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Sat, Jan 21, 2023·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

Minnesota Wild 3, Florida Panthers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 55% of the time.

FLA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN09110213332
FLA1621328527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:47FLAAnton LundellAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:40FLAEetu LuostarinenUnassisted · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:56MINMatt BoldyPPAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov · Slap, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:32FLACarter VerhaeghePPAssists: Brandon Montour, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:37MINJoel Eriksson EkPPAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Calen Addison · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:51FLAGustav ForslingGWGAssists: Grigori Denisenko, Nick Cousins · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:34MINJared SpurgeonAssists: Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov · Snap, 0.03 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:21FLASam ReinhartENAssists: Anton Lundell, Marc Staal · Snap, 0.65 xG3–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:28MINJordan Greenway: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 7:52FLACarter Verhaeghe: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:07MINRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:36FLANick Cousins: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 19:36MINRyan Hartman: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 3:07FLAJosh Mahura: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:03FLABrandon Montour: Misconduct10 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 SOG0FLA
49% to win51% to win
← MIN attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bennett won the faceoff against Hartman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINFLA
32Shots on goal27
3.6Expected goals3.3
65Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes19
24Hits27
16Blocked shots13
12Giveaways9
4Takeaways4

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. bestHartman – Gaudreau – Boldy9:36

    xG 0.46–0.21 (69%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Steel12:33

    xG 0.43–0.27 (62%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – Shaw – Dewar7:40

    xG 0.19–0.43 (31%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Duhaime10:10

    xG 0.26–0.53 (33%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton15:00

    xG 0.91–0.12 (88%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Brodin15:23

    xG 0.72–0.41 (63%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Spurgeon – Brodin4:08

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestTierney – Lomberg – Smith5:07

    xG 0.46–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Cousins – Luostarinen – Denisenko12:13

    xG 0.44–0.39 (53%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Barkov – Reinhart – Lundell14:27

    xG 0.52–0.48 (52%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  4. Tierney – Verhaeghe – Tkachuk4:07

    xG 0.09–0.29 (25%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Gudas4:20

    xG 0.48–0.16 (75%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Forsling8:56

    xG 0.48–0.27 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Mahura4:37

    xG 0.09–0.04 (72%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

FLA 3.3 xGMIN 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #502 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50FLA 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 55% of the time.

FLA winsMIN wins

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

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