Tue, Oct 24, 2017·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul
Vancouver Canucks 1, Minnesota Wild 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 59% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN | 06 | 014 | 15 | 125 |
| MIN | 011 | 010 | 08 | 029 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P3 10:07VANJake VirtanenGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
Penalties (7)
- P1 2:58VANAlexander Burmistrov: Slashing2 min
- P1 8:51MINLuke Kunin: Slashing2 min
- P3 3:19MINJustin Kloos: Holding2 min
- P3 4:05VANThomas Vanek: Slashing2 min
- P3 13:35VANAlex Biega: Slashing2 min
- P3 14:35MINJason Zucker: Roughing2 min
- P3 19:41VANDerek Dorsett: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Cullen
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Vancouver Canucks
Forward lines
- bestBaertschi – Horvat – Boeser11:31
xG 0.59–0.24 (72%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0
- Sedin – Sedin – Virtanen9:31
xG 0.27–0.08 (77%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0
- Vanek – Gagner – Burmistrov9:11
xG 0.23–0.27 (45%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0
- Dorsett – Sutter – Granlund11:27
xG 0.10–0.77 (11%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Biega – Pouliot10:30
xG 0.13–0.14 (47%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0
- Tanev – Hutton19:39
xG 0.30–0.36 (45%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0
- Del Zotto – Gudbranson15:56
xG 0.26–1.11 (19%)attempts 14–24goals 0–0
Minnesota Wild
Forward lines
- bestFoligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin13:17
xG 0.55–0.11 (83%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0
- Cullen – Winnik – Kloos7:43
xG 0.44–0.08 (85%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0
- Koivu – Zucker – Granlund11:47
xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0
- Staal – Stewart – Ennis9:28
xG 0.29–0.75 (28%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestQuincey – Dumba14:34
xG 0.83–0.13 (87%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0
- Reilly – Brodin13:06
xG 0.42–0.20 (68%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0
- Suter – Spurgeon15:40
xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.
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 59% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MIN − VAN), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).