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Thu, Oct 27, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Minnesota Wild 4, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 69% of the time.

OTT winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN213117110440
OTT1110919229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:47OTTAlex DeBrincatAssists: Claude Giroux, Travis Hamonic · Slap, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:53MINMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Calen Addison, Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:24MINKirill KaprizovAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Frederick Gaudreau · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:25MINRyan HartmanGWGAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 4:03OTTThomas ChabotPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Drake Batherson · Snap, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:39MINFrederick GaudreauENAssists: Ryan Hartman · Wrist, 0.78 xG4–2
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 0:08OTTAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:08MINBrandon Duhaime: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:38MINMathew Dumba: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 5:38OTTBrady Tkachuk: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 6:51OTTArtem Zub: Interference2 min
  6. P1 10:35MINMats Zuccarello: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 10:36OTTDerick Brassard: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 18:13MINCalen Addison: Holding2 min
  9. P3 2:58MINCalen Addison: Interference2 min · PPG
  10. P3 3:18MINRyan Hartman: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 5:43OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 5:43MINRyan Hartman: Interference2 min
  13. P3 8:29OTTThomas Chabot: Holding2 min
  14. P3 17:24MINMathew Dumba: High sticking2 min
  15. P3 19:04OTTThomas Chabot: Interference2 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 SOG0OTT
49% to win51% to win
← MIN attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Kastelic
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINOTT
40Shots on goal29
4.2Expected goals2.9
67Shot attempts67
32Faceoffs won30
4Power plays5
22Penalty minutes20
25Hits37
24Blocked shots10
5Giveaways12
7Takeaways4

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. bestZuccarello – Gaudreau – Kaprizov10:13

    xG 0.87–0.17 (83%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Hartman – Eriksson Ek – Duhaime6:05

    xG 0.31–0.01 (96%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  3. Steel – Shaw – Dewar7:29

    xG 0.30–0.33 (48%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Boldy – Rossi7:41

    xG 0.06–0.40 (13%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton12:06

    xG 0.73–0.28 (72%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  2. Brodin – Addison10:04

    xG 0.70–0.33 (68%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Spurgeon – Brodin3:57

    xG 0.13–0.38 (25%)attempts 2–9goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Brassard – DeBrincat10:42

    xG 0.95–0.87 (52%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  2. Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle9:58

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 13–6goals 0–2

  3. Motte – Joseph – Pinto8:09

    xG 0.11–0.28 (29%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Watson – Kastelic – Kelly4:58

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hamonic – Sanderson10:08

    xG 0.84–0.80 (51%)attempts 18–16goals 1–0

  2. Chabot – Brannstrom3:22

    xG 0.09–0.07 (58%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Zaitsev – Brannstrom7:49

    xG 0.11–0.25 (31%)attempts 6–7goals 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.

OTT 2.9 xGMIN 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #795 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 69% of the time.

OTT winsMIN wins

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

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