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Fri, Mar 11, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Minnesota Wild 0, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 53% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN040703014
DAL1931309431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:02DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Jamie Langenbrunner, Nicklas Grossmann · Backhand, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:52DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Jamie Langenbrunner · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:05DALTom WandellAssists: Loui Eriksson, Brad Richards · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:23DALMike RibeiroUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:24DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 3:14MINAndrew Brunette: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 4:40DALJamie Langenbrunner: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 6:38MINMartin Havlat: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 0:00MINEric Nystrom: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 5:23DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 16:16MINBrad Staubitz: Cross checking2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← MIN attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Madden
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDAL
14Shots on goal31
1.8Expected goals2.0
48Shot attempts54
24Faceoffs won27
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
24Hits18
15Blocked shots19
7Giveaways13
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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestBrunette – Madden – Miettinen10:35

    xG 0.52–0.14 (79%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Kobasew – Nystrom5:59

    xG 0.08–0.29 (21%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  3. Havlat – Bouchard – Brodziak10:08

    xG 0.02–0.36 (4%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Scandella13:28

    xG 0.61–0.24 (72%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  2. Zanon – Zidlicky14:27

    xG 0.15–0.32 (31%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Schultz – Spurgeon12:33

    xG 0.28–0.63 (31%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestLangenbrunner – Morrow – Ribeiro6:37

    xG 0.36–0.03 (92%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  2. Morrow – Ribeiro – Burish2:59

    xG 0.10–0.05 (69%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Benn – Vincour2:54

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Langenbrunner – Ott – Benn2:33

    xG 0.07–0.12 (37%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Goligoski13:28

    xG 0.46–0.06 (89%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Skrastins – Grossmann13:26

    xG 0.54–0.23 (70%)attempts 14–13goals 2–0

  3. Woywitka – Daley16:14

    xG 0.37–1.09 (26%)attempts 17–19goals 2–0

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.

DAL 2.0 xGMIN 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 5/100 · #1155 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 53% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

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

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