Mon, Mar 22, 2021·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul
Anaheim Ducks 1, Minnesota Wild 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 56% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA | 010 | 16 | 09 | 125 |
| MIN | 05 | 111 | 17 | 223 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 5:17ANATroy TerryUnassisted · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–0
- P2 16:21MINRyan SuterPPAssists: Ryan Hartman, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
- P3 3:42MINNick BjugstadGWGAssists: Carson Soucy, Nico Sturm · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
- P1 10:33MINBrad Hunt: High sticking2 min
- P1 16:29MINNico Sturm: Holding2 min
- P2 5:56ANAJacob Larsson: Interference2 min
- P2 12:39ANAJacob Larsson: Hooking2 min
- P2 15:25ANACam Fowler: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
- P3 17:46MINMats Zuccarello: Too many men on the ice2 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 20:00Bonino won the faceoff against Steel
- 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.
Anaheim Ducks
Forward lines
- bestDeslauriers – Rakell – Lundeström4:07
xG 0.44–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0
- Getzlaf – Deslauriers – Terry2:10
xG 0.25–0.10 (71%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0
- Getzlaf – Grant – Terry4:29
xG 0.18–0.18 (51%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0
- Deslauriers – Terry – Lundeström3:09
xG 0.04–0.11 (28%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestManson – Drysdale3:15
xG 0.36–0.10 (77%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0
- Fowler – Hakanpää7:11
xG 0.18–0.06 (77%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0
- Manson – Larsson2:19
xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0
Minnesota Wild
Forward lines
- bestParise – Greenway – Eriksson Ek10:49
xG 0.68–0.04 (94%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0
- Bonino – Bjugstad – Sturm8:29
xG 0.50–0.03 (95%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0
- Johansson – Hartman – Fiala10:38
xG 0.27–0.44 (38%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0
- Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov11:43
xG 0.17–0.54 (24%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestBrodin – Soucy15:26
xG 0.84–0.13 (87%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0
- Cole – Hunt10:03
xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0
- Suter – Spurgeon16:30
xG 0.34–0.76 (31%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1
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.
MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it ANA. 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 56% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MIN − ANA), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).