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Sun, Jan 8, 2017·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 2, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 65% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN08216012236
ANA1706011124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:44ANARyan KeslerAssists: Jakob Silfverberg · Tip-in, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:39MINMathew DumbaPPAssists: Zach Parise, Eric Staal · Slap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:21MINJared SpurgeonGWGAssists: Jason Pominville, Jason Zucker · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:26ANAJosh Manson: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:23ANALogan Shaw: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:58ANACam Fowler: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:47MINNino Niederreiter: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 5:47ANAJohn Gibson: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 11:09MINDevan Dubnyk: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 13:25MINZach Parise: Interference2 min
  8. P3 5:54MINMikko Koivu: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 8:28ANAAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 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 SOG0ANA
44% to win56% to win
← MIN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINANA
36Shots on goal24
3.7Expected goals2.7
68Shot attempts52
30Faceoffs won27
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
15Hits23
10Blocked shots21
10Giveaways9
7Takeaways4

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. bestStaal – Parise – Coyle10:28

    xG 0.63–0.29 (69%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Stewart – Schroeder – Graovac8:06

    xG 0.40–0.07 (86%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Haula – Niederreiter11:10

    xG 0.72–0.42 (63%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Zucker – Granlund8:11

    xG 0.06–0.60 (9%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Brodin5:44

    xG 0.37–0.06 (87%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Brodin – Folin8:39

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Dumba3:31

    xG 0.06–0.07 (46%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Cramarossa – Rakell7:36

    xG 0.71–0.24 (75%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:07

    xG 0.72–0.58 (56%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Vermette – Ritchie – Kase9:03

    xG 0.16–0.05 (78%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Wagner – Rakell2:15

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVatanen – Manson4:33

    xG 0.46–0.09 (84%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Fowler – Montour6:24

    xG 0.47–0.16 (74%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Vatanen – Montour3:33

    xG 0.29–0.15 (65%)attempts 4–5goals 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.

ANA 2.7 xGMIN 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #731 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 65% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

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

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