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Sat, Jan 21, 2017·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Anaheim Ducks 3, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA2911109329
MIN181839525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:35MINErik HaulaAssists: Jason Pominville, Zach Parise · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:47ANAStefan NoesenAssists: Jared Boll, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:58ANACam FowlerSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:23ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.28 xG3–1
  5. P2 5:03MINJason ZuckerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:39MINErik HaulaAssists: Ryan Suter, Mathew Dumba · Deflected, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:15MINRyan SuterGWGAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle · Deflected, 0.02 xG3–4
  8. P3 15:38MINJason ZuckerAssists: Mikael Granlund, Ryan Suter · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:35ANANick Ritchie: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:35MINKurtis Gabriel: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:14ANAHampus Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 14:09ANAKevin Bieksa: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 0:54MINMarco Scandella: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:54MINCharlie Coyle: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
29Shots on goal25
2.0Expected goals1.6
46Shot attempts45
28Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
30Hits17
7Blocked shots7
7Giveaways4
6Takeaways8

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoll – Cramarossa – Noesen3:58

    xG 0.26–0.02 (94%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  2. Vermette – Ritchie – Kase12:17

    xG 0.30–0.16 (65%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Cogliano – Shaw12:12

    xG 0.43–0.42 (51%)attempts 12–13goals 0–2

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell13:42

    xG 0.24–0.53 (31%)attempts 10–15goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm14:21

    xG 0.52–0.26 (67%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Fowler4:20

    xG 0.11–0.04 (76%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Lindholm3:34

    xG 0.12–0.04 (74%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Zucker – Granlund14:30

    xG 0.57–0.10 (86%)attempts 15–5goals 2–0

  2. Stewart – Schroeder – Gabriel3:30

    xG 0.05–0.04 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Stewart – Haula4:14

    xG 0.03–0.10 (20%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Coyle – Niederreiter13:47

    xG 0.22–0.42 (35%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon22:29

    xG 0.72–0.20 (79%)attempts 20–14goals 3–0

  2. Reilly – Folin8:59

    xG 0.18–0.30 (37%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  3. Scandella – Dumba16:45

    xG 0.24–0.73 (25%)attempts 9–18goals 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 1.6 xGANA 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #165 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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