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Sun, Oct 30, 2022·United Center, Chicago

Minnesota Wild 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 77% of the time.

CHI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN21109113022435
CHI1131617000326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:39CHIJake McCabeAssists: Sam Lafferty, Jarred Tinordi · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:01MINMatt BoldyAssists: Ryan Hartman · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:52MINMason ShawAssists: Sam Steel, Connor Dewar · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:27CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Filip Roos · Poke, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:02CHIAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Patrick Kane, Jarred Tinordi · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:19MINMatt BoldyAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Mason Shaw · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Mats Zuccarello stopped
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  3. 3. MIN Kirill Kaprizov scored
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  5. 5. MIN Frederick Gaudreau scored
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:46CHIConnor Murphy: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 5:36CHIJarred Tinordi: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 5:36MINRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 5:36MINRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 5:36CHIJarred Tinordi: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 7:12CHIBoris Katchouk: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 17:25CHIMax Domi: Instigator2 min
  8. P3 17:25CHIMax Domi: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 17:25CHIMax Domi: Game misconduct10 min
  10. P3 17:25MINTyson Jost: Boarding2 min
  11. P3 17:25MINTyson Jost: Fighting5 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 SOG0CHI
49% to win51% to win
← MIN attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Gaudreau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCHI
35Shots on goal26
3.1Expected goals1.6
64Shot attempts45
24Faceoffs won40
2Power plays0
11Penalty minutes25
15Hits28
11Blocked shots14
4Giveaways14
10Takeaways13

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. bestSteel – Shaw – Dewar7:05

    xG 0.41–0.06 (88%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Eriksson Ek – Shaw – Boldy4:28

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Zuccarello – Gaudreau – Kaprizov14:41

    xG 0.31–0.13 (70%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  4. Hartman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy6:43

    xG 0.29–0.26 (52%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton16:02

    xG 0.87–0.42 (68%)attempts 18–13goals 2–1

  2. Brodin – Addison19:30

    xG 0.75–0.48 (61%)attempts 17–14goals 1–1

  3. Merrill – Dumba16:59

    xG 0.61–0.43 (59%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Toews – Raddysh – Kurashev13:11

    xG 0.15–0.30 (34%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Athanasiou – Domi14:07

    xG 0.46–0.62 (42%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1

  3. Blackwell – Dickinson – Lafferty9:06

    xG 0.24–0.49 (33%)attempts 12–7goals 1–2

  4. Katchouk – Entwistle – Johnson8:26

    xG 0.18–0.47 (27%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Johnson – Jones2:26

    xG 0.03–0.00 (99%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Tinordi – Murphy16:01

    xG 0.51–0.61 (45%)attempts 15–18goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – McCabe17:32

    xG 0.18–0.41 (30%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

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.

CHI 1.6 xGMIN 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #352 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.08 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 77% of the time.

CHI winsMIN wins

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

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