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Fri, Oct 17, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 1, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 70% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0917012128
ANA090829226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:08MINJason ZuckerAssists: Ryan Carter, Keith Ballard · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 4:02ANAAndrew CoglianoSHAssists: Devante Smith-Pelly, Cam Fowler · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:35ANACorey PerryGWGAssists: Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:20MINCharlie Coyle: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 15:49MINMathew Dumba: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:48ANATim Jackman: Interference2 min
  4. P2 7:04MINCharlie Coyle: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 7:04ANARyan Getzlaf: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 7:04MINCharlie Coyle: Charging2 min
  7. P2 12:42MINKeith Ballard: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 2:05ANAClayton Stoner: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 8:03ANAChris Wagner: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 0:00ANARyan Kesler: Charging5 min
  11. P3 0:00MINZach Parise: Cross checking5 min
  12. P3 0:00MINZach Parise: Game misconduct10 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
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Granlund won the faceoff against Karlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINANA
28Shots on goal26
3.4Expected goals2.2
53Shot attempts51
36Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
25Penalty minutes13
21Hits25
10Blocked shots12
8Giveaways12
2Takeaways5

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. bestHaula – Coyle – Niederreiter9:52

    xG 0.69–0.27 (72%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Pominville – Parise – Granlund12:18

    xG 0.27–0.25 (52%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Vanek – Fontaine12:45

    xG 0.26–0.33 (43%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Cooke – Carter – Zucker4:33

    xG 0.03–0.28 (11%)attempts 1–4goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin16:41

    xG 0.47–0.34 (58%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Scandella – Spurgeon15:30

    xG 0.50–0.45 (53%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  3. Ballard – Dumba6:21

    xG 0.17–0.27 (38%)attempts 3–4goals 1–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Beleskey10:03

    xG 0.33–0.19 (63%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Thompson – Wagner2:58

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Karlsson6:01

    xG 0.16–0.20 (44%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Smith-Pelly3:25

    xG 0.17–0.29 (37%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Lindholm15:30

    xG 0.70–0.28 (71%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Lovejoy – Fowler14:33

    xG 0.32–0.48 (40%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Stoner – Vatanen14:10

    xG 0.28–0.57 (33%)attempts 10–16goals 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 2.2 xGMIN 3.4 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 40/100 · #691 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 70% 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).