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Tue, Mar 12, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Anaheim Ducks 2, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 83% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0304214221
MIN1801409131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:00MINDevin SetoguchiPPAssists: Matt Cullen, Tom Gilbert · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:06ANAPatrick MaroonAssists: Toni Lydman, Brandon McMillan · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:56ANALuca SbisaGWGAssists: Teemu Selanne, Daniel Winnik · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:55MINMikko Koivu: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:08ANABrandon McMillan: Charging2 min
  3. P1 9:38ANASaku Koivu: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 14:08ANAPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 14:08MINZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 16:15ANALuca Sbisa: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 0:45ANARyan Getzlaf: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 4:21ANACorey Perry: Interference5 min
  9. P2 4:21ANACorey Perry: Game misconduct10 min
  10. P3 9:23MINKyle Brodziak: Interference2 min
  11. P3 14:34ANABryan Allen: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P3 14:34MINMike Rupp: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P3 18:50MINRyan Suter: Slashing2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← ANA attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
21Shots on goal31
1.5Expected goals3.4
41Shot attempts67
23Faceoffs won36
3Power plays5
30Penalty minutes13
14Hits20
26Blocked shots11
7Giveaways3
4Takeaways8

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Cogliano – Beleskey – Holland2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Winnik – Cogliano2:24

    xG 0.05–0.05 (49%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Getzlaf – Ryan3:11

    xG 0.07–0.08 (47%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Koivu – Winnik2:55

    xG 0.02–0.08 (22%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Sbisa6:31

    xG 0.23–0.10 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Souray – Beauchemin7:13

    xG 0.10–0.35 (22%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Fowler9:30

    xG 0.16–0.49 (25%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Parise – Coyle8:04

    xG 0.29–0.11 (73%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Heatley – Brodziak – Clutterbuck4:39

    xG 0.22–0.08 (74%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Brodziak – Setoguchi2:11

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Spurgeon12:27

    xG 0.48–0.17 (74%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Brodin9:28

    xG 0.23–0.11 (67%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Gilbert – Falk4:54

    xG 0.31–0.31 (51%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

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.

MIN 3.4 xGANA 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #353 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 83% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

Simulated goal difference (MIN − ANA), 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).