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Fri, May 7, 2021·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Anaheim Ducks 3, Minnesota Wild 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 72% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA110171800325
MIN21001211212436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:11ANAMaxime ComtoisAssists: Trevor Zegras · Snap, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:06MINVictor RaskAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello · Snap, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:26MINNico SturmAssists: Nick Bonino, Nick Bjugstad · Snap, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:40ANAAdam HenriqueUnassisted · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:01MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Marcus Foligno · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:14ANADerek GrantAssists: Adam Henrique, Alexander Volkov · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:17MINKirill KaprizovGWGAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.45 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 16:51ANAJosh Manson: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 3:25ANADerek Grant: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P3 6:19MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 18:00ANAJosh Manson: High sticking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zegras won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
25Shots on goal36
2.9Expected goals4.4
52Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won26
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
15Hits11
8Blocked shots14
10Giveaways17
4Takeaways5

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Grant – Volkov10:37

    xG 0.63–0.55 (54%)attempts 15–11goals 2–1

  2. Rakell – Heinen – Steel10:24

    xG 0.84–1.12 (43%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

  3. Terry – Comtois – Zegras12:02

    xG 0.29–0.58 (34%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

  4. Carrick – Jones – Lundeström9:37

    xG 0.17–0.95 (15%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fowler – Manson15:51

    xG 0.71–0.82 (46%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Fleury2:30

    xG 0.02–0.16 (11%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Fleury – Drysdale13:37

    xG 0.80–1.33 (38%)attempts 9–19goals 0–2

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek12:34

    xG 0.90–0.30 (75%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  2. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov11:50

    xG 1.41–0.88 (62%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Bonino – Bjugstad – Sturm8:57

    xG 0.39–0.38 (51%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

  4. Johansson – Rask – Fiala12:01

    xG 0.31–0.45 (41%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon17:46

    xG 1.34–0.50 (73%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Soucy13:52

    xG 0.85–0.13 (87%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  3. Brodin – Dumba16:08

    xG 0.53–1.32 (29%)attempts 10–19goals 0–3

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 4.4 xGANA 2.9 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 91/100 · #81 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.48 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 72% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

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

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