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Thu, Feb 21, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Minnesota Wild 3, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 65% of the time.

EDM winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0311629328
EDM08110010128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:26EDMRyan SmythAssists: Eric Belanger, Ben Eager · Wrap-around, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:02MINMatt CullenAssists: Ryan Suter · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:20MINDevin SetoguchiGWGAssists: Matt Cullen · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:59MINMatt CullenAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Tom Gilbert · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 6:45EDMLadislav Smid: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 8:02MINDany Heatley: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P3 2:47EDMTheo Peckham: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 17:27EDMTaylor Hall: Kneeing5 min
  5. P3 17:27EDMTaylor Hall: 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 SOG0EDM
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brodziak won the faceoff against Belanger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINEDM
28Shots on goal28
3.3Expected goals2.4
60Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won29
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes19
19Hits34
13Blocked shots21
8Giveaways16
8Takeaways4

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 – Koivu – Parise14:47

    xG 1.01–0.58 (63%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  2. Bouchard – Brodziak – Clutterbuck11:39

    xG 0.25–0.32 (44%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Setoguchi – Zucker9:01

    xG 0.60–0.68 (47%)attempts 8–14goals 2–1

  4. Rupp – Mitchell – Granlund7:02

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin18:51

    xG 1.13–0.53 (68%)attempts 23–14goals 1–0

  2. Spurgeon – Prosser10:01

    xG 0.59–0.18 (77%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Suter – Stoner3:00

    xG 0.13–0.40 (25%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins12:57

    xG 0.67–0.40 (62%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Hemsky – Gagner – Yakupov7:36

    xG 0.27–0.12 (68%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Hemsky – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins3:05

    xG 0.17–0.04 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Smyth – Belanger – Eager10:10

    xG 0.29–0.16 (64%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fistric – Peckham12:24

    xG 0.37–0.35 (51%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  2. Smid – Petry17:13

    xG 0.54–0.63 (46%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

  3. Peckham – Schultz2:24

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

EDM 2.4 xGMIN 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #475 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 65% of the time.

EDM winsMIN wins

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

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