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Thu, Nov 14, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Arizona Coyotes 2, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 77% of the time.

MIN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0818113229
MIN1200925334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:39MINKevin FialaAssists: Zach Parise · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:04ARIConor GarlandAssists: Nick Schmaltz · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:39MINZach ParisePPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Jason Zucker · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:32ARILawson CrouseAssists: Phil Kessel, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Backhand, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:11MINJordan GreenwayGWGAssists: Jonas Brodin, Joel Eriksson Ek · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:43ARIAlex Goligoski: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:26MINKevin Fiala: Holding2 min
  3. P2 2:32ARIAlex Goligoski: Holding2 min
  4. P3 3:01MINRyan Hartman: Interference2 min
  5. P3 5:29ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 14:48MINJason Zucker: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
45% to win55% to win
← ARI attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIMIN
29Shots on goal34
1.3Expected goals2.7
52Shot attempts46
26Faceoffs won39
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
13Hits11
6Blocked shots15
3Giveaways7
2Takeaways6

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestSchmaltz – Dvorak – Garland12:36

    xG 0.46–0.09 (83%)attempts 13–4goals 1–1

  2. Stepan – Hinostroza – Keller10:10

    xG 0.07–0.36 (17%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Grabner – Fischer8:36

    xG 0.14–0.51 (21%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Soderberg – Kessel – Crouse11:16

    xG 0.15–1.08 (12%)attempts 5–17goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNess – Oesterle14:17

    xG 0.33–0.11 (75%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

  2. Goligoski – Ekman-Larsson2:23

    xG 0.02–0.09 (21%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson12:24

    xG 0.38–0.48 (44%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestRask – Hartman – Donato7:46

    xG 0.79–0.15 (85%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Parise – Fiala10:44

    xG 0.68–0.05 (94%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker12:03

    xG 0.43–0.26 (62%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  4. Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin10:56

    xG 0.14–0.45 (23%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon19:03

    xG 0.71–0.27 (73%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Brodin – Dumba17:24

    xG 0.94–0.56 (62%)attempts 19–15goals 2–1

  3. Hunt – Soucy8:01

    xG 0.38–0.20 (66%)attempts 4–6goals 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 2.7 xGARI 1.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #585 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 77% of the time.

MIN winsARI wins

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

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