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Fri, Oct 15, 2021·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 2, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 70% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN015114114243
ANA01011108129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:17ANAJakob SilfverbergPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Cam Fowler · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:35MINKevin FialaPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:52MINMarcus FolignoGWGAssists: Mathew Dumba, Jonas Brodin · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:55ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:07MINMarcus Foligno: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:07MINMarcus Foligno: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:07ANAMax Jones: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 19:07ANAMax Jones: Misconduct10 min
  6. P1 19:07MINMarcus Foligno: Misconduct10 min
  7. P2 5:22ANAGreg Pateryn: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 7:48MINNico Sturm: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 16:12ANAJakob Silfverberg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P2 19:21MINVictor Rask: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 3:41ANAJosh Manson: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 11:01MINJordan Greenway: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 15:01ANAGreg Pateryn: Holding the stick2 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
48% to win52% to win
← MIN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Groulx won the faceoff against Hartman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINANA
43Shots on goal29
3.7Expected goals2.4
74Shot attempts58
30Faceoffs won35
5Power plays4
23Penalty minutes25
17Hits21
15Blocked shots14
10Giveaways12
3Takeaways7

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 – Duhaime – Sturm7:22

    xG 0.53–0.02 (97%)attempts 17–2goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Hartman – Greenway7:09

    xG 0.73–0.23 (76%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  3. Rask – Gaudreau – Fiala8:05

    xG 0.35–0.16 (69%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov8:32

    xG 0.40–0.44 (48%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba15:32

    xG 1.19–0.53 (69%)attempts 24–16goals 1–0

  2. Kulikov – Merrill13:18

    xG 0.49–0.11 (82%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Spurgeon11:32

    xG 0.72–0.46 (61%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Jones – Comtois6:26

    xG 0.29–0.13 (69%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Rakell – Zegras10:00

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Silfverberg – Lundeström – McTavish6:35

    xG 0.01–0.44 (2%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Deslauriers – Groulx10:36

    xG 0.13–0.69 (16%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fowler – Manson13:11

    xG 0.20–0.28 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Drysdale14:39

    xG 0.73–0.84 (46%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Pateryn11:07

    xG 0.16–0.66 (19%)attempts 6–20goals 0–0

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 2.4 xGMIN 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 49/100 · #737 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +51 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 70% 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).