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Sat, Nov 23, 2013·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Minnesota Wild 3, Winnipeg Jets 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 59% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN04017213012335
WPG014111110041239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:07WPGMichael FrolikAssists: Matt Halischuk · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:21MINNino NiederreiterAssists: Marco Scandella, Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.40 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:35WPGMatt HalischukAssists: Michael Frolik, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:05MINZach PariseSHAssists: Mikko Koivu, Ryan Suter · Snap, 0.15 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. WPG Blake Wheeler stopped
  2. 2. MIN Zach Parise stopped
  3. 3. WPG Andrew Ladd stopped
  4. 4. MIN Mikko Koivu scored
  5. 5. WPG Bryan Little scored
  6. 6. MIN Jason Pominville stopped
  7. 7. WPG Devin Setoguchi stopped
  8. 8. MIN Charlie Coyle scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:24WPGDevin Setoguchi: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:15MINJonas Brodin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 15:43WPGAndrew Ladd: Holding2 min
  4. P3 14:02MINMarco Scandella: Hooking2 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 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← MIN attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Jokinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINWPG
35Shots on goal39
2.6Expected goals3.2
65Shot attempts67
26Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
12Hits28
11Blocked shots17
10Giveaways8
2Takeaways3

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 – Niederreiter6:03

    xG 0.90–0.21 (81%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Zucker – Coyle – Fontaine3:55

    xG 0.25–0.06 (81%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Zucker – Coyle3:38

    xG 0.16–0.06 (73%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Pominville – Parise10:42

    xG 0.45–0.47 (48%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin17:06

    xG 0.83–0.75 (53%)attempts 16–20goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Dumba2:31

    xG 0.11–0.09 (55%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Spurgeon13:20

    xG 0.45–0.46 (50%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Halischuk – Scheifele9:18

    xG 1.12–0.15 (88%)attempts 10–10goals 2–0

  2. Thorburn – Tangradi – Wright5:38

    xG 0.08–0.03 (72%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Setoguchi – Kane15:27

    xG 0.91–0.89 (51%)attempts 22–17goals 0–1

  4. Ladd – Wheeler – Little11:58

    xG 0.49–0.66 (42%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPardy – Clitsome14:44

    xG 1.24–0.58 (68%)attempts 18–12goals 2–0

  2. Stuart – Ellerby14:20

    xG 0.47–0.65 (42%)attempts 12–22goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien16:42

    xG 0.74–0.94 (44%)attempts 23–17goals 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.

WPG 3.2 xGMIN 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #277 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 59% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

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

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