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Sat, Mar 22, 2014·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Detroit Red Wings 3, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 65% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1918113330
MIN11108111230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:38MINMikko KoivuPPAssists: Ryan Suter, Matt Moulson · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:34DETBrendan SmithPPAssists: David Legwand, Jakub Kindl · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:24DETDavid LegwandPPAssists: Riley Sheahan, Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:15MINCharlie CoyleUnassisted · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:19DETGustav NyquistGWGAssists: Riley Sheahan, Brendan Smith · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:07DETKyle Quincey: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:43DETTomas Tatar: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 6:43MINNate Prosser: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 10:26MINRyan Suter: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:57DETTomas Tatar: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:38MINClayton Stoner: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 16:33DETNiklas Kronwall: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Legwand
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMIN
30Shots on goal30
1.6Expected goals2.4
46Shot attempts58
32Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
9Hits10
17Blocked shots6
0Giveaways1
1Takeaways7

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Legwand – Franzen14:02

    xG 0.34–0.27 (56%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan7:44

    xG 0.15–0.11 (58%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Miller – Glendening13:27

    xG 0.30–0.49 (38%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Helm – Emmerton – Ferraro7:20

    xG 0.06–0.34 (15%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKindl – Lashoff8:25

    xG 0.14–0.03 (84%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Smith17:38

    xG 0.52–0.82 (39%)attempts 20–15goals 1–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser18:54

    xG 0.14–0.50 (21%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestPominville – Parise – Granlund14:55

    xG 1.07–0.12 (90%)attempts 21–5goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Moulson – Coyle5:53

    xG 0.20–0.12 (64%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Cooke – Brodziak – Niederreiter5:41

    xG 0.04–0.05 (45%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Moulson – Fontaine6:37

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Brodin13:11

    xG 0.48–0.14 (77%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon20:52

    xG 0.81–0.53 (61%)attempts 18–18goals 0–1

  3. Stoner – Prosser11:19

    xG 0.10–0.13 (44%)attempts 6–5goals 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.

MIN 2.4 xGDET 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 45/100 · #617 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 65% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

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

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