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Tue, Feb 19, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Anaheim Ducks 4, Minnesota Wild 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 71% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0611137424
MIN08012011031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:22ANAJakob SilfverbergPPGWGAssists: Devin Shore, Max Jones · Backhand, 0.40 xG1–0
  2. P3 14:16ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 15:59ANARyan KeslerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–0
  4. P3 18:51ANAHampus LindholmENAssists: Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.52 xG4–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 2:49MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:09MINLuke Kunin: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 2:11ANAJaycob Megna: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 6:29ANAAdam Henrique: Interference2 min
  5. P3 9:05ANAHampus Lindholm: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 19:44MINPontus Aberg: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 19:44MINPontus Aberg: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
24Shots on goal31
3.1Expected goals2.0
48Shot attempts69
30Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
17Hits15
19Blocked shots16
3Giveaways6
7Takeaways4

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. bestKesler – Rowney – Ritchie8:55

    xG 0.92–0.53 (64%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell12:17

    xG 0.29–0.10 (74%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Henrique – Terry – Jones9:41

    xG 0.24–0.20 (55%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Silfverberg – Shore8:47

    xG 0.02–0.10 (19%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Fowler14:05

    xG 1.03–0.44 (70%)attempts 15–21goals 0–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm16:35

    xG 0.48–0.47 (51%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Megna – Montour13:25

    xG 0.08–0.20 (28%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Zucker – Greenway8:30

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Zucker – Aberg2:05

    xG 0.11–0.03 (77%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Coyle – Aberg3:19

    xG 0.10–0.04 (72%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Zucker – Granlund3:36

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Brodin14:20

    xG 0.20–0.08 (71%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon16:51

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 24–14goals 0–1

  3. Brodin – Hunt2:41

    xG 0.15–0.13 (54%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

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 2.0 xGANA 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #1139 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 71% 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).