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Sun, Feb 28, 2016·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Florida Panthers 1, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 83% of the time.

MIN winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA061903118
MIN190929327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:18MINCharlie CoyleAssists: Zach Parise, Ryan Suter · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:34FLAAaron EkbladPPAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Aleksander Barkov · Slap, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:29MINErik HaulaGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:21MINJason PominvilleENAssists: Erik Haula · Wrist, 0.70 xG1–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 7:25MINMarco Scandella: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 15:53FLAAaron Ekblad: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:53MINNino Niederreiter: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 4:54FLANick Bjugstad: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 5:47MINMathew Dumba: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:34FLADmitry Kulikov: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 11:07FLASteven Kampfer: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 11:07MINMarco Scandella: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 11:07FLAGarrett Wilson: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 18:24FLABrian Campbell: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 16:13MINJared Spurgeon: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  12. P3 18:13FLAGarrett Wilson: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG

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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMIN
18Shots on goal27
1.4Expected goals3.2
40Shot attempts51
30Faceoffs won38
3Power plays5
14Penalty minutes10
26Hits14
8Blocked shots13
8Giveaways6
3Takeaways9

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Shaw – Rau6:09

    xG 0.30–0.09 (78%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. McKegg – Bjugstad – Rau2:08

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Howden – Barkov9:11

    xG 0.23–0.32 (43%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Jokinen – Smith – Trocheck10:28

    xG 0.08–0.56 (13%)attempts 5–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Ekblad7:08

    xG 0.36–0.21 (63%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Petrovic – Matheson3:14

    xG 0.04–0.03 (56%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Ekblad5:10

    xG 0.22–0.22 (50%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestPominville – Haula – Niederreiter11:11

    xG 0.46–0.11 (81%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Stoll – Carter – Fontaine5:07

    xG 0.25–0.01 (95%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Parise – Coyle13:34

    xG 0.33–0.20 (62%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Vanek – Porter – Granlund6:41

    xG 0.33–0.28 (55%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon12:56

    xG 0.69–0.41 (63%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Scandella – Prosser3:20

    xG 0.25–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Scandella3:13

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 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 3.2 xGFLA 1.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #744 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 83% of the time.

MIN winsFLA wins

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

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