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Mon, Feb 6, 2023·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Minnesota Wild 2, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

ARI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN05114116235
ARI01417215336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:39MINKirill KaprizovAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Calen Addison · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:26ARIJakob ChychrunPPAssists: Barrett Hayton, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:40MINJonas BrodinAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Ryan Hartman · Snap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:35ARIJakob ChychrunAssists: Matias Maccelli, Juuso Välimäki · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:13ARIJack McBainGWGAssists: Christian Fischer, Patrik Nemeth · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:03ARIJakob Chychrun: Holding2 min
  2. P1 9:36MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:09MINJon Merrill: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 12:43ARIClayton Keller: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 18:28MINMatt Boldy: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 8:57MINRyan Hartman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 9:40MINCalen Addison: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 9:57MINMats Zuccarello: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 10:52ARIJakob Chychrun: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 17:26ARINick Ritchie: Holding2 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 SOG0ARI
49% to win51% to win
← MIN attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Steel
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINARI
35Shots on goal36
3.2Expected goals3.6
65Shot attempts72
26Faceoffs won30
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
26Hits21
17Blocked shots15
7Giveaways3
5Takeaways4

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. bestZuccarello – Kaprizov – Steel10:46

    xG 0.94–0.32 (74%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  2. Foligno – Gaudreau – Boldy8:06

    xG 0.58–0.19 (76%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – Duhaime – Dewar5:16

    xG 0.15–0.18 (46%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Hartman – Greenway – Eriksson Ek5:48

    xG 0.15–0.36 (30%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton12:04

    xG 0.60–0.44 (58%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  2. Brodin – Dumba14:00

    xG 0.75–0.65 (54%)attempts 17–19goals 1–0

  3. Merrill – Addison10:21

    xG 0.85–0.82 (51%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestSchmaltz – Keller – Hayton8:54

    xG 0.63–0.22 (74%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Kassian – Dea – McBain6:24

    xG 0.48–0.20 (71%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli9:32

    xG 0.59–0.42 (58%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  4. Boyd – Ritchie – Fischer8:27

    xG 0.23–0.72 (24%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChychrun – Välimäki14:08

    xG 0.64–0.45 (59%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  2. Nemeth – Stecher2:04

    xG 0.28–0.21 (58%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Stecher8:43

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

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.

ARI 3.6 xGMIN 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #319 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.16 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

ARI winsMIN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).