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Sat, Nov 20, 2021·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

Minnesota Wild 4, Florida Panthers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 55% of the time.

FLA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN05116318439
FLA115212210537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:45FLAOwen TippettAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Frank Vatrano · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:23FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Joe Thornton, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:46MINJoel Eriksson EkPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov · Snap, 0.36 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:50FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Gustav Forsling · Snap, 0.40 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:55MINKirill KaprizovAssists: Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:42FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: MacKenzie Weegar, Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:14MINMarcus FolignoAssists: Alex Goligoski, Victor Rask · Snap, 0.50 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:23FLASam BennettENGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.66 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:51MINRyan HartmanAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.25 xG4–5
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 7:06MINJordan Greenway: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P2 11:27FLABrandon Montour: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P3 7:40FLABrandon Montour: Hooking2 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 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← MIN attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Luostarinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINFLA
39Shots on goal37
4.1Expected goals4.4
60Shot attempts65
27Faceoffs won26
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
32Hits35
17Blocked shots16
16Giveaways18
8Takeaways28

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. bestZuccarello – Hartman – Fiala10:16

    xG 0.88–0.33 (73%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov2:06

    xG 0.24–0.17 (58%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Duhaime – Sturm7:02

    xG 0.39–0.39 (50%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

  4. Rask – Gaudreau – Kaprizov10:11

    xG 0.29–0.45 (39%)attempts 5–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMerrill – Brodin4:31

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Kulikov6:09

    xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Spurgeon2:34

    xG 0.10–0.06 (60%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Vatrano – Tippett6:58

    xG 0.85–0.48 (64%)attempts 12–8goals 3–0

  2. Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Lundell10:15

    xG 0.60–0.53 (53%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Hornqvist – Lomberg – Luostarinen8:19

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  4. Huberdeau – Duclair – Bennett11:22

    xG 0.82–0.82 (50%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Montour2:07

    xG 0.36–0.06 (85%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  2. Gudas – Forsling16:36

    xG 1.00–0.81 (55%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Montour – Forsling2:16

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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.

FLA 4.4 xGMIN 4.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

FLA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line FLA is favoured, below it MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 75/100 · #401 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 55% of the time.

FLA winsMIN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).