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Tue, Dec 13, 2016·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Florida Panthers 1, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 70% of the time.

MIN winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA01301017130
MIN152829522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:19MINZach PariseAssists: Jason Pominville, Jonas Brodin · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:11MINErik HaulaGWGAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle · Snap, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:46MINEric StaalAssists: Jason Pominville, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.35 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:04MINMikko KoivuAssists: Jason Zucker, Mikael Granlund · Snap, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P3 8:26MINJason ZuckerAssists: Mathew Dumba, Jonas Brodin · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–5
  6. P3 15:36FLADylan McIlrathAssists: Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith · Snap, 0.03 xG1–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:57MINCharlie Coyle: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 2:35FLAJaromir Jagr: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 2:46MINJonas Brodin: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 8:36FLADylan McIlrath: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 8:36MINKurtis Gabriel: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P1 8:36MINKurtis Gabriel: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 0:58MINRyan Suter: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 14:09MINRyan Suter: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 2:12FLADylan McIlrath: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 2:12MINChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 11:27FLAMike Matheson: High sticking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
44% to win56% to win
← FLA attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMIN
30Shots on goal22
1.3Expected goals2.2
59Shot attempts44
33Faceoffs won33
5Power plays1
14Penalty minutes20
16Hits13
12Blocked shots17
4Giveaways1
3Takeaways12

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. Sceviour – Bjugstad – Rau3:45

    xG 0.05–0.05 (50%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. MacKenzie – Thompson – Rau3:18

    xG 0.12–0.13 (47%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Thompson – Trocheck3:05

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. MacKenzie – Smith – Marchessault3:39

    xG 0.07–0.16 (29%)attempts 5–3goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcIlrath – Matheson2:02

    xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Ekblad3:18

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Pysyk – Matheson3:40

    xG 0.07–0.11 (39%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestPominville – Staal – Parise10:45

    xG 1.04–0.12 (90%)attempts 15–9goals 2–1

  2. Haula – Coyle – Niederreiter10:18

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  3. Koivu – Zucker – Granlund11:37

    xG 0.35–0.21 (62%)attempts 8–12goals 2–0

  4. Stewart – Graovac – Gabriel4:27

    xG 0.13–0.19 (41%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba12:50

    xG 0.60–0.20 (75%)attempts 11–17goals 2–1

  2. Scandella – Folin13:33

    xG 0.36–0.06 (86%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Spurgeon17:34

    xG 0.84–0.62 (57%)attempts 8–21goals 2–0

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 2.2 xGFLA 1.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1051 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 70% 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).