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Thu, Jan 22, 2026·Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul

Detroit Red Wings 3, Minnesota Wild 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 63% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET1111151701334
MIN11101721011439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:39DETLucas RaymondPPAssists: Moritz Seider, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:19MINKirill KaprizovPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Quinn Hughes · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:22DETLucas RaymondAssists: Marco Kasper · Snap, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:37MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brock Faber · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:36DETJames van RiemsdykAssists: Emmitt Finnie, Travis Hamonic · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:11MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Ryan Hartman, Kirill Kaprizov · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:45MINKirill KaprizovGWGAssists: Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:01MINMarcus Foligno: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:26DETTravis Hamonic: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:41DETJ.T. Compher: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 10:39DETJacob Bernard-Docker: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:33MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 10:52DETTravis Hamonic: Tripping2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMIN
34Shots on goal39
2.4Expected goals3.2
69Shot attempts72
40Faceoffs won20
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
15Hits18
18Blocked shots20
14Giveaways16
4Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Copp – DeBrincat13:45

    xG 0.98–0.46 (68%)attempts 19–11goals 0–2

  2. Larkin – Raymond – Kasper14:40

    xG 0.59–0.34 (64%)attempts 20–10goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Compher – Finnie6:23

    xG 0.19–0.14 (58%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  4. Appleton – Rasmussen – Soderblom8:21

    xG 0.40–0.46 (46%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeider – Johansson3:10

    xG 0.28–0.01 (96%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka9:51

    xG 0.44–0.24 (65%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Bernard-Docker – Seider12:50

    xG 0.52–0.46 (53%)attempts 14–10goals 1–2

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestPitlick – Trenin – Sturm4:38

    xG 0.27–0.04 (87%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov16:46

    xG 0.72–0.59 (55%)attempts 13–19goals 2–0

  3. Foligno – Hinostroza – Yurov6:29

    xG 0.19–0.32 (38%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  4. Johansson – Tarasenko – Eriksson Ek12:03

    xG 0.47–0.71 (40%)attempts 12–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Faber2:14

    xG 0.19–0.01 (97%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Hunt – Jiricek7:42

    xG 0.36–0.20 (64%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Hughes – Faber19:01

    xG 0.93–0.80 (54%)attempts 21–21goals 2–1

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 3.2 xGDET 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 80/100 · #313 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 63% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

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

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