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Sat, Nov 9, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Minnesota Wild 4, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

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

ARI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0531415424
ARI29112014335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:50ARIMichael GrabnerAssists: Aaron Ness · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:40ARIJakob ChychrunAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Christian Dvorak · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:19MINMikko KoivuPPAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Suter · Snap, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:20ARIVinnie HinostrozaAssists: Jordan Oesterle, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:04MINKevin FialaAssists: Brad Hunt, Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:10MINMathew DumbaAssists: Kevin Fiala, Jason Zucker · Slap, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:54MINRyan HartmanGWGAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Suter · Snap, 0.05 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:20MINMikko Koivu: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:14ARIJordan Oesterle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 10:00MINRyan Hartman: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 19:48MINEric Staal: 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 SOG0ARI
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINARI
24Shots on goal35
2.5Expected goals1.9
44Shot attempts59
18Faceoffs won35
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
20Hits26
13Blocked shots7
7Giveaways8
2Takeaways4

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Zuccarello – Zucker4:34

    xG 0.43–0.09 (83%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Parise – Fiala3:31

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Hartman – Greenway – Eriksson Ek3:50

    xG 0.03–0.15 (18%)attempts 1–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba6:38

    xG 0.48–0.10 (83%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon4:49

    xG 0.14–0.05 (72%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Hunt – Soucy2:38

    xG 0.02–0.02 (51%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – Schmaltz – Dvorak4:27

    xG 0.12–0.03 (78%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Richardson – Grabner – Hinostroza3:25

    xG 0.17–0.14 (56%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Soderberg – Fischer – Crouse4:44

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Garland – Keller3:37

    xG 0.09–0.36 (20%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNess – Lyubushkin4:43

    xG 0.19–0.07 (74%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Oesterle7:48

    xG 0.01–0.19 (4%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Chychrun4:57

    xG 0.18–0.39 (32%)attempts 4–5goals 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.

ARI 1.9 xGMIN 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 73/100 · #296 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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.

ARI winsMIN wins

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

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