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Thu, Feb 12, 2015·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Florida Panthers 1, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 60% of the time.

MIN winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0111808127
MIN191905223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:12MINJason PominvilleAssists: Mikko Koivu, Ryan Suter · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:52MINZach ParisePPGWGAssists: Thomas Vanek, Mikko Koivu · Backhand, 0.44 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:53FLANick BjugstadAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Jimmy Hayes · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:33MINThomas Vanek: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 5:51FLADave Bolland: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:54FLANick Bjugstad: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:53MINThomas Vanek: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 3:54MINRyan Suter: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P3 5:36FLAAleksander Barkov: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 18:41MINNino Niederreiter: Tripping2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMIN
27Shots on goal23
2.3Expected goals2.8
59Shot attempts39
34Faceoffs won36
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
19Hits15
7Blocked shots19
4Giveaways11
3Takeaways9

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – MacKenzie – Upshall7:55

    xG 0.27–0.02 (92%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Hayes – Bjugstad11:46

    xG 0.56–0.37 (60%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

  3. Fleischmann – Bergenheim – Bolland8:10

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Boyes – Bergenheim – Bolland2:38

    xG 0.12–0.11 (51%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Gudbranson14:38

    xG 1.00–0.31 (77%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  2. Kampfer – Petrovic12:58

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Ekblad17:48

    xG 0.38–0.73 (34%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestVeilleux – Brodziak – Haula6:52

    xG 0.16–0.07 (71%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Coyle – Niederreiter – Fontaine5:20

    xG 0.18–0.09 (67%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Vanek – Granlund – Fontaine5:30

    xG 0.15–0.11 (59%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Vanek – Schroeder – Granlund6:25

    xG 0.16–0.20 (45%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Spurgeon14:23

    xG 0.48–0.32 (60%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  2. Scandella – Prosser3:34

    xG 0.21–0.06 (77%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Prosser2:38

    xG 0.16–0.02 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 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 2.8 xGFLA 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #991 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MIN 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 60% of the time.

MIN winsFLA wins

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

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