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Wed, Mar 20, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Minnesota Wild 4, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1531202419
DET01818112238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:04MINDevin SetoguchiAssists: Matt Cullen, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:51MINKyle BrodziakPPAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:09DETGustav NyquistUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:49MINMikko KoivuGWGAssists: Charlie Coyle, Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:15MINDevin SetoguchiPPAssists: Dany Heatley, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · Wrist, 0.33 xG4–1
  6. P3 19:46DETDrew MillerPPAssists: Jordin Tootoo, Cory Emmerton · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:27MINTorrey Mitchell: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:43MINZenon Konopka: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 0:30DETNiklas Kronwall: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:36DETJakub Kindl: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:19MINCal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 18:19MINCal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:19DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:57MINNate Prosser: Concealing puck2 min
  9. P3 19:35MINZenon Konopka: Hooking2 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 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDET
19Shots on goal38
2.2Expected goals3.2
29Shot attempts59
33Faceoffs won28
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
15Hits18
9Blocked shots7
7Giveaways6
3Takeaways11

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 – Coyle9:07

    xG 0.49–0.14 (78%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Cullen – Bouchard – Setoguchi8:48

    xG 0.38–0.12 (77%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Konopka – Mitchell – Zucker7:36

    xG 0.16–0.24 (39%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Heatley – Brodziak – Clutterbuck8:11

    xG 0.03–0.76 (4%)attempts 2–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFalk – Prosser12:34

    xG 0.48–0.32 (60%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Brodin15:50

    xG 0.52–0.38 (58%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  3. Stoner – Spurgeon15:42

    xG 0.14–0.99 (12%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestDatsyuk – Franzen – Abdelkader11:14

    xG 0.66–0.39 (63%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Zetterberg – Filppula – Brunner11:45

    xG 0.44–0.23 (65%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  3. Cleary – Andersson – Nyquist8:32

    xG 0.33–0.22 (59%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  4. Tootoo – Miller – Emmerton9:50

    xG 0.15–0.24 (39%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Kindl15:59

    xG 0.51–0.39 (57%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson11:35

    xG 0.54–0.46 (54%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Kronwall – Smith2:45

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 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.

DET 3.2 xGMIN 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #402 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

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

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