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Tue, Jan 2, 2018·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Florida Panthers 1, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 82% of the time.

MIN winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0902115126
MIN11331919541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:21MINMatt CullenAssists: Daniel Winnik, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:56MINMatt CullenGWGAssists: Marcus Foligno, Gustav Olofsson · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:31MINEric StaalAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Tyler Ennis · Wrist, 0.37 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:10MINEric StaalAssists: Tyler Ennis, Jason Zucker · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–4
  5. P3 3:40FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–4
  6. P3 16:55MINCharlie CoyleENAssists: Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.60 xG1–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:41FLAAleksander Barkov: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 3:27MINMarcus Foligno: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:27FLAMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 2:48MINEric Staal: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 13:14MINDaniel Winnik: Slashing2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMIN
26Shots on goal41
1.7Expected goals3.6
50Shot attempts61
27Faceoffs won31
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
11Hits8
14Blocked shots12
6Giveaways3
2Takeaways6

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Huberdeau – Barkov5:53

    xG 0.40–0.03 (93%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  2. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Brickley2:34

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Brickley – Trocheck – Malgin3:23

    xG 0.02–0.13 (11%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Brickley – McCann3:37

    xG 0.02–0.14 (12%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Yandle – Pysyk6:23

    xG 0.18–0.27 (41%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  2. McCoshen – Ekblad5:01

    xG 0.05–0.14 (27%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Petrovic – Matheson5:59

    xG 0.17–0.33 (35%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Ennis – Zucker9:37

    xG 1.37–0.07 (95%)attempts 18–6goals 2–0

  2. Koivu – Granlund – Eriksson Ek14:22

    xG 0.60–0.10 (86%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Winnik – Foligno9:47

    xG 0.53–0.15 (78%)attempts 10–7goals 2–0

  4. Parise – Stewart – Coyle9:56

    xG 0.22–0.06 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba16:34

    xG 0.98–0.14 (88%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon19:49

    xG 1.24–0.46 (73%)attempts 22–16goals 3–1

  3. Prosser – Olofsson14:16

    xG 0.55–0.29 (65%)attempts 15–12goals 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 3.6 xGFLA 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1096 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 82% of the time.

MIN winsFLA wins

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

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