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Fri, Jan 14, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Anaheim Ducks 3, Minnesota Wild 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 57% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA113012217342
MIN314011417742

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:25MINKevin FialaAssists: Matt Boldy, Nico Sturm · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:52MINRyan HartmanAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov · Deflected, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:39ANAMaxime ComtoisAssists: Trevor Zegras, Kevin Shattenkirk · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P1 14:59MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Kirill Kaprizov · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:30MINMatt BoldyGWGAssists: Frederick Gaudreau · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–4
  6. P3 0:34MINMats ZuccarelloUnassisted · Snap, 0.07 xG1–5
  7. P3 2:05MINVictor RaskAssists: Marcus Foligno · Snap, 0.11 xG1–6
  8. P3 4:39ANADerek GrantAssists: Jamie Drysdale, Ryan Getzlaf · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–6
  9. P3 6:06ANATrevor ZegrasAssists: Cam Fowler, Maxime Comtois · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–6
  10. P3 11:47MINMathew DumbaAssists: Ryan Hartman · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–7
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 12:31MINJordan Greenway: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 9:19ANASam Carrick: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 9:19MINBrandon Duhaime: Fighting5 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 20:00Gaudreau won the faceoff against Lundeström
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
42Shots on goal42
2.5Expected goals2.8
77Shot attempts66
34Faceoffs won39
1Power plays0
5Penalty minutes7
11Hits17
17Blocked shots21
9Giveaways9
2Takeaways7

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. bestGetzlaf – Grant – Carrick2:33

    xG 0.15–0.02 (87%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Rakell – Comtois – Zegras13:40

    xG 0.93–0.91 (50%)attempts 24–19goals 2–3

  3. Grant – Silfverberg – Lundeström9:50

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 12–11goals 0–2

  4. Getzlaf – Carrick – Milano3:16

    xG 0.06–0.15 (29%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson19:55

    xG 1.07–0.92 (54%)attempts 28–23goals 1–4

  2. Lindholm – Drysdale19:44

    xG 0.88–1.04 (46%)attempts 25–25goals 1–1

  3. Shattenkirk – Larsson14:40

    xG 0.32–0.76 (30%)attempts 13–17goals 1–2

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov15:54

    xG 1.33–0.87 (60%)attempts 21–22goals 4–1

  2. Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy12:18

    xG 0.48–0.28 (63%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  3. Duhaime – Dewar – Sturm8:44

    xG 0.43–0.45 (49%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Rask – Greenway11:28

    xG 0.44–0.53 (46%)attempts 11–14goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Merrill21:27

    xG 0.93–0.50 (65%)attempts 27–22goals 3–1

  2. Mermis – Addison13:49

    xG 0.75–0.75 (50%)attempts 14–18goals 2–1

  3. Benn – Dumba19:31

    xG 0.83–1.03 (45%)attempts 19–30goals 1–0

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 2.8 xGANA 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 68/100 · #488 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 57% 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).