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Wed, Dec 11, 2013·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 1, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 50% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0100717124
ANA01121406231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:37ANAAlex GrantAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Daniel Winnik · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:27ANACorey PerryGWGAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Ryan Getzlaf · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:48MINJason PominvillePPAssists: Ryan Suter, Mikko Koivu · Backhand, 0.31 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:03MINMatt Cooke: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 8:03ANARyan Getzlaf: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 19:27MINJonas Brodin: Holding2 min
  4. P2 3:05MINJonas Brodin: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P3 3:00ANABen Lovejoy: Boarding2 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 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← MIN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brodziak won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINANA
24Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals1.9
43Shot attempts46
32Faceoffs won33
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
22Hits24
6Blocked shots9
3Giveaways4
0Takeaways1

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. Cooke – Brodziak – Mitchell11:24

    xG 0.34–0.31 (52%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Pominville – Parise15:43

    xG 0.32–0.30 (51%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Zucker – Coyle – Niederreiter8:17

    xG 0.41–0.43 (49%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Zucker – Coyle – Fontaine3:08

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin20:43

    xG 0.62–0.56 (53%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

  2. Ballard – Stoner9:31

    xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  3. Scandella – Spurgeon15:08

    xG 0.35–0.38 (48%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Penner13:12

    xG 0.89–0.36 (71%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Steckel – Jackman – Beleskey8:21

    xG 0.18–0.23 (44%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Winnik – Cogliano11:06

    xG 0.11–0.24 (31%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. Selanne – Bonino – Palmieri10:43

    xG 0.26–0.44 (38%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrant – Lindholm13:13

    xG 0.78–0.55 (59%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Lovejoy – Fowler17:24

    xG 0.34–0.24 (59%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Vatanen17:13

    xG 0.39–0.54 (42%)attempts 11–13goals 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.

ANA 1.9 xGMIN 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1053 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ANA 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 50% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

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

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