Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild
Recap
written from the game dataThe Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0. The Wild scored first and never trailed. The Wild led 2-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Zach Parise's goal at 8:24 of the second period, which took the Wild's chances from 71% to 86%. Expected goals favored the Wild, 3.4 to 1.8; shots on goal were EDM 22, MIN 40. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Wild win a replay of these chances 70% of the time. Cam Talbot stopped 37 of 39 (.949), 0.9 goals saved above expected; Devan Dubnyk stopped 22 of 22 (1.000), 1.8 goals saved above expected. Three stars: 1. Zach Parise (2 G), 2. Jonas Brodin (1 A), 3. Mikko Koivu (1 A).
Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
3 goalsPenalties
1st
- 12:31
Anton Slepyshev · Trippingdrawn by Carson Soucy2 min
2nd
- 15:18
Eric Staal · Holdingdrawn by Leon Draisaitl2 min
3rd
- 1:57
Ryan Murphy · Slashingdrawn by Connor McDavid2 min
- 14:34
Ethan Bear · Slashingdrawn by Nino Niederreiter2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Zach Parise, 2nd 8:24 — 71% → 86%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 1.80 G
- All situations
- 2 G3.4
- 1.60 G
- Even strength
- 2 G2.4
- 0.20 G
- Power play
- 0 G0.4
- 0.00 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.0
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 83 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 1.76 – 2.83
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 22
- Shots on goal
- 40
- 45%
- Faceoffs
- 55%
- 0/2
- Power play
- 0/2
- 4
- Penalty minutes
- 4
- 18
- Hits
- 12
- 12
- Blocked shots
- 9
- 7
- Giveaways
- 4
- 2
- Takeaways
- 10
Box score
every player line
Season series
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
