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Thu, Mar 30, 2017·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Ottawa Senators 1, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT190604119
MIN1827211526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:20OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Mark Stone, Cody Ceci · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:07MINNino NiederreiterAssists: Jonas Brodin, Chris Stewart · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:08MINNino NiederreiterGWGAssists: Eric Staal, Chris Stewart · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:32MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Charlie Coyle, Jared Spurgeon · Snap, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:46MINMathew DumbaPPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Mikael Granlund · Slap, 0.02 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:53MINJason PominvilleAssists: Charlie Coyle, Martin Hanzal · Snap, 0.03 xG1–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:10OTTDion Phaneuf: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:18MINNino Niederreiter: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:18MINEric Staal: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 14:00MINChris Stewart: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 2:50OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 13:04MINEric Staal: Hooking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTMIN
19Shots on goal26
1.3Expected goals1.6
40Shot attempts51
25Faceoffs won34
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
15Hits16
14Blocked shots7
7Giveaways2
7Takeaways5

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Stalberg – Pageau4:57

    xG 0.24–0.01 (94%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Brassard – Dzingel5:08

    xG 0.18–0.03 (85%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Hoffman – Stone3:40

    xG 0.02–0.05 (32%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau3:07

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Claesson2:23

    xG 0.15–0.02 (87%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Claesson3:52

    xG 0.11–0.02 (84%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Jokipakka2:47

    xG 0.08–0.01 (91%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Stewart – Niederreiter10:25

    xG 0.42–0.09 (82%)attempts 12–5goals 2–0

  2. White – Haula – Eriksson Ek9:12

    xG 0.37–0.07 (85%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Zucker – Granlund10:16

    xG 0.26–0.12 (68%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Pominville – Hanzal – Coyle8:01

    xG 0.18–0.14 (57%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon14:26

    xG 0.46–0.22 (68%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Scandella – Dumba12:11

    xG 0.48–0.25 (66%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  3. Brodin – Folin11:41

    xG 0.28–0.10 (74%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

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 xGOTT 1.3 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #855 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 58% of the time.

MIN winsOTT wins

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

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