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Tue, Jan 28, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 4, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 55% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN111111211433
ANA11104118233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:57MINJason PominvilleAssists: Mikael Granlund, Zach Parise · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:13ANADustin PennerAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:13MINMikael GranlundPPAssists: Zach Parise, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:35MINZach PariseGWGAssists: Marco Scandella, Nate Prosser · Slap, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:21MINErik HaulaAssists: Jason Pominville, Marco Scandella · Tip-in, 0.25 xG4–1
  6. P3 10:53ANAMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Teemu Selanne · Snap, 0.22 xG4–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:38ANALuca Sbisa: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:51ANALuca Sbisa: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:32ANADustin Penner: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:34MINMike Rupp: Holding2 min
  5. P2 12:51ANABryan Allen: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 0:00MINCharlie Coyle: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 0:00ANABen Lovejoy: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 9:07MINMike Rupp: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 9:07MINMike Rupp: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 13:09ANAMathieu Perreault: Cross checking2 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 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← MIN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Coyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINANA
33Shots on goal33
3.5Expected goals3.1
58Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won32
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
21Hits25
13Blocked shots10
10Giveaways8
1Takeaways1

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. bestCooke – Brodziak – Fontaine10:18

    xG 0.42–0.22 (65%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  2. Heatley – Pominville – Granlund8:52

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Rupp – Mitchell – Haula5:07

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Parise – Coyle – Niederreiter8:25

    xG 0.18–0.47 (27%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Prosser11:01

    xG 0.75–0.27 (74%)attempts 12–7goals 2–0

  2. Ballard – Stoner6:56

    xG 0.03–0.36 (8%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Brodin14:19

    xG 0.47–1.16 (29%)attempts 11–20goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Penner10:41

    xG 0.76–0.53 (59%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  2. Selanne – Perreault – Maroon10:06

    xG 0.20–0.07 (75%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Beleskey – Bonino – Silfverberg7:22

    xG 0.28–0.18 (60%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  4. Koivu – Cogliano – Palmieri8:41

    xG 0.20–0.56 (26%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Fowler11:16

    xG 1.14–0.34 (77%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Allen – Lindholm7:42

    xG 0.34–0.05 (86%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Lindholm3:25

    xG 0.41–0.35 (53%)attempts 5–3goals 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.

ANA 3.1 xGMIN 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 42/100 · #652 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 55% 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).