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Wed, Feb 14, 2024·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Minnesota Wild 3, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 55% of the time.

ARI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN120110113343
ARI0701019126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:01MINJoel Eriksson EkPPAssists: Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:39MINJonas BrodinGWGAssists: Connor Dewar, Marc-Andre Fleury · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:21ARILogan CooleyAssists: Jack McBain, Juuso Välimäki · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:04MINMatt BoldyAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:16MINFrederick Gaudreau: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:15MINDakota Mermis: Holding2 min
  3. P1 13:09ARIJ.J. Moser: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:53ARIMathew Dumba: Interference2 min
  5. P2 9:43ARINick Schmaltz: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 0:00MINJonas Brodin: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 5:58ARIMathew Dumba: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 11:58ARITravis Dermott: 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
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00McBain won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINARI
43Shots on goal26
3.2Expected goals3.5
73Shot attempts70
30Faceoffs won30
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
28Hits26
24Blocked shots13
10Giveaways3
2Takeaways3

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. bestEriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy11:55

    xG 0.58–0.38 (61%)attempts 20–7goals 1–0

  2. Lettieri – Dewar – Lucchini6:52

    xG 0.48–0.34 (58%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Johansson – Zuccarello – Rossi10:11

    xG 0.27–0.35 (43%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  4. Hartman – Gaudreau – Duhaime4:46

    xG 0.15–0.38 (29%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiddleton – Faber11:07

    xG 0.81–0.53 (60%)attempts 20–10goals 1–1

  2. Brodin – Faber4:17

    xG 0.20–0.08 (72%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Bogosian – Middleton4:03

    xG 0.12–0.03 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestSchmaltz – Keller – Hayton6:17

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli7:40

    xG 0.22–0.01 (95%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. McBain – Guenther – Cooley2:31

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  4. Hayton – Guenther – Cooley4:28

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDurzi – Moser12:33

    xG 0.56–0.43 (57%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  2. Välimäki – Kesselring10:30

    xG 0.59–0.46 (56%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Kesselring – Moser2:03

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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.

ARI 3.5 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 32/100 · #920 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 55% 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).