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Mon, Jan 20, 2020·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Florida Panthers 5, Minnesota Wild 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 66% of the time.

MIN winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA171939525
MIN11317213433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:01FLAKeith YandleAssists: Mike Hoffman, Frank Vatrano · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:43MINJared SpurgeonPPAssists: Eric Staal, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:28FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Joshua Brown, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:59MINLuke KuninSHAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Jonas Brodin · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:02FLAEvgenii DadonovPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Aleksander Barkov · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:19MINZach ParisePPAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.43 xG3–3
  7. P3 7:06MINLuke KuninAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Marcus Foligno · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 15:52FLAVincent TrocheckAssists: Anton Stralman, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–4
  9. P3 19:54FLANoel AcciariGWGAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Mark Pysyk · Tip-in, 0.11 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:29FLAJoshua Brown: Holding2 min
  2. P1 19:24FLAAnton Stralman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:34MINVictor Rask: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 0:50MINKevin Fiala: Boarding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 4:11FLAMike Matheson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 12:37FLAFrank Vatrano: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMIN
25Shots on goal33
2.0Expected goals2.9
41Shot attempts61
28Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
15Hits10
15Blocked shots7
6Giveaways4
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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Toninato – Vatrano8:20

    xG 0.42–0.18 (70%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Connolly – Trocheck – Acciari12:55

    xG 0.41–0.19 (68%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov12:25

    xG 0.56–0.83 (40%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Stillman14:34

    xG 0.64–0.43 (60%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  2. Pysyk – Ekblad3:14

    xG 0.22–0.07 (77%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Yandle – Brown10:17

    xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin12:28

    xG 0.78–0.43 (64%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  2. Hartman – Donato – Greenway8:47

    xG 0.29–0.09 (77%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Parise – Zuccarello13:24

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 14–5goals 0–2

  4. Zucker – Rask – Fiala12:11

    xG 0.42–0.69 (38%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon18:48

    xG 0.97–0.83 (54%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  2. Brodin – Dumba17:40

    xG 0.35–0.29 (55%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Pateryn – Soucy13:25

    xG 0.34–0.40 (46%)attempts 14–9goals 1–2

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 2.9 xGFLA 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 97/100 · #37 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.92 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +49 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 66% of the time.

MIN winsFLA wins

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

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