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Sun, Apr 10, 2011·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 3, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 65% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL21513011329
MIN192826523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:05MINBrad StaubitzAssists: Brent Burns, Carson McMillan · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:28DALBrad RichardsAssists: Loui Eriksson, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:07DALBrenden MorrowPPAssists: Loui Eriksson, Alex Goligoski · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:19MINJared SpurgeonPPAssists: Andrew Brunette, Mikko Koivu · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:53MINColton GilliesAssists: Kyle Brodziak, Chuck Kobasew · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:17DALAlex GoligoskiPPAssists: Loui Eriksson, Brad Richards · Slap, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P3 6:47MINAntti MiettinenGWGAssists: Andrew Brunette, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:47MINPierre-Marc BouchardENAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Greg Zanon · Slap, 0.60 xG3–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:13MINDrew Bagnall: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:47MINGreg Zanon: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:38DALBrandon Segal: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:36MINColton Gillies: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:58MINGreg Zanon: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 1:08MINMatt Cullen: Holding2 min
  7. P3 4:35DALStephane Robidas: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
29Shots on goal23
2.6Expected goals1.9
48Shot attempts46
29Faceoffs won24
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
20Hits25
14Blocked shots10
1Giveaways2
1Takeaways9

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. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Ott11:03

    xG 0.38–0.18 (68%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

  2. Langenbrunner – Petersen – Wandell4:48

    xG 0.08–0.08 (52%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Langenbrunner – Burish – Wandell2:26

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Eriksson – Benn13:25

    xG 0.30–0.38 (44%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Goligoski2:01

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Goligoski3:30

    xG 0.23–0.01 (95%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Skrastins13:09

    xG 0.24–0.18 (58%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Miettinen – Clutterbuck8:05

    xG 0.29–0.06 (82%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Nystrom – Staubitz – McMillan4:06

    xG 0.07–0.03 (74%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Kobasew – Brodziak – Gillies7:54

    xG 0.16–0.13 (56%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  4. Nystrom – Brodziak – Staubitz2:19

    xG 0.01–0.22 (6%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZanon – Burns19:45

    xG 0.54–0.45 (55%)attempts 25–13goals 3–0

  2. Bagnall – Noreau6:30

    xG 0.09–0.12 (43%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. Stoner – Spurgeon17:07

    xG 0.19–0.89 (17%)attempts 7–11goals 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 1.9 xGDAL 2.6 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 84/100 · #182 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.08 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 65% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).