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Wed, Dec 14, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Detroit Red Wings 1, Minnesota Wild 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 70% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0211005117
MIN1721114422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:37MINFrederick GaudreauPPAssists: Sam Steel, Jared Spurgeon · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:02MINMathew DumbaGWGAssists: Jordan Greenway, Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:41DETElmer SoderblomAssists: Adam Erne · Snap, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:57MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:18MINFrederick GaudreauENAssists: Marcus Foligno · Wrist, 0.45 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:38DETOskar Sundqvist: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:44DETLucas Raymond: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:00DETJordan Oesterle: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:57MINRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:57DETBen Chiarot: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 3:57DETBen Chiarot: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 4:56MINJordan Greenway: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 12:01MINMarcus Foligno: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 5:11MINJake Middleton: Tripping2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
49% to win51% to win
← DET attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMIN
17Shots on goal22
2.0Expected goals3.0
50Shot attempts43
25Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
27Hits25
12Blocked shots17
2Giveaways5
6Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestErne – Suter – Soderblom8:45

    xG 0.48–0.06 (88%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Perron – Sundqvist – Rasmussen10:18

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Kubalik – Czarnik – Veleno2:40

    xG 0.13–0.03 (82%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Copp – Berggren – Raymond2:49

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Walman4:49

    xG 0.37–0.03 (93%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. Walman – Seider5:52

    xG 0.33–0.07 (82%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Lindstrom2:56

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Walker – Boldy5:29

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek10:52

    xG 0.27–0.21 (56%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – Shaw – Dewar8:05

    xG 0.03–0.03 (46%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Boldy2:18

    xG 0.11–0.14 (44%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba16:31

    xG 0.42–0.11 (79%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  2. Spurgeon – Middleton13:08

    xG 0.39–0.20 (66%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Merrill – Addison9:49

    xG 0.18–0.69 (21%)attempts 8–9goals 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.

MIN 3.0 xGDET 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 33/100 · #948 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 70% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

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

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