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Sun, Jan 9, 2011·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 4, Minnesota Wild 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL2100929428
MIN01105010026

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:33DALTrevor DaleyGWGAssists: Brad Richards, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:11DALJamie BennAssists: Nicklas Grossmann, Brenden Morrow · Snap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 9:52DALJames NealAssists: Brad Richards, Trevor Daley · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P3 14:28DALJamie BennAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Brenden Morrow · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:57MINCal Clutterbuck: Interference2 min
  2. P1 6:46DALAdam Burish: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 7:46DALTrevor Daley: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:18MINPierre-Marc Bouchard: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 14:29MINClayton Stoner: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
28Shots on goal26
2.5Expected goals1.3
50Shot attempts46
23Faceoffs won19
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
19Hits19
11Blocked shots10
7Giveaways10
5Takeaways4

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestLangenbrunner – Ott – Burish10:49

    xG 0.37–0.08 (82%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Ribeiro – Benn10:21

    xG 0.44–0.19 (70%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  3. Richards – Eriksson – Neal12:28

    xG 0.59–0.56 (51%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  4. Barch – Sutherby – Wandell6:04

    xG 0.05–0.07 (40%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWoywitka – Daley19:02

    xG 0.51–0.31 (62%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  2. Robidas – Grossmann14:57

    xG 0.42–0.23 (65%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  3. Daley – Larsen2:07

    xG 0.14–0.06 (71%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – O'Sullivan – Clutterbuck8:41

    xG 0.48–0.35 (58%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Havlat – Bouchard – Brodziak10:13

    xG 0.31–0.23 (57%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  3. Madden – Havlat – Nystrom3:06

    xG 0.04–0.05 (45%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Madden – Nystrom – Clutterbuck4:32

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Burns16:44

    xG 0.30–0.32 (48%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  2. Zanon – Stoner14:21

    xG 0.51–0.55 (48%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Barker – Scandella12:09

    xG 0.23–0.74 (24%)attempts 12–11goals 0–3

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 1.3 xGDAL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1144 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

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

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