–17goals 0–1

  4. Cullen – Setoguchi – Granlund11:49

    xG 0.19–0.55 (25%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gilbert – Stoner16:18

    xG 0.28–0.39 (42%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

  2. Suter – Brodin18:17

    xG 0.25–0.44 (37%)attempts 10–19goals 0–1

  3. Falk – Scandella12:20

    xG 0.44–0.70 (38%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Winnik – Cogliano14:00

    xG 0.40–0.05 (88%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Ryan – Palmieri11:16

    xG 0.53–0.29 (65%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

  3. Bonino – Smith-Pelly – Etem7:25

    xG 0.45–0.31 (59%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey13:05

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSouray – Beauchemin20:19

    xG 0.72–0.23 (75%)attempts 22–13goals 1–1

  2. Sbisa – Vatanen10:30

    xG 0.50–0.20 (71%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Allen – Fowler20:00

    xG 0.62–0.50 (55%)attempts 21–15goals 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 2.3 xGMIN 1.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 20/100 · #566 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 68% 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).