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Sat, Feb 22, 2025·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Minnesota Wild 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 64% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN0121721713439
DET181151502330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:54DETAlex DeBrincatAssists: Andrew Copp, Vladimir Tarasenko · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:41DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond · Wrist, 0.40 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:05MINVinnie HinostrozaPPAssists: Matt Boldy · Bat, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:22DETLucas RaymondPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:07MINMatt BoldyAssists: Marcus Johansson, Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:29MINMarcus FolignoAssists: Marco Rossi, Marcus Johansson · Snap, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:35MINMarco RossiGWGAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.24 xG4–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P2 5:05MINMarco Rossi: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:09DETJustin Holl: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 19:40MINMatt Boldy: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:40DETAndrew Copp: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 19:40MINMatt Boldy: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 0:22MINMats Zuccarello: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  7. P3 4:53DETMichael Rasmussen: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 11:51MINJake Middleton: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 12:43DETMoritz Seider: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 12:43MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 12:43DETDylan Larkin: Roughing2 min
  12. OT 1:22MINMarco Rossi: Hooking2 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 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Rossi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDET
39Shots on goal30
3.8Expected goals4.7
73Shot attempts59
20Faceoffs won30
3Power plays5
14Penalty minutes10
21Hits22
13Blocked shots18
16Giveaways17
3Takeaways4

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. Zuccarello – Boldy – Rossi13:04

    xG 0.39–0.57 (41%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Gaudreau – Ohgren7:03

    xG 0.05–0.51 (10%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

  3. Shore – Trenin – Khusnutdinov7:21

    xG 0.20–0.67 (23%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

  4. Johansson – Hinostroza – Eriksson Ek8:00

    xG 0.33–1.07 (24%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Faber2:46

    xG 0.30–0.06 (84%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Spurgeon – Brodin14:05

    xG 0.21–0.27 (44%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Bogosian – Merrill9:13

    xG 0.28–0.67 (30%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Rasmussen – Soderblom3:44

    xG 1.14–0.08 (93%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Rasmussen – Veleno – Soderblom3:25

    xG 0.55–0.06 (90%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Larkin – Raymond – Kasper10:13

    xG 0.69–0.31 (69%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Compher – Berggren4:57

    xG 0.20–0.06 (76%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Gustafsson12:00

    xG 1.48–0.23 (86%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Seider16:46

    xG 0.90–0.59 (61%)attempts 20–19goals 0–0

  3. Johansson – Edvinsson13:47

    xG 0.22–0.63 (26%)attempts 8–16goals 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.

DET 4.7 xGMIN 3.8 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #289 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 64% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

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

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