Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sat, Apr 1, 2017·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Minnesota Wild 0, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 65% of the time.

NSH winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN01001209031
NSH012214110336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:21NSHFilip ForsbergGWGAssists: Roman Josi, Ryan Johansen · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:31NSHKevin FialaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:37NSHP.K. SubbanENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 4:33MINMikko Koivu: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 0:45NSHMattias Ekholm: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 6:57MINMartin Hanzal: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
44% to win56% to win
← MIN attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Sissons
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINNSH
31Shots on goal36
2.2Expected goals2.9
53Shot attempts61
32Faceoffs won41
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
22Hits26
17Blocked shots10
12Giveaways15
5Takeaways7

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 – Stewart4:27

    xG 0.47–0.18 (72%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Stewart – Niederreiter5:29

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. White – Haula – Coyle3:32

    xG 0.04–0.01 (81%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. White – Haula – Eriksson Ek3:58

    xG 0.09–0.09 (48%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Dumba9:28

    xG 0.57–0.03 (95%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Scandella – Folin7:07

    xG 0.35–0.17 (68%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Folin5:18

    xG 0.25–0.29 (47%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestFisher – Jarnkrok – Fiala7:20

    xG 0.68–0.37 (65%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson11:15

    xG 0.31–0.13 (71%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  3. Wilson – Smith – Sissons11:22

    xG 0.20–0.27 (42%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Fiddler – McLeod – Watson7:46

    xG 0.14–0.25 (36%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Ekholm20:18

    xG 0.76–0.38 (67%)attempts 18–16goals 1–0

  2. Irwin – Bitetto10:58

    xG 0.14–0.22 (39%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Ellis17:35

    xG 0.70–0.80 (47%)attempts 20–16goals 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.

NSH 2.9 xGMIN 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1167 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 65% of the time.

NSH winsMIN wins

Simulated goal difference (NSH − MIN), 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).