Thu, Jan 9, 2020·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary
Minnesota Wild 1, Calgary Flames 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 60% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 014 | 115 | 014 | 143 |
| CGY | 117 | 114 | 06 | 237 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 4:39CGYDerek RyanPPAssists: Noah Hanifin, Mikael Backlund · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
- P2 0:38MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Alex Stalock · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
- P2 9:38CGYJohnny GaudreauGWGAssists: Sean Monahan, Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
- P1 2:45MINMats Zuccarello: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
- P1 18:34CGYZac Rinaldo: Illegal check to head2 min
- P2 1:22MINKevin Fiala: Holding2 min
- P2 6:23CGYTJ Brodie: Hooking2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Ryan
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestStaal – Zuccarello – Greenway5:16
xG 0.73–0.02 (97%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0
- Rask – Hartman – Greenway5:45
xG 0.45–0.13 (78%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0
- Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin11:13
xG 0.56–0.33 (63%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1
- Koivu – Parise – Fiala10:18
xG 0.93–0.89 (51%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSuter – Spurgeon16:29
xG 1.26–0.51 (71%)attempts 27–12goals 0–0
- Brodin – Dumba18:33
xG 0.77–0.55 (58%)attempts 20–15goals 0–1
- Hunt – Soucy10:18
xG 0.48–0.71 (40%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0
Calgary Flames
Forward lines
- bestLindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk7:50
xG 0.53–0.32 (62%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0
- Backlund – Gaudreau – Monahan11:41
xG 0.83–1.03 (45%)attempts 14–21goals 0–0
- Rinaldo – Jankowski – Bennett6:23
xG 0.03–0.25 (11%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0
- Lucic – Ryan – Dube10:00
xG 0.23–0.63 (27%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Hanifin – Andersson2:18
xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
- Giordano – Brodie15:00
xG 0.50–0.62 (44%)attempts 14–19goals 1–0
- Andersson – Kylington12:21
xG 0.62–0.86 (42%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
CGY's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CGY is favoured, below it MIN. Dots are goals.
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 60% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (CGY − MIN), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).