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Sat, Nov 15, 2025·Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul

Anaheim Ducks 0, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 67% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0801109028
MIN09110111230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:55MINMarcus JohanssonGWGAssists: Matt Boldy, Ryan Hartman · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:05MINMatt BoldyENAssists: Jake Middleton, Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.51 xG0–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:40ANAMason McTavish: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 8:23ANAMason McTavish: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 7:11ANABeckett Sennecke: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 2:31ANANikita Nesterenko: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P3 7:40MINMarcus Johansson: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 10:24MINRyan Hartman: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 13:22ANALeo Carlsson: High sticking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Carlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
28Shots on goal30
2.6Expected goals3.6
48Shot attempts61
24Faceoffs won33
2Power plays7
14Penalty minutes4
20Hits18
13Blocked shots7
12Giveaways21
3Takeaways2

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Strome – Nesterenko2:03

    xG 0.28–0.02 (92%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Carlsson – Sennecke3:11

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Johnston – Vatrano – Harkins3:54

    xG 0.10–0.01 (88%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – McTavish – Sennecke2:06

    xG 0.12–0.08 (59%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHelleson – Moore2:12

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Zellweger2:49

    xG 0.34–0.21 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. LaCombe – Moore3:17

    xG 0.16–0.06 (71%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov8:48

    xG 0.72–0.35 (68%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Trenin – Jones7:15

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Hinostroza – Ohgren – Yurov3:58

    xG 0.02–0.06 (30%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy10:09

    xG 0.28–0.64 (30%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunt – Buium6:59

    xG 0.27–0.10 (72%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Spurgeon – Middleton10:50

    xG 0.79–0.70 (53%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Brodin – Faber16:39

    xG 0.49–0.70 (41%)attempts 16–14goals 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.

MIN 3.6 xGANA 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1217 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 67% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

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

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