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Sat, Jan 14, 2023·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Arizona Coyotes 1, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

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

MIN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0808112128
MIN0621506227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:39MINMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Calen Addison · Snap, 0.43 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:30MINFrederick GaudreauGWGAssists: Ryan Hartman, Sam Steel · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:42ARILawson CrouseAssists: Jack McBain, Jakob Chychrun · Slap, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 4:36MINJake Middleton: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 7:45ARIClayton Keller: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:28ARIJack McBain: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIMIN
28Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals3.1
54Shot attempts45
23Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
17Hits25
7Blocked shots16
6Giveaways7
3Takeaways8

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Crouse – Guenther11:40

    xG 0.53–0.24 (69%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton13:16

    xG 0.41–0.12 (77%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Crouse – McBain3:56

    xG 0.35–0.11 (77%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  4. Boyd – Ritchie – Fischer9:16

    xG 0.54–0.34 (62%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVälimäki – Moser3:18

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Chychrun18:23

    xG 0.76–0.56 (58%)attempts 19–9goals 1–0

  3. Stecher – Välimäki7:35

    xG 0.28–0.22 (56%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestHartman – Gaudreau – Boldy12:37

    xG 0.88–0.29 (75%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek11:47

    xG 0.53–0.52 (50%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  3. Reaves – Duhaime – Dewar7:07

    xG 0.09–0.11 (45%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Steel12:35

    xG 0.20–0.38 (35%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMerrill – Addison12:30

    xG 0.64–0.42 (61%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  2. Merrill – Dumba2:03

    xG 0.03–0.08 (24%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Spurgeon – Middleton17:12

    xG 0.49–0.59 (45%)attempts 12–17goals 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.

MIN 3.1 xGARI 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #1145 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50MIN 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 67% of the time.

MIN winsARI wins

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

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