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Fri, Nov 29, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Ottawa Senators 2, Minnesota Wild 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 53% of the time.

MIN winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT19113013235
MIN01031748735

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:37OTTNick PaulAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, Mark Borowiecki · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:43MINRyan DonatoUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:37OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Connor Brown, Logan Brown · Slap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:05MINJared SpurgeonAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Eric Staal · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:56MINZach PariseGWGAssists: Kevin Fiala · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:34MINLuke KuninAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Jared Spurgeon · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 6:32MINRyan HartmanAssists: Jonas Brodin · Snap, 0.04 xG2–5
  8. P3 10:50MINEric StaalPPUnassisted · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–6
  9. P3 11:38MINJason ZuckerAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Jonas Brodin · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–7
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:37OTTFilip Chlapik: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 5:39OTTVladislav Namestnikov: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 18:56MINJonas Brodin: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 10:18MINMathew Dumba: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 10:18OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 10:33OTTColin White: Slashing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTMIN
35Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals2.6
58Shot attempts60
40Faceoffs won35
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
12Hits9
15Blocked shots10
3Giveaways6
4Takeaways10

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuclair – White – Tkachuk2:55

    xG 0.14–0.01 (94%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Pageau – Paul – White8:50

    xG 0.39–0.28 (59%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  3. White – Brown – Tkachuk2:01

    xG 0.27–0.17 (61%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  4. Ennis – Tierney – Chlapik5:44

    xG 0.22–0.16 (58%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Brannstrom11:26

    xG 0.58–0.28 (67%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Zaitsev2:18

    xG 0.15–0.12 (56%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – DeMelo4:25

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestRask – Hartman – Donato11:06

    xG 0.87–0.19 (82%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin10:48

    xG 0.40–0.37 (51%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  3. Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker11:18

    xG 0.35–0.58 (38%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  4. Koivu – Parise – Fiala11:01

    xG 0.27–0.58 (32%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon15:35

    xG 0.93–0.40 (70%)attempts 20–15goals 4–0

  2. Hunt – Soucy12:40

    xG 0.67–0.45 (60%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Dumba17:11

    xG 0.40–0.70 (36%)attempts 17–17goals 0–2

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 2.6 xGOTT 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #460 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 53% of the time.

MIN winsOTT wins

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

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