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Fri, Apr 26, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Edmonton Oilers 6, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 76% of the time.

MIN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM353903617
MIN015013111139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:27EDMCorey PotterAssists: Ryan Smyth, Jordan Eberle · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:02EDMTaylor HallGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:38EDMCorey PotterAssists: Jordan Eberle, Sam Gagner · Snap, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P2 4:09EDMJordan EberleAssists: Ryan Smyth, Sam Gagner · Snap, 0.04 xG4–0
  5. P2 10:13EDMNail YakupovAssists: Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–0
  6. P2 13:55EDMNail YakupovAssists: Taylor Hall, Ladislav Smid · Deflected, 0.15 xG6–0
  7. P3 9:42MINMikko KoivuAssists: Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.05 xG6–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:02MINZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:02EDMMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:18EDMLadislav Smid: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:38EDMJeff Petry: Holding2 min
  5. P3 14:11MINZenon Konopka: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 14:11MINZenon Konopka: Misconduct10 min
  7. P3 14:11MINMike Rupp: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 14:11MINMike Rupp: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMMIN
17Shots on goal39
1.1Expected goals2.3
38Shot attempts71
23Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes29
15Hits25
19Blocked shots11
2Giveaways2
3Takeaways5

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Belanger – Jones – Lander10:05

    xG 0.06–0.29 (17%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Smithson – Brown9:32

    xG 0.12–0.39 (23%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Horcoff – Hall – Yakupov13:28

    xG 0.37–0.69 (35%)attempts 8–21goals 3–0

  4. Gagner – Eberle – Paajarvi12:19

    xG 0.29–0.68 (30%)attempts 12–18goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. Petry – Schultz2:41

    xG 0.07–0.05 (56%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Potter – Schultz2:41

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Fistric – Schultz4:03

    xG 0.01–0.01 (50%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Parise – Coyle14:00

    xG 0.80–0.20 (80%)attempts 25–5goals 1–1

  2. Cullen – Setoguchi – Clutterbuck12:58

    xG 0.65–0.14 (83%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Rupp – Konopka – Dowell6:16

    xG 0.28–0.07 (79%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Bouchard – Brodziak – Mitchell11:41

    xG 0.33–0.22 (61%)attempts 12–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestFalk – Spurgeon10:42

    xG 0.43–0.06 (87%)attempts 17–2goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon4:04

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Gilbert – Stoner13:55

    xG 0.56–0.35 (61%)attempts 16–10goals 0–2

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 2.3 xGEDM 1.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #608 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50MIN 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 76% of the time.

MIN winsEDM wins

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

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