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Sat, Oct 23, 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 80% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA27190602324
MIN2111150515436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:18ANARickard RakellAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:11MINBrandon DuhaimeAssists: Nico Sturm, Mathew Dumba · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:05MINJared SpurgeonAssists: Alex Goligoski, Jordan Greenway · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 11:11ANATroy TerryAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Ryan Getzlaf · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 1:49ANARickard RakellPPAssists: Jamie Drysdale, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P2 11:56MINJon MerrillAssists: Marcus Foligno · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:47MINRyan HartmanGWGAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Jonas Brodin · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:22MINKirill Kaprizov: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 5:22ANAMaxime Comtois: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 18:05MINKirill Kaprizov: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 18:29ANAMaxime Comtois: Interference2 min
  5. P2 0:47MINAlex Goligoski: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 4:59ANARyan Getzlaf: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 6:35MINRyan Hartman: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 11:56ANAMaxime Comtois: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  9. P3 4:56ANAHampus Lindholm: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 4:56MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Embellishment2 min
  11. OT 1:05ANAHampus Lindholm: Closing hand on puck2 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
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lundeström won the faceoff against Hartman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
24Shots on goal36
1.5Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts63
30Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
12Penalty minutes10
10Hits17
20Blocked shots19
5Giveaways2
4Takeaways7

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. Henrique – Rakell – Zegras12:53

    xG 0.48–0.48 (50%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Grant – Deslauriers – Groulx3:50

    xG 0.00–0.07 (4%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  3. Silfverberg – Steel – Lundeström8:01

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Terry – Comtois8:43

    xG 0.22–0.47 (32%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Drysdale14:04

    xG 0.63–0.34 (65%)attempts 16–12goals 2–1

  2. Fowler – Manson13:02

    xG 0.10–0.06 (62%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm3:42

    xG 0.02–0.16 (13%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Duhaime – Sturm5:39

    xG 0.76–0.22 (78%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Rask – Gaudreau – Fiala9:00

    xG 0.31–0.05 (86%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Hartman – Greenway10:56

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–3goals 2–0

  4. Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov9:40

    xG 0.16–0.41 (28%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Merrill13:21

    xG 0.87–0.13 (87%)attempts 16–6goals 1–1

  2. Goligoski – Spurgeon13:29

    xG 0.49–0.13 (79%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  3. Brodin – Dumba16:07

    xG 0.26–0.60 (30%)attempts 11–18goals 0–1

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.

MIN 3.2 xGANA 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 66/100 · #526 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 80% 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).