Sat, Jan 16, 2016·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville
Minnesota Wild 0, Nashville Predators 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 52% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 012 | 013 | 04 | 029 |
| NSH | 111 | 05 | 29 | 325 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 1:24NSHEric NystromGWGAssists: Shea Weber, Mike Fisher · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
- P3 6:14NSHRoman JosiPPAssists: Ryan Johansen, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–2
- P3 18:34NSHFilip ForsbergENAssists: James Neal · Wrist, 0.66 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
- P1 11:36MINThomas Vanek: Hooking2 min
- P1 15:21NSHFilip Forsberg: High sticking2 min
- P2 2:04NSHEric Nystrom: High sticking2 min
- P3 5:02MINMathew Dumba: Delaying game2 min · PPG
- P3 14:15NSHMike Fisher: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Johansen
- 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
- bestPominville – Parise – Granlund13:30
xG 0.85–0.72 (54%)attempts 21–20goals 0–1
- Koivu – Vanek – Zucker14:07
xG 0.22–0.21 (52%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0
- Coyle – Niederreiter – Fontaine8:14
xG 0.07–0.06 (54%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSuter – Spurgeon19:02
xG 1.14–0.43 (73%)attempts 31–16goals 0–1
- Reilly – Brodin5:29
xG 0.19–0.04 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0
- Scandella – Prosser3:41
xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0
Nashville Predators
Forward lines
- bestFisher – Nystrom – Smith7:40
xG 0.18–0.02 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0
- Gaustad – Bass – Salomaki7:41
xG 0.23–0.26 (47%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0
- Ribeiro – Jarnkrok – Forsberg9:33
xG 0.26–0.38 (41%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0
- Neal – Johansen – Fiala11:58
xG 0.20–0.59 (26%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestWeber – Josi18:54
xG 0.74–0.31 (70%)attempts 20–20goals 1–0
- Jackman – Bitetto13:44
xG 0.13–0.24 (35%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0
- Ellis – Ekholm14:34
xG 0.30–0.72 (29%)attempts 10–15goals 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.
NSH's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NSH 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, Nashville Predators win this game 52% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NSH − MIN), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).