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Sun, Mar 12, 2023·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Minnesota Wild 4, Arizona Coyotes 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 61% of the time.

ARI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN2142120701434
ARI28161613523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:28ARIBarrett HaytonAssists: Juuso Välimäki, Brett Ritchie · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:32MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Jake Middleton, Jared Spurgeon · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:00ARIBarrett HaytonPPAssists: Brett Ritchie, Travis Boyd · Snap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P1 18:35MINRyan ReavesAssists: Mason Shaw, Connor Dewar · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 1:50MINMatt BoldyAssists: John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P2 14:59MINConnor DewarAssists: Mason Shaw, Ryan Reaves · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P2 18:48ARIBrett RitchieAssists: Clayton Keller, Victor Soderstrom · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:06ARIClayton KellerAssists: Jack McBain, Barrett Hayton · Snap, 0.12 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:09ARIClayton KellerGWGAssists: Barrett Hayton, Juuso Välimäki · Backhand, 0.34 xG4–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 2:59ARIBokondji Imama: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:59MINRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:28ARILiam O'Brien: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 4:28MINMarcus Foligno: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 11:36MINFrederick Gaudreau: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P1 13:34ARIVictor Soderstrom: Closing hand on puck2 min
  7. P2 4:31ARIConnor Mackey: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 4:31MINMason Shaw: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 8:28ARIMilos Kelemen: Holding2 min
  10. P3 9:56ARIJack McBain: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 9:56ARILawson Crouse: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 9:56MINJake Middleton: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 10:06MINMats Zuccarello: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 15:08ARITravis Boyd: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
49% to win51% to win
← MIN attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00McBain won the faceoff against Hartman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINARI
34Shots on goal23
2.8Expected goals2.2
65Shot attempts42
26Faceoffs won31
4Power plays2
24Penalty minutes28
33Hits34
10Blocked shots24
8Giveaways15
4Takeaways7

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 – Hartman – Steel11:09

    xG 0.42–0.08 (84%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Reaves – Shaw – Dewar8:37

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 7–8goals 2–1

  3. Foligno – Sundqvist – Gaudreau6:27

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy10:47

    xG 0.28–0.38 (42%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Dumba14:23

    xG 0.70–0.26 (73%)attempts 19–10goals 0–1

  2. Spurgeon – Middleton16:20

    xG 0.54–0.22 (71%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  3. Merrill – Klingberg13:21

    xG 0.48–0.66 (42%)attempts 11–12goals 2–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRitchie – Keller – Hayton12:11

    xG 0.45–0.18 (71%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  2. Boyd – O'Brien – Dauphin2:46

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Boyd – O'Brien – Kelemen3:46

    xG 0.11–0.23 (33%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Kassian – Dauphin – Imama2:58

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrown – Välimäki14:14

    xG 0.61–0.34 (64%)attempts 10–12goals 2–1

  2. Nemeth – Moser14:47

    xG 0.25–0.36 (41%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Soderstrom – Mackey12:45

    xG 0.26–0.98 (21%)attempts 7–19goals 0–2

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 2.2 xGMIN 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 96/100 · #73 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.48 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 61% of the time.

ARI winsMIN wins

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

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