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Thu, Jan 19, 2017·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Arizona Coyotes 3, Minnesota Wild 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 73% of the time.

MIN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1521008323
MIN291917425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:39MINEric StaalAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:42ARIBrendan PerliniAssists: Shane Doan, Michael Stone · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:37MINNino NiederreiterPPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Jason Pominville · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:31MINChris StewartAssists: Jason Pominville · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:54ARIJakob ChychrunAssists: Shane Doan, Christian Dvorak · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:24ARIJamie McGinnAssists: Alex Goligoski · Slap, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. P3 12:54MINNino NiederreiterPPGWGAssists: Mikael Granlund, Jason Pominville · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 12:18ARIAlexander Burmistrov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 13:32ARIKevin Connauton: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:47ARILaurent Dauphin: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 17:47MINJason Zucker: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 17:47ARILuke Schenn: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 18:10MINZach Parise: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 2:47MINChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 2:47ARILawson Crouse: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 8:43MINZach Parise: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 8:43ARIMichael Stone: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 11:35ARIShane Doan: Hooking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 15:37MINRyan Suter: Slashing2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
44% to win56% to win
← ARI attackMIN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIMIN
23Shots on goal25
1.0Expected goals2.0
44Shot attempts52
16Faceoffs won32
2Power plays4
17Penalty minutes13
32Hits11
17Blocked shots12
5Giveaways6
7Takeaways9

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Perlini – Dvorak14:12

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. McGinn – Martinook – Jooris8:57

    xG 0.11–0.15 (43%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. White – Dauphin – Crouse8:01

    xG 0.15–0.19 (44%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Burmistrov – Rieder10:26

    xG 0.04–0.18 (20%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestConnauton – Chychrun10:07

    xG 0.22–0.09 (71%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1

  2. Goligoski – Stone13:58

    xG 0.23–0.28 (45%)attempts 9–17goals 2–0

  3. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson16:06

    xG 0.16–0.50 (24%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Coyle – Niederreiter10:39

    xG 0.31–0.19 (61%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  2. Pominville – Stewart – Graovac6:18

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 2–7goals 1–1

  3. Pominville – Parise – Haula2:29

    xG 0.06–0.03 (68%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Zucker – Granlund11:48

    xG 0.08–0.07 (52%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon18:24

    xG 0.43–0.33 (56%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  2. Scandella – Dumba12:59

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Prosser – Folin8:40

    xG 0.12–0.13 (46%)attempts 7–7goals 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.

MIN 2.0 xGARI 1.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #233 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 73% of the time.

MIN winsARI wins

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

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