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Sat, Oct 29, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Minnesota Wild 1, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 52% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN11407010131
DET1151901225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:28MINKirill KaprizovAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:51DETLucas RaymondAssists: Adam Erne, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:55DETLucas RaymondPPGWGAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Dylan Larkin · Wrap-around, 0.14 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 6:54MINJake Middleton: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 11:16DETElmer Soderblom: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 18:51MINMathew Dumba: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 7:56MINMason Shaw: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 7:56DETFilip Hronek: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 SOG0DET
49% to win51% to win
← MIN attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDET
31Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals2.4
63Shot attempts48
22Faceoffs won18
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
25Hits35
13Blocked shots19
8Giveaways12
4Takeaways7

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. bestHartman – Eriksson Ek – Duhaime9:29

    xG 0.62–0.12 (84%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Zuccarello – Gaudreau – Kaprizov9:47

    xG 0.44–0.29 (60%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  3. Foligno – Boldy – Rossi8:54

    xG 0.22–0.18 (56%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Steel – Shaw – Dewar6:57

    xG 0.11–0.19 (37%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Brodin8:07

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  2. Middleton – Addison7:27

    xG 0.37–0.28 (57%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Merrill – Dumba17:00

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Suter – Soderblom8:17

    xG 0.34–0.23 (60%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Erne – Larkin – Raymond11:18

    xG 0.47–0.48 (50%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. Luff – Veleno – Zadina6:35

    xG 0.13–0.25 (35%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Kubalik – Copp9:01

    xG 0.22–0.48 (31%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Hronek17:03

    xG 0.52–0.06 (90%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Seider13:38

    xG 0.32–0.68 (32%)attempts 12–19goals 1–1

  3. Hagg – Oesterle12:19

    xG 0.32–0.73 (31%)attempts 8–12goals 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.

DET 2.4 xGMIN 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 20/100 · #1124 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 52% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

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

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