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Thu, Mar 10, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Minnesota Wild 6, Detroit Red Wings 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN21019215072641
DET31018116000534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:37MINMatt BoldyAssists: Kevin Fiala, Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:14DETJakub VranaAssists: Joseph Veleno, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:07MINJoel Eriksson EkUnassisted · Wrist, 0.00 xG2–1
  4. P1 14:09DETLucas RaymondAssists: Nick Leddy, Alex Nedeljkovic · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P1 18:31DETJakub VranaPPAssists: Filip Hronek, Nick Leddy · Snap, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P2 5:52DETLucas RaymondAssists: Nick Leddy, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P2 9:31MINMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Hartman · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P3 3:04MINMatt BoldyAssists: Frederick Gaudreau, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–4
  9. P3 12:13MINKirill KaprizovAssists: Mathew Dumba, Joel Eriksson Ek · Snap, 0.21 xG5–4
  10. P3 17:09DETJordan OesterleAssists: Filip Zadina, Joseph Veleno · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Jakub Vrana stopped
  2. 2. MIN Mats Zuccarello scored
  3. 3. DET Dylan Larkin stopped
  4. 4. MIN Kevin Fiala scored
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:33MINNick Bjugstad: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 14:57MINMats Zuccarello: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:37MINJordan Greenway: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:30DETMichael Rasmussen: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 0:00MINJordan Greenway: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 0:00DETLucas Raymond: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 0:00DETAlex Nedeljkovic: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 0:00MINMathew Dumba: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 0:00MINCam Talbot: Goalie leave crease2 min
  10. P3 8:47MINNick Bjugstad: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 8:47DETJoseph Veleno: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← MIN attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rasmussen won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDET
41Shots on goal34
2.6Expected goals2.3
58Shot attempts60
23Faceoffs won36
1Power plays4
14Penalty minutes8
38Hits37
10Blocked shots9
4Giveaways5
5Takeaways6

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. bestFoligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek10:28

    xG 0.47–0.12 (79%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy12:05

    xG 0.49–0.46 (52%)attempts 14–8goals 2–3

  3. Bjugstad – Duhaime – Sturm5:36

    xG 0.13–0.29 (30%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov12:47

    xG 0.15–0.46 (25%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba17:09

    xG 0.81–0.52 (61%)attempts 18–9goals 2–2

  2. Goligoski – Spurgeon8:37

    xG 0.42–0.23 (64%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Kulikov8:42

    xG 0.39–0.35 (53%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestErne – Rasmussen – Zadina9:11

    xG 0.26–0.14 (65%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Vrana – Veleno7:59

    xG 0.20–0.13 (59%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Fabbri – Suter4:34

    xG 0.07–0.04 (64%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  4. Bertuzzi – Suter – Zadina2:20

    xG 0.04–0.03 (56%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stecher14:59

    xG 0.43–0.33 (57%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Seider15:14

    xG 0.65–0.65 (50%)attempts 18–18goals 2–1

  3. Leddy – Stecher2:11

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

DET 2.3 xGMIN 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #11 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.92 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 54% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

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

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