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Tue, Dec 3, 2019·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Minnesota Wild 4, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 56% of the time.

FLA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0529212426
FLA213019014246

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:54FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:26FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Frank Vatrano · Snap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:26MINJason ZuckerUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:56MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Brad Hunt, Jason Zucker · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:49MINCarson SoucyGWGAssists: Zach Parise, Victor Rask · Backhand, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:59MINLuke KuninENAssists: Jonas Brodin · Slap, 0.47 xG4–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:47MINMikko Koivu: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:03MINJordan Greenway: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:03FLAFrank Vatrano: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:29MINMarcus Foligno: 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 SOG0FLA
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINFLA
26Shots on goal46
2.8Expected goals3.3
43Shot attempts72
23Faceoffs won32
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
30Hits12
8Blocked shots10
10Giveaways13
7Takeaways8

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. Koivu – Parise – Fiala7:21

    xG 0.15–0.29 (33%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  2. Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin10:25

    xG 0.15–0.46 (24%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Rask – Hartman7:56

    xG 0.05–0.37 (13%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker11:14

    xG 0.22–1.16 (16%)attempts 6–20goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Hunt2:51

    xG 0.18–0.06 (75%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon2:05

    xG 0.10–0.06 (64%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Hunt5:02

    xG 0.20–0.17 (54%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov13:14

    xG 0.73–0.22 (77%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  2. Sceviour – Toninato – Acciari9:55

    xG 0.55–0.25 (69%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Connolly – Trocheck – Malgin8:19

    xG 0.31–0.04 (89%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Boyle – Hoffman – Vatrano5:31

    xG 0.21–0.19 (52%)attempts 8–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Ekblad16:00

    xG 0.89–0.29 (75%)attempts 21–7goals 0–1

  2. Stralman – Weegar17:25

    xG 1.16–0.88 (57%)attempts 19–23goals 0–1

  3. Weegar – Ekblad2:25

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

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.

FLA 3.3 xGMIN 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #395 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50FLA 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, Florida Panthers win this game 56% of the time.

FLA winsMIN wins

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

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