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Thu, Feb 28, 2013·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Minnesota Wild 4, Phoenix Coyotes 3

Expected result

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

PHX winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN2821104423
PHX01115212328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:35MINJason ZuckerAssists: Matt Cullen, Devin Setoguchi · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:01MINDany HeatleyAssists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:03MINDany HeatleyAssists: Matt Cullen, Devin Setoguchi · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 10:58PHXRostislav KleslaAssists: Kyle Chipchura, Mikkel Boedker · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:02MINJared SpurgeonPPGWGAssists: Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.39 xG4–1
  6. P3 15:21PHXKeith YandleAssists: Derek Morris, Mikkel Boedker · Snap, 0.00 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:01PHXShane DoanAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Steve Sullivan · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 3:36MINTorrey Mitchell: Holding2 min
  2. P1 9:01PHXPaul Bissonnette: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:01MINMike Rupp: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:51MINZach Parise: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 3:58PHXAntoine Vermette: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 6:37PHXRaffi Torres: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 15:04PHXRaffi Torres: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 4:58PHXSteve Sullivan: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 7:17MINClayton Stoner: Interference2 min
  10. P3 12:51MINTorrey Mitchell: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 12:51PHXMichael Stone: Diving2 min
  12. P3 18:12PHXKeith Yandle: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 18:35MINMatt Cullen: Holding2 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 SOG0PHX
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lombardi won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINPHX
23Shots on goal28
2.7Expected goals1.9
48Shot attempts67
23Faceoffs won35
5Power plays3
15Penalty minutes17
15Hits36
18Blocked shots15
4Giveaways4
4Takeaways1

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. bestKoivu – Parise – Coyle10:01

    xG 0.47–0.23 (67%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Setoguchi – Zucker5:44

    xG 0.23–0.06 (78%)attempts 6–6goals 1–2

  3. Heatley – Bouchard – Granlund8:38

    xG 0.21–0.35 (37%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  4. Rupp – Brodziak – Mitchell9:00

    xG 0.24–0.55 (30%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin14:51

    xG 0.79–0.64 (55%)attempts 13–20goals 2–0

  2. Stoner – Spurgeon13:37

    xG 0.33–0.37 (47%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Gilbert – Falk9:32

    xG 0.06–0.39 (14%)attempts 6–14goals 0–2

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Gordon – Korpikoski6:52

    xG 0.20–0.02 (91%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Sullivan – Lombardi – Boedker2:17

    xG 0.18–0.03 (87%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. Bissonnette – Chipchura – Johnson6:05

    xG 0.16–0.06 (71%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Torres – Moss – Gordon2:17

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Yandle16:48

    xG 0.76–0.25 (75%)attempts 20–10goals 1–1

  2. Klesla – Stone9:23

    xG 0.43–0.39 (52%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson12:55

    xG 0.24–0.50 (33%)attempts 15–9goals 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.

PHX 1.9 xGMIN 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #237 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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.

PHX winsMIN wins

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

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