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Thu, Oct 24, 2019·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Minnesota Wild 0, Nashville Predators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 59% of the time.

NSH winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0130508026
NSH042928421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:37NSHMiikka SalomakiGWGAssists: Colton Sissons, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:31NSHCalle JarnkrokAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Ryan Johansen · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:58NSHCraig SmithAssists: Nick Bonino, Rocco Grimaldi · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P3 16:53NSHColton SissonsSHAssists: Mattias Ekholm · Backhand, 0.19 xG0–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P3 9:32NSHRyan Johansen: Slashing2 min
  2. P3 12:17MINEric Staal: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 15:17NSHMiikka Salomaki: Tripping2 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 SOG0NSH
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINNSH
26Shots on goal21
2.1Expected goals1.7
55Shot attempts45
24Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
13Hits14
14Blocked shots15
4Giveaways16
10Takeaways9

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 – Zuccarello – Kunin10:27

    xG 0.48–0.20 (70%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Dumont – Kunin2:02

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Parise – Zucker12:54

    xG 0.59–0.44 (57%)attempts 15–12goals 0–2

  4. Dumont – Donato – Mayhew8:18

    xG 0.17–0.04 (82%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon18:39

    xG 1.15–0.63 (65%)attempts 24–20goals 0–2

  2. Brodin – Dumba17:28

    xG 0.32–0.20 (62%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  3. Hunt – Soucy12:04

    xG 0.04–0.11 (29%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestBonino – Smith – Grimaldi8:49

    xG 0.36–0.13 (73%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Watson – Salomaki – Sissons11:58

    xG 0.15–0.20 (43%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  3. Turris – Duchene – Granlund8:50

    xG 0.18–0.24 (42%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Smith – Granlund2:18

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis18:08

    xG 0.32–0.23 (59%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0

  2. Hamhuis – Irwin12:37

    xG 0.24–0.53 (31%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Ekholm – Fabbro17:23

    xG 0.35–0.79 (30%)attempts 11–23goals 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.

NSH 1.7 xGMIN 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1065 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 59% of the time.

NSH winsMIN wins

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

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