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Sat, Feb 9, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

Minnesota Wild 4, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 83% of the time.

NJD winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN112211110433
NJD170615218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:57NJDBrett SeneyAssists: Will Butcher · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:19MINMarcus FolignoAssists: Greg Pateryn, Luke Kunin · Backhand, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:34MINZach ParisePPAssists: Ryan Suter · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:07MINJoel Eriksson EkGWGAssists: Jonas Brodin, Marcus Foligno · Snap, 0.34 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:56NJDJesper BrattAssists: Damon Severson · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:40MINLuke KuninAssists: Marcus Foligno · Snap, 0.04 xG4–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 18:03MINNick Seeler: Holding2 min
  2. P2 0:40NJDBlake Coleman: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:24NJDBen Lovejoy: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:36MINMarcus Foligno: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 4:36NJDKurtis Gabriel: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 8:38MINJordan Greenway: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 1:29NJDKyle Palmieri: Holding2 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 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINNJD
33Shots on goal18
3.8Expected goals1.8
59Shot attempts43
30Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
23Hits33
15Blocked shots14
6Giveaways16
11Takeaways9

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. bestFoligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin8:53

    xG 0.73–0.07 (92%)attempts 14–3goals 3–0

  2. Parise – Coyle – Granlund14:20

    xG 0.67–0.39 (63%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Fehr – Rau – Rask4:31

    xG 0.29–0.12 (71%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  4. Staal – Zucker – Greenway12:19

    xG 0.29–0.47 (38%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon17:39

    xG 0.92–0.30 (75%)attempts 21–14goals 0–0

  2. Pateryn – Seeler11:58

    xG 0.65–0.34 (66%)attempts 13–9goals 2–1

  3. Bitetto – Brodin16:45

    xG 0.75–0.89 (46%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Palmieri – Hischier6:59

    xG 0.43–0.26 (63%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Stafford – Johansson – Zacha4:57

    xG 0.15–0.03 (82%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Gabriel – Seney – Rooney4:12

    xG 0.09–0.02 (80%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier6:34

    xG 0.14–0.14 (51%)attempts 2–4goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Gryba – Mueller8:49

    xG 0.23–0.22 (51%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Butcher – Mueller2:18

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Mueller2:00

    xG 0.14–0.19 (43%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

NJD 1.8 xGMIN 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #702 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50NJD 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 83% of the time.

NJD winsMIN wins

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

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