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Thu, Oct 20, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Vancouver Canucks 3, Minnesota Wild 4 (OT)

Expected result

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

MIN winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN281110700326
MIN2130611315437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:37MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Ryan Hartman, Jake Middleton · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:58VANBo HorvatAssists: Tanner Pearson, Brock Boeser · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:47VANNils AmanAssists: Dakota Joshua, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:00MINSam SteelAssists: Kirill Kaprizov · Slap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:37VANDakota JoshuaAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Nils Aman · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:31MINMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Calen Addison · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:02MINKirill KaprizovGWGAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Calen Addison · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:39VANLuke Schenn: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 0:37VANTanner Pearson: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:09MINBrandon Duhaime: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 3:09VANRiley Stillman: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 6:56MINJake Middleton: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:11VANTanner Pearson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 8:44VANJ.T. Miller: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 8:44MINMarcus Foligno: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 14:29MINJonas Brodin: Holding2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANMIN
26Shots on goal37
3.1Expected goals3.3
56Shot attempts60
25Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
12Hits21
14Blocked shots15
1Giveaways7
10Takeaways11

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLazar – Joshua – Aman5:36

    xG 0.77–0.23 (77%)attempts 11–3goals 2–0

  2. Pettersson – Podkolzin – Kuzmenko9:58

    xG 0.60–0.29 (67%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  3. Miller – Garland – Mikheyev8:48

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Pearson – Horvat – Boeser11:00

    xG 0.13–1.09 (10%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Ekman-Larsson2:17

    xG 0.57–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Hughes10:49

    xG 0.42–0.20 (68%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  3. Burroughs – Hughes4:58

    xG 0.29–0.16 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestSteel – Duhaime – Boldy2:47

    xG 0.61–0.01 (99%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov12:37

    xG 0.81–0.47 (63%)attempts 16–12goals 1–1

  3. Gaudreau – Boldy – Rossi6:00

    xG 0.23–0.05 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek2:19

    xG 0.02–0.03 (40%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba15:44

    xG 0.78–0.47 (62%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Goligoski – Spurgeon2:45

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Middleton – Addison2:26

    xG 0.05–0.18 (22%)attempts 2–1goals 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 3.3 xGVAN 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #226 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.26 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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.

MIN winsVAN wins

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

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