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Tue, Feb 14, 2017·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Anaheim Ducks 1, Minnesota Wild 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 77% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1804011123
MIN01301608037

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:38ANAJoseph CramarossaGWGAssists: Corey Perry, Hampus Lindholm · Backhand, 0.30 xG1–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:45ANANick Ritchie: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:44ANACam Fowler: Holding2 min
  3. P2 10:32ANAKevin Bieksa: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 17:57ANARyan Getzlaf: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 3:15ANAJoseph Cramarossa: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:33ANAAntoine Vermette: Abuse of officials10 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 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
23Shots on goal37
1.4Expected goals2.8
43Shot attempts76
24Faceoffs won35
0Power plays5
20Penalty minutes0
20Hits7
18Blocked shots16
2Giveaways6
5Takeaways10

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. bestPerry – Thompson – Ritchie2:44

    xG 0.24–0.03 (91%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Rakell – Ritchie8:04

    xG 0.35–0.16 (69%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Shaw – Rakell2:45

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Cramarossa – Kase5:24

    xG 0.06–0.20 (24%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Theodore9:40

    xG 0.69–0.12 (86%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Fowler – Montour2:34

    xG 0.19–0.04 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Montour12:19

    xG 0.28–0.20 (58%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Zucker – Granlund12:36

    xG 0.43–0.27 (62%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Stewart – Haula – Zucker2:19

    xG 0.16–0.02 (87%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Parise – Haula2:12

    xG 0.07–0.05 (59%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Coyle – Niederreiter2:56

    xG 0.04–0.07 (36%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon20:04

    xG 0.46–0.15 (76%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  2. Scandella – Folin16:24

    xG 0.44–0.56 (44%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

  3. Prosser – Olofsson7:41

    xG 0.07–0.63 (10%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

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 2.8 xGANA 1.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 10/100 · #1093 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 77% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

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

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