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Thu, Feb 18, 2016·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Minnesota Wild 5, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 63% of the time.

EDM winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN21027110527
EDM213010010233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:30MINJason PominvillePPAssists: Mikael Granlund, Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:58EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Benoit Pouliot, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:16MINMathew DumbaPPAssists: Zach Parise, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:19EDMNail YakupovUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:48MINThomas VanekGWGAssists: Mikko Koivu, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:37MINMikael GranlundAssists: Mathew Dumba, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.28 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:56MINCharlie CoyleENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.77 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:49EDMLauri Korpikoski: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:29EDMJustin Schultz: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:53MINRyan Suter: Broken stick2 min
  4. P2 5:09EDMJustin Schultz: Holding2 min
  5. P2 8:24MINMike Reilly: 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 SOG0EDM
47% to win54% to win
← MIN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINEDM
27Shots on goal33
3.1Expected goals4.0
45Shot attempts74
27Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits22
23Blocked shots12
15Giveaways19
6Takeaways3

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Stoll – Carter – Fontaine4:08

    xG 0.12–0.11 (52%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Pominville – Haula – Niederreiter4:19

    xG 0.00–0.09 (3%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Vanek – Zucker – Granlund4:54

    xG 0.32–0.49 (39%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  4. Koivu – Parise – Coyle7:46

    xG 0.02–0.23 (8%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Prosser – Dumba2:45

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Prosser – Folin3:22

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–2

  3. Suter – Spurgeon10:32

    xG 0.03–0.34 (8%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPurcell – Hall – Draisaitl9:53

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–0goals 0–0

  2. Pouliot – Eberle – McDavid6:41

    xG 0.37–0.19 (66%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

  3. Korpikoski – Letestu – Yakupov3:51

    xG 0.54–0.36 (60%)attempts 8–3goals 1–1

  4. Hendricks – Lander – Pakarinen3:59

    xG 0.07–0.01 (87%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Schultz8:37

    xG 0.83–0.43 (66%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Davidson – Clendening9:06

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  3. Fayne – Nurse7:46

    xG 0.16–0.22 (41%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

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.

EDM 4.0 xGMIN 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #490 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 63% of the time.

EDM winsMIN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).