Tue, Mar 21, 2023·Prudential Center, Newark
Minnesota Wild 2, New Jersey Devils 1 (OT)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 62% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 08 | 011 | 15 | 15 | 229 |
| NJD | 010 | 012 | 121 | 05 | 148 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P3 6:41MINMason ShawAssists: Connor Dewar, Oskar Sundqvist · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG1–0
- P3 12:08NJDTimo MeierAssists: Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt · Wrap-around, 0.03 xG1–1
- OT 4:58MINMatt BoldyGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
- P1 5:12MINBrandon Duhaime: Hooking2 min
- P2 11:47NJDTomas Tatar: Cross checking2 min
- P3 9:45MINAlex Goligoski: Tripping2 min
- P3 16:32MINMathew Dumba: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Hischier
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestJohansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy10:47
xG 0.44–0.20 (69%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0
- Zuccarello – Hartman – Boldy2:12
xG 0.05–0.18 (24%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1
- Reaves – Shaw – Dewar6:15
xG 0.29–0.42 (40%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0
- Sundqvist – Gaudreau – Duhaime8:28
xG 0.34–0.60 (36%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMerrill – Klingberg13:06
xG 1.30–1.06 (55%)attempts 14–22goals 0–0
- Goligoski – Middleton15:35
xG 0.81–1.00 (45%)attempts 15–22goals 0–1
- Brodin – Dumba17:35
xG 0.49–1.08 (31%)attempts 19–17goals 1–0
New Jersey Devils
Forward lines
- bestTatar – Palat – Boqvist7:47
xG 0.61–0.19 (77%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0
- Meier – Bratt – Hischier13:19
xG 0.82–0.57 (59%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0
- McLeod – Sharangovich – Foote5:54
xG 0.61–0.36 (63%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0
- Haula – Hughes – Mercer12:46
xG 0.63–0.80 (44%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSeverson – Siegenthaler2:04
xG 0.34–0.03 (93%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0
- Graves – Marino15:57
xG 0.68–0.48 (59%)attempts 15–18goals 1–0
- Severson – Bahl12:35
xG 0.88–0.90 (49%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it MIN. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 62% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NJD − MIN), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).