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Sat, Feb 17, 2018·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Anaheim Ducks 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 63% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA1907114013331
MIN110114011032238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:50ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Adam Henrique, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:36MINMikko KoivuUnassisted · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:56MINJason ZuckerAssists: Nate Prosser · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:12ANAOndrej KaseAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Nick Ritchie · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Mikko Koivu stopped
  2. 2. ANA Ryan Getzlaf scored
  3. 3. MIN Chris Stewart stopped
  4. 4. ANA Rickard Rakell stopped
  5. 5. MIN Zach Parise scored
  6. 6. ANA Corey Perry stopped
  7. 7. MIN Nino Niederreiter scored
  8. 8. ANA Ondrej Kase scored
  9. 9. MIN Jason Zucker stopped
  10. 10. ANA Adam Henrique stopped
  11. 11. MIN Eric Staal stopped
  12. 12. ANA Cam Fowler stopped
  13. 13. MIN Mikael Granlund stopped
  14. 14. ANA Jakob Silfverberg stopped
  15. 15. MIN Charlie Coyle stopped
  16. 16. ANA Brandon Montour stopped
  17. 17. MIN Matt Cullen stopped
  18. 18. ANA Derek Grant stopped
  19. 19. MIN Jared Spurgeon stopped
  20. 20. ANA Antoine Vermette stopped
  21. 21. MIN Mathew Dumba stopped
  22. 22. ANA Nick Ritchie scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:27MINNino Niederreiter: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 2:15ANAHampus Lindholm: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 8:53MINNate Prosser: Interference2 min
  4. P1 8:53MINNate Prosser: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 8:53ANAJT Brown: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:10ANARyan Getzlaf: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 0:38MINNino Niederreiter: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 17:54ANAAntoine Vermette: Roughing2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
31Shots on goal38
2.5Expected goals3.3
65Shot attempts66
23Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
16Hits15
14Blocked shots22
7Giveaways9
2Takeaways5

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Ritchie – Kase11:25

    xG 0.73–0.28 (72%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Cogliano – Grant – Silfverberg9:39

    xG 0.44–0.59 (43%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Wagner – Brown3:48

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell13:50

    xG 0.43–0.75 (37%)attempts 17–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Montour15:26

    xG 0.89–0.41 (68%)attempts 21–9goals 0–1

  2. Bieksa – Lindholm12:42

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm4:10

    xG 0.04–0.15 (22%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Zucker – Granlund9:59

    xG 0.44–0.36 (55%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Winnik – Stewart4:25

    xG 0.23–0.16 (58%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Winnik – Foligno2:32

    xG 0.13–0.06 (67%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Stewart – Zucker3:30

    xG 0.07–0.01 (88%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Olofsson13:51

    xG 0.99–0.36 (74%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. Spurgeon – Seeler4:06

    xG 0.22–0.03 (89%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Dumba20:17

    xG 0.59–0.69 (46%)attempts 21–26goals 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 3.3 xGANA 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #554 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 63% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

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

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