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Mon, Feb 14, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Detroit Red Wings 4, Minnesota Wild 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 65% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET21105218434
MIN2827310725

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:27DETDylan LarkinAssists: Moritz Seider · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:01DETGustav LindstromAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Marc Staal · Snap, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P1 5:29MINMatt BoldyAssists: Kevin Fiala, Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P1 8:04MINMatt BoldyPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Jared Spurgeon · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:54MINKirill KaprizovAssists: Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:13MINMatt BoldyPPAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Mats Zuccarello · Snap, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:00MINJoel Eriksson EkPPGWGAssists: Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–5
  8. P3 9:43DETLucas RaymondPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider · Snap, 0.07 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:14DETSam GagnerAssists: Robby Fabbri, Tyler Bertuzzi · Snap, 0.33 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:11MINKirill KaprizovENAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.69 xG4–6
  11. P3 19:45MINRyan HartmanAssists: Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–7
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:35MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:21DETMarc Staal: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:45MINJordan Greenway: Interference2 min
  4. P1 14:44DETNick Leddy: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:27MINBrandon Duhaime: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 10:27DETTroy Stecher: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 10:27MINJordan Greenway: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 10:27MINBrandon Duhaime: Boarding2 min
  9. P2 10:27DETMarc Staal: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 17:21DETLucas Raymond: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P2 19:51MINJon Merrill: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 6:55DETTroy Stecher: Interference2 min · PPG
  13. P3 9:19MINDmitry Kulikov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  14. P3 16:00MINKevin Fiala: Roughing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMIN
34Shots on goal25
2.6Expected goals3.4
52Shot attempts43
37Faceoffs won31
6Power plays4
15Penalty minutes19
16Hits12
8Blocked shots10
2Giveaways3
4Takeaways2

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestLarkin – Zadina – Raymond8:19

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  2. Gagner – Smith – Smith2:27

    xG 0.01–0.04 (25%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Erne – Rasmussen – Veleno3:08

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

  4. Gagner – Erne – Veleno2:41

    xG 0.02–0.05 (33%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Seider2:19

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Lindstrom13:36

    xG 0.13–0.24 (35%)attempts 8–7goals 0–2

  3. Staal – Stecher9:57

    xG 0.02–0.20 (9%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Fiala – Boldy10:29

    xG 0.32–0.06 (84%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Duhaime5:47

    xG 0.13–0.01 (95%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov10:54

    xG 0.37–0.35 (51%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  4. Rask – Dewar – Sturm8:49

    xG 0.04–0.07 (32%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Merrill16:07

    xG 0.37–0.09 (80%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Spurgeon – Brodin14:17

    xG 0.40–0.13 (75%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Benn9:25

    xG 0.14–0.27 (35%)attempts 7–8goals 1–2

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 3.4 xGDET 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 88/100 · #185 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 65% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

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

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