Fri, Feb 20, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton
Minnesota Wild 4, Edmonton Oilers 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 76% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 28 | 113 | 18 | 429 |
| EDM | 05 | 05 | 05 | 015 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 10:18MINJustin FontaineGWGAssists: Christian Folin, Zach Parise · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–0
- P1 15:06MINNino NiederreiterAssists: Mikko Koivu, Jonas Brodin · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–0
- P2 15:50MINJordan SchroederAssists: Thomas Vanek, Mikko Koivu · Deflected, 0.08 xG3–0
- P3 18:45MINJustin FontaineAssists: Zach Parise, Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–0
Penalties (1)
- P3 8:05MINNate Prosser: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Gordon won the faceoff against Koivu
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestParise – Granlund – Fontaine13:37
xG 0.93–0.04 (96%)attempts 20–7goals 2–0
- Koivu – Pominville – Niederreiter14:18
xG 0.62–0.40 (61%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0
- Veilleux – Brodziak – Haula10:19
xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0
- Vanek – Schroeder – Coyle11:24
xG 0.35–0.47 (43%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestProsser – Folin10:04
xG 0.62–0.12 (84%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0
- Suter – Brodin18:30
xG 0.54–0.12 (81%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0
- Brodin – Dumba2:28
xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0
Edmonton Oilers
Forward lines
- bestRoy – Purcell – Yakupov4:41
xG 0.31–0.09 (77%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0
- Hendricks – Hamilton – Pakarinen3:02
xG 0.03–0.04 (41%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0
- Roy – Hamilton – Yakupov7:14
xG 0.06–0.17 (26%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0
- Hendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer8:29
xG 0.05–0.21 (18%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestFayne – Aulie2:19
xG 0.19–0.03 (86%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
- Ference – Marincin3:10
xG 0.07–0.08 (45%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0
- Schultz – Klefbom14:24
xG 0.15–0.30 (33%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM is favoured, below it MIN. Dots are goals.
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 76% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (EDM − MIN), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).