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Thu, Nov 9, 2017·Centre Bell, Montreal

Minnesota Wild 3, Montréal Canadiens 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 62% of the time.

MTL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN01308314335
MTL012017012041

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 2:46MINJason ZuckerSHGWGAssists: Mikael Granlund · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:23MINJason ZuckerAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Eric Staal · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:25MINJason ZuckerENAssists: Daniel Winnik, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.62 xG3–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:38MINNino Niederreiter: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:16MTLJoe Morrow: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:15MINMarcus Foligno: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:31MTLKarl Alzner: Interference2 min
  5. P2 8:31MINJason Zucker: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 14:10MTLJoe Morrow: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 1:11MINMikko Koivu: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 6:45MTLCharlie Lindgren: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINMTL
35Shots on goal41
3.8Expected goals3.0
74Shot attempts80
28Faceoffs won43
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
25Hits17
28Blocked shots22
11Giveaways16
6Takeaways5

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 – Zucker – Niederreiter10:45

    xG 0.56–0.16 (77%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  2. Koivu – Ennis – Granlund9:25

    xG 0.39–0.55 (42%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Stewart – Foligno7:18

    xG 0.26–0.51 (34%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Winnik – Eriksson Ek – Kunin9:00

    xG 0.35–0.71 (33%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba13:41

    xG 0.55–0.46 (55%)attempts 22–15goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon17:31

    xG 1.02–1.10 (48%)attempts 22–26goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – Olofsson7:12

    xG 0.14–0.30 (31%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Galchenyuk – Lehkonen6:12

    xG 0.60–0.26 (70%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Pacioretty – Shaw – Danault11:57

    xG 0.39–0.33 (54%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  3. Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher9:34

    xG 0.14–0.31 (32%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  4. Froese – Hudon – de la Rose5:16

    xG 0.04–0.37 (10%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Mete2:37

    xG 0.17–0.11 (61%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Morrow9:19

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. Benn – Davidson2:27

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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.

MTL 3.0 xGMIN 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1133 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 62% of the time.

MTL winsMIN wins

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

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