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Sat, Dec 10, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Minnesota Wild 3, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 67% of the time.

VAN winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN11417112333
VAN04019012035

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:43MINMatt BoldyPPGWGAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Calen Addison · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:08MINConnor DewarSHUnassisted · Slap, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P3 8:51MINSam SteelAssists: Mats Zuccarello · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:24VANNils Hoglander: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 16:35VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:02VANRiley Stillman: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 0:02MINMarcus Foligno: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 10:00MINJon Merrill: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 12:56MINSam Steel: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 15:06MINMats Zuccarello: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← MIN attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINVAN
33Shots on goal35
4.3Expected goals3.1
64Shot attempts71
27Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
13Hits24
22Blocked shots13
3Giveaways8
4Takeaways2

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. bestFoligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek11:39

    xG 0.52–0.10 (84%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Walker – Boldy8:40

    xG 0.56–0.52 (52%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – Shaw – Dewar8:25

    xG 0.30–0.27 (53%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Steel14:32

    xG 0.97–1.03 (48%)attempts 20–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMerrill – Addison12:06

    xG 1.14–0.51 (69%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Spurgeon – Middleton19:14

    xG 0.82–0.96 (46%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Dumba16:54

    xG 0.87–1.03 (46%)attempts 21–20goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Horvat – Garland2:40

    xG 0.58–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson4:04

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–0goals 0–0

  3. Lazar – Joshua – Aman4:48

    xG 0.39–0.04 (91%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Studnicka – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko4:28

    xG 0.13–0.21 (39%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Hughes5:09

    xG 0.72–0.02 (97%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Hughes12:09

    xG 0.32–0.52 (38%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Stillman10:48

    xG 0.31–0.52 (37%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

VAN 3.1 xGMIN 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1224 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50VAN 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 67% of the time.

VAN winsMIN wins

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

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