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Fri, Nov 9, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 5, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 93% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN119214210543
ANA051907121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:48MINJordan GreenwayAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Charlie Coyle · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:19MINJason ZuckerGWGAssists: Mikael Granlund, Jared Spurgeon · Snap, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:17MINMikael GranlundAssists: Jason Zucker, Jonas Brodin · Snap, 0.22 xG3–0
  4. P2 16:53ANAPontus AbergPPAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Brandon Montour · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:06MINJonas BrodinAssists: Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:03MINMikael GranlundAssists: Jason Zucker, Eric Staal · Backhand, 0.22 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:05ANAPatrick Eaves: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 11:48MINMarcus Foligno: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:48ANALuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:42ANANick Ritchie: Holding2 min
  5. P2 7:54MINMathew Dumba: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 15:38MINRyan Suter: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 11:51ANALuke Schenn: Interference2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINANA
43Shots on goal21
4.5Expected goals1.3
67Shot attempts44
33Faceoffs won25
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
15Hits35
11Blocked shots15
10Giveaways15
0Takeaways1

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 – Granlund12:09

    xG 2.16–0.11 (95%)attempts 22–5goals 3–0

  2. Koivu – Parise – Niederreiter11:41

    xG 0.49–0.14 (78%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Fehr – Foligno – Brown10:23

    xG 0.47–0.33 (59%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Coyle – Greenway – Eriksson Ek10:59

    xG 0.32–0.26 (55%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Dumba17:17

    xG 1.70–0.33 (84%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0

  2. Spurgeon – Brodin12:29

    xG 1.36–0.08 (95%)attempts 21–5goals 4–0

  3. Pateryn – Seeler13:33

    xG 0.40–0.44 (48%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Getzlaf – Rakell – Aberg4:20

    xG 0.14–0.13 (52%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Aberg – Ritchie3:07

    xG 0.06–0.10 (37%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  3. Eaves – Henrique – Ritchie2:27

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg9:09

    xG 0.30–0.59 (34%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Larsson2:05

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Lindholm3:18

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

  3. Schenn – Fowler2:45

    xG 0.02–0.08 (17%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

ANA 1.3 xGMIN 4.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #939 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 93% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

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

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