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Mon, Nov 24, 2014·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Minnesota Wild 4, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 82% of the time.

FLA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN21411619439
FLA0519016130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:58MINJason ZuckerAssists: Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:43MINNino NiederreiterGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:34FLAShawn ThorntonAssists: Dmitry Kulikov · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:19MINJason ZuckerAssists: Mikko Koivu · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:31MINZach PariseENAssists: Jason Pominville, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.64 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:40MINKeith Ballard: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 1:40FLAJimmy Hayes: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 10:11FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 12:58MINKeith Ballard: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 18:47FLAScottie Upshall: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 2:51MINJason Pominville: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 8:20FLABrandon Pirri: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 4:30MINKeith Ballard: High sticking2 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINFLA
39Shots on goal30
4.4Expected goals2.3
62Shot attempts51
24Faceoffs won37
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
25Hits35
10Blocked shots8
2Giveaways4
4Takeaways6

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 – Vanek – Zucker10:27

    xG 1.36–0.49 (74%)attempts 16–10goals 2–0

  2. Haula – Coyle – Niederreiter9:26

    xG 0.30–0.03 (90%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  3. Pominville – Parise – Granlund12:48

    xG 0.55–0.46 (54%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  4. Brodziak – Carter – Fontaine6:18

    xG 0.28–0.20 (59%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Prosser12:48

    xG 1.40–0.35 (80%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon17:16

    xG 0.99–0.57 (63%)attempts 21–13goals 2–0

  3. Ballard – Dumba7:37

    xG 0.50–0.24 (67%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Hayes – Pirri5:59

    xG 0.46–0.11 (80%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Bergenheim – Barkov12:23

    xG 0.60–0.39 (60%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  3. Jokinen – Upshall – Hayes2:42

    xG 0.08–0.06 (59%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Pirri – Bjugstad – Huberdeau3:59

    xG 0.09–0.09 (51%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Mitchell – Ekblad4:09

    xG 0.07–0.07 (48%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

  2. Campbell – Kulikov3:22

    xG 0.03–0.03 (45%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Ekblad12:42

    xG 0.42–0.57 (42%)attempts 10–14goals 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.

FLA 2.3 xGMIN 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #815 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 82% of the time.

FLA winsMIN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).