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Fri, Feb 18, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Florida Panthers 6, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 91% of the time.

MIN winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA29113314636
MIN1901215226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:07MINKirill KaprizovPPAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Mats Zuccarello · Slap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:02FLAMason MarchmentUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:29FLAMason MarchmentAssists: Anton Lundell, Sam Reinhart · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:38FLAAnthony DuclairGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:41FLAAaron EkbladPPAssists: Anthony Duclair, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–1
  6. P3 9:42MINMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–2
  7. P3 13:18FLACarter VerhaegheENAssists: MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.70 xG5–2
  8. P3 14:33FLAMason MarchmentENAssists: Anton Lundell · Wrist, 0.71 xG6–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:23FLALucas Carlsson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:37FLARadko Gudas: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:29MINRyan Hartman: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 4:25FLACarter Verhaeghe: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 15:15FLARyan Lomberg: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 0:23MINMatt Boldy: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 5:28MINDmitry Kulikov: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 9:32FLACarter Verhaeghe: Roughing2 min · PPG

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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% to win
← FLA attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lundell won the faceoff against Gaudreau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMIN
36Shots on goal26
4.3Expected goals1.6
60Shot attempts43
27Faceoffs won29
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
33Hits34
11Blocked shots15
3Giveaways11
6Takeaways8

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestAcciari – Lomberg – Luostarinen7:12

    xG 0.47–0.02 (96%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Bennett7:21

    xG 0.38–0.09 (80%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Reinhart – Marchment – Lundell9:10

    xG 0.43–0.25 (63%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  4. Duclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov10:46

    xG 0.19–0.36 (34%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Forsling14:14

    xG 0.72–0.37 (66%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  2. Weegar – Ekblad11:58

    xG 0.59–0.37 (61%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  3. Montour – Carlsson11:30

    xG 0.38–0.17 (69%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Duhaime – Dewar – Sturm6:38

    xG 0.15–0.20 (42%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek10:28

    xG 0.23–0.34 (40%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  3. Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy11:45

    xG 0.22–0.48 (31%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov11:40

    xG 0.16–0.99 (14%)attempts 8–24goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Benn2:08

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Merrill11:24

    xG 0.30–0.36 (46%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Kulikov – Brodin3:57

    xG 0.12–0.25 (32%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

MIN 1.6 xGFLA 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 53/100 · #682 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MIN 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 91% of the time.

MIN winsFLA wins

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

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