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Sun, Jan 3, 2016·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Minnesota Wild 1, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 51% of the time.

FLA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN010118012140
FLA18010111229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:27FLAJaromir JagrAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Aleksander Barkov · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:48MINJason ZuckerAssists: Mikko Koivu, Ryan Suter · Tip-in, 0.28 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:52FLAJaromir JagrGWGAssists: Brandon Pirri, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:06MINNino Niederreiter: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 14:58MINRyan Suter: Holding2 min
  3. P1 17:04MINZach Parise: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:50FLAVincent Trocheck: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:35MINNino Niederreiter: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:00FLANick Bjugstad: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 3:12MINMikko Koivu: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 5:47FLAAlexander Petrovic: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 15:02FLABrian Campbell: Hooking2 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
47% 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
40Shots on goal29
2.7Expected goals2.7
53Shot attempts43
43Faceoffs won26
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
26Hits33
8Blocked shots7
2Giveaways5
5Takeaways2

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. bestCoyle – Niederreiter – Fontaine7:24

    xG 0.56–0.21 (72%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Parise – Zucker9:13

    xG 0.49–0.38 (56%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  3. Stoll – Porter – Carter3:14

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Pominville – Vanek – Granlund10:16

    xG 0.22–0.65 (25%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon13:48

    xG 0.59–0.16 (79%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  2. Scandella – Prosser4:20

    xG 0.55–0.37 (60%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Prosser – Brodin4:16

    xG 0.09–0.06 (60%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Knight – Howden8:37

    xG 0.60–0.15 (79%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Smith – Trocheck7:11

    xG 0.53–0.39 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Pirri – Bjugstad – Shaw8:20

    xG 0.17–0.22 (43%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov10:18

    xG 0.26–0.61 (30%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Petrovic12:28

    xG 0.56–0.26 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Gudbranson12:01

    xG 0.70–0.55 (56%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  3. Kulikov – Ekblad12:22

    xG 0.39–0.62 (39%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

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 2.7 xGMIN 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 47/100 · #623 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 51% of the time.

FLA winsMIN wins

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

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