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Tue, Nov 15, 2022·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Minnesota Wild 1, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

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

NSH winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN01701016133
NSH2110707225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:20NSHNino NiederreiterAssists: Ryan Johansen, Matt Duchene · Backhand, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:04NSHMatt DuchenePPGWGAssists: Ryan Johansen, Roman Josi · Snap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:32MINFrederick GaudreauAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 2:54NSHEeli Tolvanen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:50MINMarco Rossi: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:40MINSam Steel: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:53NSHCole Smith: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 13:53MINJake Middleton: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 15:44NSHRyan Johansen: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P2 1:26MINMarcus Foligno: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 1:26NSHJeremy Lauzon: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 6:38NSHNino Niederreiter: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P2 16:17MINMarco Rossi: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P2 17:12NSHMatt Duchene: Interference2 min
  12. P2 18:10MINAdam Beckman: Too many men on the ice2 min
  13. P3 3:44MINMathew Dumba: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  14. P3 6:32NSHJeremy Lauzon: High sticking2 min
  15. P3 0:00NSHDante Fabbro: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 0:00MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Roughing2 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 SOG0NSH
49% to win51% to win
← MIN attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gaudreau won the faceoff against Parssinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINNSH
33Shots on goal25
3.1Expected goals2.8
73Shot attempts44
24Faceoffs won29
5Power plays5
22Penalty minutes24
22Hits43
10Blocked shots19
6Giveaways10
8Takeaways8

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. bestEriksson Ek – Shaw – Dewar6:56

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–0goals 0–0

  2. Zuccarello – Gaudreau – Kaprizov9:08

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Steel – Duhaime – Beckman4:07

    xG 0.18–0.11 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Boldy – Rossi5:44

    xG 0.13–0.17 (43%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMerrill – Addison11:08

    xG 0.42–0.22 (66%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Brodin – Dumba11:14

    xG 0.36–0.17 (68%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  3. Spurgeon – Middleton7:00

    xG 0.14–0.07 (65%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Johansen – Niederreiter8:42

    xG 0.49–0.27 (64%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Jankowski – Trenin – Jeannot8:28

    xG 0.32–0.32 (50%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Sissons – Tolvanen – Smith5:49

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Granlund – Forsberg – Parssinen8:33

    xG 0.05–0.24 (18%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Carrier9:57

    xG 0.35–0.16 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Lauzon10:33

    xG 0.27–0.30 (48%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Fabbro9:39

    xG 0.29–0.32 (47%)attempts 7–10goals 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.

NSH 2.8 xGMIN 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #1102 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50NSH 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 54% of the time.

NSH winsMIN wins

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

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