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Fri, Nov 8, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 5, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 65% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN31001229531
ANA010015210235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:31MINJake MiddletonAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:11MINMarcus FolignoAssists: Frederick Gaudreau, Brock Faber · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:32MINKirill KaprizovGWGAssists: Declan Chisholm, Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P3 2:16ANARobby FabbriUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:20MINMarco RossiAssists: Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–1
  6. P3 17:44MINKirill KaprizovPPAssists: Marco Rossi, Brock Faber · Tip-in, 0.16 xG5–1
  7. P3 19:47ANAMason McTavishAssists: Radko Gudas, Urho Vaakanainen · Tip-in, 0.09 xG5–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 14:36MINJakub Lauko: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:35MINDeclan Chisholm: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  3. P2 6:45ANAAlex Killorn: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 9:23MINRyan Hartman: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:15MINKirill Kaprizov: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 7:10MINMatt Boldy: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 9:12MINZach Bogosian: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P3 16:15ANARadko Gudas: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 0:00ANARadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 0:00ANARoss Johnston: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 0:00MINZach Bogosian: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 0:00ANARadko Gudas: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 0:00MINYakov Trenin: Slashing2 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 SOG0ANA
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carlsson won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINANA
31Shots on goal35
3.5Expected goals4.5
58Shot attempts86
28Faceoffs won20
2Power plays6
16Penalty minutes10
9Hits21
21Blocked shots18
20Giveaways12
5Takeaways2

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. bestJohansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy9:06

    xG 0.87–0.31 (74%)attempts 15–3goals 1–0

  2. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Rossi7:40

    xG 0.86–0.62 (58%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Trenin – Lauko – Khusnutdinov5:21

    xG 0.06–0.31 (17%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Hartman – Gaudreau8:42

    xG 0.37–0.64 (37%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Brodin13:16

    xG 0.80–0.41 (66%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Bogosian – Chisholm10:01

    xG 0.29–0.69 (29%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Middleton – Faber12:12

    xG 0.84–1.43 (37%)attempts 12–26goals 2–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGinn – Johnston – McTavish5:46

    xG 0.56–0.08 (87%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  2. Strome – Vatrano – Terry6:09

    xG 0.71–0.41 (64%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – Fabbri – Lundeström3:01

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  4. Killorn – Zegras – Gauthier8:46

    xG 0.37–0.39 (49%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Mintyukov12:26

    xG 0.86–0.34 (72%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Vaakanainen – Zellweger4:48

    xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Vaakanainen7:54

    xG 0.72–0.33 (69%)attempts 19–6goals 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.

ANA 4.5 xGMIN 3.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 41/100 · #770 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 65% of the time.

ANA winsMIN wins

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

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