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Sun, Mar 23, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Minnesota Wild 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 66% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN012172511425
DET26041600316

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:45DETGustav NyquistPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Daniel Alfredsson · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:27DETGustav NyquistAssists: Tomas Tatar · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:57MINJason PominvillePPAssists: Ryan Suter, Mikko Koivu · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:33MINCharlie CoyleAssists: Matt Moulson, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:18MINZach PariseAssists: Mikael Granlund, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:43DETTomas TatarAssists: Brendan Smith · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:15MINMatt MoulsonGWGAssists: Jonas Brodin, Charlie Coyle · Tip-in, 0.06 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:56MINCharlie Coyle: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:56DETDavid Legwand: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 11:47DETKyle Quincey: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:30MINNino Niederreiter: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 12:07DETBrian Lashoff: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← MIN attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDET
25Shots on goal16
2.1Expected goals1.4
49Shot attempts36
34Faceoffs won20
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits29
8Blocked shots12
6Giveaways7
1Takeaways2

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 – Moulson – Coyle10:51

    xG 0.74–0.29 (72%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Cooke – Brodziak – Niederreiter10:21

    xG 0.18–0.04 (81%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Parise – Granlund14:48

    xG 0.56–0.47 (55%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  4. Heatley – Haula – Fontaine6:04

    xG 0.05–0.16 (26%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon20:52

    xG 1.15–0.68 (63%)attempts 17–12goals 2–2

  2. Blum – Scandella12:05

    xG 0.19–0.06 (76%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Prosser – Brodin13:39

    xG 0.25–0.36 (41%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Tatar – Sheahan10:51

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

  2. Emmerton – Andersson – Ferraro5:39

    xG 0.05–0.05 (54%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Helm – Glendening13:28

    xG 0.54–0.70 (43%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  4. Alfredsson – Legwand – Franzen13:27

    xG 0.33–0.52 (39%)attempts 5–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser14:13

    xG 0.45–0.31 (60%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  2. Kindl – Lashoff12:08

    xG 0.16–0.19 (45%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Smith17:14

    xG 0.45–0.72 (39%)attempts 13–15goals 1–1

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.

DET 1.4 xGMIN 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #138 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 66% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

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

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