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Tue, Dec 10, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Anaheim Ducks 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 61% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA21409010002333
MIN01110110030224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:04ANARickard RakellAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Sam Carrick · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:23ANACam FowlerPPAssists: Ondrej Kase, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:59MINRyan HartmanAssists: Victor Rask, Marcus Foligno · Snap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:03MINRyan DonatoAssists: Zach Parise, Kevin Fiala · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Zach Parise stopped
  2. 2. ANA Rickard Rakell scored
  3. 3. MIN Kevin Fiala stopped
  4. 4. ANA Maxime Comtois scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:46MINMathew Dumba: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:05ANACarter Rowney: Interference2 min
  3. P1 16:04ANAKorbinian Holzer: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:04MINRyan Hartman: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:04ANADerek Grant: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 4:21MINMathew Dumba: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 17:34ANAHampus Lindholm: Holding2 min
  8. P3 4:35MINMathew Dumba: Interference2 min
  9. P3 14:55ANAHampus Lindholm: Playing without a helmet2 min
  10. OT 0:27ANARyan Getzlaf: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
33Shots on goal24
1.8Expected goals2.4
58Shot attempts45
44Faceoffs won27
3Power plays5
15Penalty minutes11
9Hits17
8Blocked shots12
4Giveaways4
4Takeaways7

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSilfverberg – Carrick – Rakell10:31

    xG 0.59–0.12 (83%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Henrique – Kase – Comtois7:09

    xG 0.28–0.17 (62%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Shore – Terry9:58

    xG 0.26–0.25 (51%)attempts 11–8goals 0–2

  4. Grant – Deslauriers – Rowney7:58

    xG 0.05–0.39 (12%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Gudbranson15:15

    xG 0.66–0.27 (71%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm16:07

    xG 0.51–0.31 (62%)attempts 19–12goals 0–2

  3. Holzer – Del Zotto12:18

    xG 0.20–0.35 (37%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Rask – Hartman8:05

    xG 0.57–0.22 (72%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Parise – Fiala – Donato9:30

    xG 0.19–0.17 (53%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker2:39

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin3:48

    xG 0.03–0.21 (13%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunt – Menell8:34

    xG 0.50–0.05 (90%)attempts 8–4goals 2–0

  2. Brodin – Soucy17:51

    xG 0.30–0.41 (42%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Dumba18:04

    xG 0.20–0.90 (18%)attempts 8–25goals 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 2.4 xGANA 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 68/100 · #351 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 61% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

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

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