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Wed, Jan 20, 2021·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 59% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN11611115332
ANA0621305224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:51MINRyan HartmanSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:50MINNick BoninoPPAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:58ANANicolas DeslauriersAssists: Carter Rowney, Derek Grant · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:21ANACam FowlerAssists: Carter Rowney, Nicolas Deslauriers · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:53MINJoel Eriksson EkGWGAssists: Jordan Greenway, Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:35ANAKevin Shattenkirk: Holding2 min
  2. P1 13:08MINMathew Dumba: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 14:24ANARyan Getzlaf: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 4:34ANAKevin Shattenkirk: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:37MINMarcus Foligno: Delaying game2 min
  6. P3 11:32ANAKevin Shattenkirk: Slashing2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Bonino
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINANA
32Shots on goal24
3.3Expected goals2.7
61Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won37
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
20Hits21
14Blocked shots19
13Giveaways11
3Takeaways6

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. bestBjugstad – Hartman – Sturm8:04

    xG 0.55–0.11 (84%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek8:44

    xG 0.15–0.25 (37%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Rask – Kaprizov9:12

    xG 0.13–0.24 (36%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Bonino – Johansson – Fiala11:06

    xG 0.12–0.46 (21%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Soucy14:38

    xG 0.70–0.61 (53%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  2. Spurgeon – Brodin17:02

    xG 0.55–0.68 (45%)attempts 17–18goals 0–1

  3. Suter – Dumba13:30

    xG 0.21–0.48 (31%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGrant – Deslauriers – Rowney9:02

    xG 0.87–0.17 (83%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0

  2. Getzlaf – Rakell – Milano14:05

    xG 0.42–0.35 (55%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Silfverberg – Heinen7:40

    xG 0.19–0.19 (50%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Terry – Steel – Comtois12:14

    xG 0.17–0.42 (28%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Lindholm19:51

    xG 0.94–0.41 (70%)attempts 18–17goals 1–0

  2. Fowler – Welinski2:50

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Hakanpää13:22

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

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.

ANA 2.7 xGMIN 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 65/100 · #300 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 59% 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).