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Tue, Oct 15, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Minnesota Wild 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN11706014137
TOR231417414

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:24TORTyler BozakPPAssists: Dave Bolland, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:51TORTrevor SmithGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:27MINJason PominvillePPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise · Snap, 0.38 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:23TORMason RaymondPPAssists: Nazem Kadri, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:01TORMason RaymondENAssists: Phil Kessel · Snap, 0.65 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:47TORJake Gardiner: Holding2 min
  2. P1 3:04MINDany Heatley: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 7:30TORPaul Ranger: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 14:29TORDion Phaneuf: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 17:10TORMason Raymond: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:42MINNino Niederreiter: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 13:41TORCody Franson: Interference2 min
  8. P2 13:41MINNino Niederreiter: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P2 14:51TORTyler Bozak: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 5:09MINZenon Konopka: 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 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← MIN attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bolland won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINTOR
37Shots on goal14
3.1Expected goals1.8
68Shot attempts30
34Faceoffs won21
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
23Hits33
11Blocked shots14
10Giveaways21
10Takeaways8

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 – Pominville – Parise3:57

    xG 0.51–0.07 (88%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Parise – Niederreiter9:31

    xG 0.34–0.08 (81%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Pominville – Granlund6:33

    xG 0.28–0.04 (88%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Cooke – Brodziak – Mitchell2:35

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Spurgeon8:53

    xG 0.41–0.19 (68%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Brodin18:11

    xG 0.42–0.22 (66%)attempts 19–12goals 0–1

  3. Scandella – Prosser11:45

    xG 0.15–0.07 (67%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Bolland – Leivo9:56

    xG 0.36–0.13 (74%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Lupul – Kadri – Broll7:20

    xG 0.15–0.15 (49%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Orr – Smith – Ashton5:05

    xG 0.05–0.10 (32%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

  4. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak2:19

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRanger – Gardiner13:19

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

  2. Franson – Rielly11:29

    xG 0.15–0.28 (35%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson11:43

    xG 0.08–0.72 (10%)attempts 5–16goals 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.

TOR 1.8 xGMIN 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 25/100 · #861 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50TOR 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 75% of the time.

TOR winsMIN wins

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

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