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Sat, Oct 24, 2015·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Anaheim Ducks 0, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 64% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA030606015
MIN11521104330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:32MINMathew DumbaGWGAssists: Jason Zucker, Mikko Koivu · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:01MINThomas VanekAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Jared Spurgeon · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:25MINRyan CarterSHAssists: Justin Fontaine, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:16ANASami Vatanen: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 1:00ANARyan Getzlaf: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:37ANACorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 7:56ANARyan Getzlaf: Interference2 min
  5. P2 10:58ANAPatrick Maroon: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:31MINCharlie Coyle: Holding2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
47% to win54% to win
← ANA attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
15Shots on goal30
1.2Expected goals1.9
42Shot attempts64
26Faceoffs won37
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
22Hits10
21Blocked shots18
7Giveaways12
4Takeaways14

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Stewart – Hagelin4:17

    xG 0.47–0.10 (82%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Silfverberg – Sekac9:56

    xG 0.18–0.10 (64%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Stewart – Maroon – Rakell2:12

    xG 0.06–0.01 (83%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Hagelin10:08

    xG 0.12–0.08 (61%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Lindholm15:50

    xG 0.86–0.24 (78%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Vatanen – Fowler3:00

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Stoner – Vatanen12:52

    xG 0.19–0.34 (36%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Zucker – Niederreiter10:13

    xG 0.22–0.05 (82%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Vanek – Coyle – Fontaine11:23

    xG 0.23–0.07 (77%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Porter – Carter – Haula8:53

    xG 0.06–0.16 (28%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Pominville – Parise – Granlund10:54

    xG 0.25–0.38 (40%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba15:05

    xG 0.25–0.14 (65%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon15:34

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Brodin4:00

    xG 0.05–0.04 (56%)attempts 2–3goals 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 1.9 xGANA 1.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1144 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 64% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

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

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