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Thu, Oct 23, 2014·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Arizona Coyotes 0, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 56% of the time.

MIN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI090809026
MIN01221007229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:53MINCharlie CoyleGWGAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Thomas Vanek · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:27MINJason PominvilleAssists: Zach Parise, Jared Spurgeon · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 8:28MINRyan Suter: Interference2 min
  2. P2 12:53ARIKeith Yandle: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 16:01ARIAntoine Vermette: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:26ARIRob Klinkhammer: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 12:30MINJared Spurgeon: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Chipchura
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIMIN
26Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals2.2
55Shot attempts60
39Faceoffs won21
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
19Hits11
19Blocked shots14
2Giveaways8
2Takeaways6

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Chipchura – Klinkhammer6:58

    xG 0.16–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Crombeen – Vitale – McMillan6:04

    xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Erat – Gagner4:10

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Vermette – Korpikoski – Boedker2:10

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Schlemko13:29

    xG 0.36–0.29 (56%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy12:50

    xG 0.81–0.76 (52%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  3. Yandle – Stone17:51

    xG 0.16–0.76 (17%)attempts 15–21goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Vanek – Coyle10:35

    xG 0.40–0.12 (77%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Haula – Niederreiter – Fontaine9:52

    xG 0.29–0.09 (77%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Parise – Granlund13:25

    xG 0.72–0.65 (53%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  4. Cooke – Carter – Zucker7:37

    xG 0.12–0.49 (20%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin17:41

    xG 1.14–0.34 (77%)attempts 25–12goals 0–0

  2. Scandella – Spurgeon13:13

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 10–14goals 2–0

  3. Prosser – Dumba9:30

    xG 0.16–0.30 (35%)attempts 8–9goals 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 2.2 xGARI 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #1227 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 56% of the time.

MIN winsARI wins

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

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