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Tue, Apr 14, 2026·Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul

Anaheim Ducks 2, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 60% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA111011115237
MIN1611113320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:27ANAMason McTavishPPAssists: Jackson LaCombe, Ryan Poehling · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:42MINDanila YurovAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:24MINHunter HaightAssists: Nick Foligno, Marcus Johansson · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:03MINRobby FabbriGWGAssists: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Ben Jones · Wrist, 0.89 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:14ANAMason McTavishAssists: Mikael Granlund, Cutter Gauthier · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:32MINHunter Haight: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:20ANABeckett Sennecke: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 18:20MINJeff Petry: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:55MINJake Middleton: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:39ANALukas Dostal: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 7:50MINMichael McCarron: Interference2 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 20:00Granlund won the faceoff against Yurov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMIN
37Shots on goal20
4.1Expected goals3.5
81Shot attempts43
31Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
16Hits25
7Blocked shots16
27Giveaways10
4Takeaways8

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 – Granlund – Sennecke12:46

    xG 0.84–0.41 (67%)attempts 20–7goals 0–0

  2. Terry – McTavish – Carlsson3:27

    xG 0.28–0.10 (73%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Terry – Viel – Carlsson6:57

    xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Poehling – McTavish – Gauthier5:32

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Carlson – Mintyukov12:54

    xG 0.35–0.45 (44%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  2. Helleson – Hinds12:06

    xG 0.67–0.80 (46%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – LaCombe11:20

    xG 0.46–1.34 (26%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFabbri – Aube-Kubel – Jones8:13

    xG 1.28–0.60 (68%)attempts 6–16goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Johansson – Haight8:53

    xG 0.48–0.11 (82%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  3. Tarasenko – Brink – Yurov12:45

    xG 0.71–0.52 (57%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  4. McCarron – Trenin – Sturm8:54

    xG 0.25–0.38 (40%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Middleton14:33

    xG 1.64–0.58 (74%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Kiersted – Gustafsson Nyberg13:41

    xG 0.49–0.54 (47%)attempts 10–15goals 2–0

  3. Brodin – Hunt14:02

    xG 0.57–0.67 (46%)attempts 13–16goals 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 3.5 xGANA 4.1 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 31/100 · #951 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 60% of the time.

MIN winsANA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).