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Thu, Oct 13, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

New York Rangers 7, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR38113314735
MIN01511526336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:06NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:03NYRAdam FoxAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:47NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 7:45MINMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Marcus Foligno · Slap, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:54NYRFilip ChytilGWGAssists: Adam Fox, Barclay Goodrow · Backhand, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P3 4:18NYRVincent TrocheckAssists: Artemi Panarin · Slap, 0.09 xG5–1
  7. P3 5:16MINMatt BoldyAssists: Jake Middleton · Backhand, 0.12 xG5–2
  8. P3 5:46NYRKaapo KakkoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG6–2
  9. P3 6:20MINMatt BoldyAssists: Mathew Dumba · Backhand, 0.11 xG6–3
  10. P3 14:07NYRChris KreiderAssists: K'Andre Miller, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.16 xG7–3
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 3:11MINJake Middleton: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:44NYRRyan Lindgren: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 12:34MINRyan Hartman: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:06MINRyan Hartman: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:19NYRZac Jones: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:32NYRAdam Fox: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 9:10NYRChris Kreider: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 10:22MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 10:22NYRRyan Lindgren: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 10:07MINKirill Kaprizov: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 13:17NYRRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 13:17MINMarcus Foligno: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 14:04NYRDryden Hunt: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 14:04MINJake Middleton: Cross checking2 min
  15. P3 16:22MINJonas Brodin: High sticking2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRMIN
35Shots on goal36
3.4Expected goals3.9
54Shot attempts62
29Faceoffs won29
5Power plays4
17Penalty minutes19
27Hits20
13Blocked shots13
1Giveaways6
4Takeaways9

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Kakko9:00

    xG 0.68–0.27 (71%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Goodrow – Vesey – Chytil9:33

    xG 0.34–0.07 (82%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière10:30

    xG 0.57–0.55 (51%)attempts 13–11goals 3–1

  4. Reaves – Carpenter – Hunt5:32

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren13:53

    xG 0.96–0.41 (70%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

  2. Miller – Schneider2:27

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Miller9:48

    xG 0.25–0.44 (36%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Steel – Boldy8:48

    xG 0.48–0.09 (85%)attempts 9–3goals 2–0

  2. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov10:56

    xG 0.53–0.36 (60%)attempts 12–7goals 0–3

  3. Duhaime – Dewar – Rossi3:41

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  4. Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Jost7:37

    xG 0.33–0.68 (33%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Spurgeon9:48

    xG 0.72–0.27 (73%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Middleton – Addison9:50

    xG 0.24–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Addison3:39

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 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 3.9 xGNYR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 52/100 · #727 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 58% of the time.

MIN winsNYR wins

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

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