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Tue, Apr 26, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Arizona Coyotes 5, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 50% of the time.

MIN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0811048526
MIN18011219338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:05MINRyan HartmanAssists: Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:15ARIAnton StralmanAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Barrett Hayton · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:20ARIJack McBainAssists: Anton Stralman, Shayne Gostisbehere · Tip-in, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:56ARIAntoine RousselAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Phil Kessel · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 4:51MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Marcus Foligno, Kirill Kaprizov · Backhand, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:15MINMarcus FolignoAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Jordan Greenway · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:22ARITravis BoydPPGWGAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Barrett Hayton · Deflected, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:41ARIPhil KesselENAssists: Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.75 xG5–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:14ARINick Schmaltz: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:16ARIAnton Stralman: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:27ARIJ.J. Moser: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:46MINNick Bjugstad: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 7:23MINKevin Fiala: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 11:53ARIShayne Gostisbehere: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 6:18ARINick Schmaltz: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 9:35MINRyan Hartman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 10:22MINNick Bjugstad: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  10. P3 13:09ARIBarrett Hayton: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 0:00MINKevin Fiala: Misconduct10 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIMIN
26Shots on goal38
3.1Expected goals3.2
52Shot attempts71
32Faceoffs won27
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes18
14Hits7
20Blocked shots12
4Giveaways7
6Takeaways10

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Roussel – McBain7:03

    xG 0.35–0.16 (69%)attempts 7–4goals 1–1

  2. Kessel – Carcone – Smith6:49

    xG 0.44–0.34 (57%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Boyd – Schmaltz – Hayton9:32

    xG 0.32–0.22 (59%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  4. Galchenyuk – Imama – Jenik3:16

    xG 0.00–0.51 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCapobianco – Soderstrom3:53

    xG 0.63–0.12 (84%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Moser3:01

    xG 0.11–0.00 (96%)attempts 1–1goals 1–0

  3. Dineen – Soderstrom3:01

    xG 0.08–0.05 (63%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek6:22

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy6:13

    xG 0.10–0.10 (48%)attempts 4–6goals 0–2

  3. Bjugstad – Hartman – Kaprizov8:39

    xG 0.34–0.39 (47%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Deslauriers – Jost – Duhaime7:56

    xG 0.03–1.10 (3%)attempts 8–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Brodin12:25

    xG 0.91–0.50 (65%)attempts 19–10goals 3–0

  2. Goligoski – Merrill8:29

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Kulikov – Merrill2:53

    xG 0.11–0.34 (24%)attempts 2–7goals 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 3.2 xGARI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 93/100 · #98 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.32 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 50% of the time.

MIN winsARI wins

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

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