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Tue, Apr 12, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Edmonton Oilers 1, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 68% of the time.

MIN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0801119128
MIN1931014523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:37MINFrederick GaudreauUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:01MINKevin FialaGWGAssists: Matt Boldy, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:40MINKevin FialaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:12MINRyan HartmanAssists: Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–4
  5. P3 3:22MINRyan HartmanAssists: Jordie Benn, Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–5
  6. P3 5:39EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Tyson Barrie, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:34EDMWarren Foegele: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 13:35EDMKailer Yamamoto: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:49MINMatt Boldy: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P3 4:50MINBrandon Duhaime: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:15EDMEvander Kane: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 9:15EDMEvander Kane: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 9:15MINRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 9:15EDMEvander Kane: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 9:15MINRyan Hartman: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 12:06MINJake Middleton: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMMIN
28Shots on goal23
1.6Expected goals2.5
61Shot attempts39
31Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
18Penalty minutes18
9Hits12
9Blocked shots21
9Giveaways10
3Takeaways7

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – McDavid – Puljujarvi6:37

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Kassian – McDavid4:41

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Yamamoto – McLeod3:17

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Kassian – McLeod3:30

    xG 0.15–0.18 (44%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse14:48

    xG 0.17–0.10 (64%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Nurse – Bouchard3:34

    xG 0.02–0.04 (38%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Kulak13:02

    xG 0.17–0.51 (25%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov10:31

    xG 0.89–0.04 (96%)attempts 12–7goals 2–0

  2. Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy10:02

    xG 0.38–0.23 (62%)attempts 3–14goals 2–0

  3. Bjugstad – Jost – Duhaime3:32

    xG 0.18–0.05 (78%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – Fiala – Duhaime3:38

    xG 0.09–0.03 (78%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Brodin15:34

    xG 0.89–0.29 (76%)attempts 14–18goals 3–0

  2. Goligoski – Benn15:28

    xG 0.53–0.21 (72%)attempts 6–14goals 2–0

  3. Spurgeon – Middleton11:51

    xG 0.17–0.22 (43%)attempts 4–11goals 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 2.5 xGEDM 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1163 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 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 68% of the time.

MIN winsEDM wins

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

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