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Sun, Mar 8, 2020·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 5, Anaheim Ducks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 52% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN2110621112530
ANA162611301426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:18ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Rickard Rakell, Jacob Larsson · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:02MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Marcus Foligno · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:33MINKevin FialaPPAssists: Zach Parise, Jared Spurgeon · Snap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:52ANADanton HeinenAssists: Sonny Milano, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:55ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Rickard Rakell · Snap, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:49MINVictor RaskUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:20MINAlex GalchenyukUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:18ANAChristian DjoosAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Rickard Rakell · Snap, 0.11 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:01MINKevin FialaPPGWGAssists: Luke Kunin, Ryan Suter · Snap, 0.16 xG5–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:47MINJonas Brodin: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:02ANADavid Backes: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:46MINJonas Brodin: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 15:54MINJordan Greenway: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 15:54ANARyan Getzlaf: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:49ANAMax Jones: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 19:36MINAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 16:22MINMarcus Foligno: Cross checking2 min
  9. OT 3:55ANAJosh Manson: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINANA
30Shots on goal26
2.6Expected goals2.8
48Shot attempts64
34Faceoffs won32
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
16Hits22
18Blocked shots11
13Giveaways7
5Takeaways7

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. bestKoivu – Hartman – Donato8:35

    xG 0.45–0.40 (53%)attempts 6–12goals 0–2

  2. Foligno – Zuccarello – Galchenyuk10:18

    xG 0.19–0.22 (46%)attempts 6–8goals 2–0

  3. Rask – Greenway – Kunin7:57

    xG 0.37–0.54 (40%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  4. Parise – Fiala – Eriksson Ek11:47

    xG 0.53–0.87 (38%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Brodin2:50

    xG 0.08–0.02 (81%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Pateryn – Hunt8:09

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

  3. Suter – Spurgeon18:38

    xG 0.87–1.02 (46%)attempts 16–19goals 1–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Silfverberg – Rakell10:53

    xG 0.69–0.44 (61%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  2. Steel – Jones – Sherwood12:35

    xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Backes – Deslauriers – Rowney7:03

    xG 0.36–0.27 (57%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  4. Getzlaf – Milano – Heinen11:49

    xG 0.66–0.60 (53%)attempts 18–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestIrwin – Manson18:08

    xG 0.92–0.39 (70%)attempts 22–12goals 0–1

  2. Hakanpää – Djoos15:02

    xG 0.68–0.46 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  3. Del Zotto – Larsson13:14

    xG 0.53–0.74 (41%)attempts 14–12goals 3–1

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.

ANA 2.8 xGMIN 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #36 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.93 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 52% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

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

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