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Tue, Mar 17, 2015·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Minnesota Wild 3, Nashville Predators 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 62% of the time.

NSH winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN160311111321
NSH0102110600227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:02MINCharlie CoyleAssists: Jordan Leopold, Thomas Vanek · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:41NSHRoman JosiAssists: Filip Forsberg · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:26NSHRoman JosiAssists: Viktor Stalberg, Matt Cullen · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:19MINCharlie CoyleAssists: Chris Stewart, Nino Niederreiter · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:22MINMathew DumbaGWGAssists: Zach Parise, Ryan Suter · Slap, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:05MINRyan Suter: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 14:50MINCharlie Coyle: Holding2 min
  3. P2 15:54MINMathew Dumba: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 17:01MINJordan Leopold: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINNSH
21Shots on goal27
1.2Expected goals1.7
37Shot attempts55
32Faceoffs won24
0Power plays4
8Penalty minutes0
21Hits21
20Blocked shots11
6Giveaways7
9Takeaways5

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 – Stewart – Niederreiter14:23

    xG 0.44–0.08 (85%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Bergenheim – Brodziak – Haula6:59

    xG 0.02–0.10 (17%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  3. Pominville – Parise – Granlund14:57

    xG 0.26–0.36 (42%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  4. Vanek – Coyle – Fontaine9:55

    xG 0.34–0.48 (41%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Dumba7:13

    xG 0.31–0.02 (95%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Spurgeon – Brodin2:37

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Leopold – Dumba2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Stalberg – Jarnkrok9:25

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Ribeiro – Smith – Forsberg9:04

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  3. Gaustad – Beck – Bourque10:35

    xG 0.14–0.25 (36%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Fisher – Santorelli – Wilson12:38

    xG 0.13–0.48 (21%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Jones15:55

    xG 0.63–0.12 (84%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Josi18:18

    xG 0.35–0.25 (59%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

  3. Ellis – Ekholm14:54

    xG 0.05–0.74 (6%)attempts 7–11goals 0–2

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.

NSH 1.7 xGMIN 1.2 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #399 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 62% of the time.

NSH winsMIN wins

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

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