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Tue, Mar 13, 2012·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 1, Minnesota Wild 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 53% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0100916125
MIN080908025

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 3:46DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Brenden Morrow · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:44DALVernon Fiddler: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 6:05DALTom Wandell: Charging2 min
  3. P2 9:24MINNate Prosser: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 15:15DALVernon Fiddler: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 15:15MINStephane Veilleux: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 16:57DALBrenden Morrow: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 18:08MINNick Palmieri: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 19:26DALBrenden Morrow: 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
45% to win55% 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
25Shots on goal25
1.7Expected goals1.9
53Shot attempts52
24Faceoffs won19
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
21Hits22
16Blocked shots18
1Giveaways7
1Takeaways4

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. bestRibeiro – Ryder – Eriksson11:16

    xG 0.64–0.10 (86%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Ott – Benn10:18

    xG 0.38–0.14 (74%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  3. Wandell – Vincour – Garbutt5:03

    xG 0.12–0.07 (62%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Fiddler – Burish – Nystrom10:40

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Pardy12:10

    xG 0.74–0.09 (89%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Robidas – Fistric16:39

    xG 0.46–0.31 (60%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Larsen14:34

    xG 0.10–0.19 (33%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestHeatley – Christensen – Brodziak2:11

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Heatley – Brodziak – Powe10:12

    xG 0.13–0.08 (63%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Peters – Ortmeyer – Kassian5:30

    xG 0.10–0.08 (53%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Cullen – Veilleux – Setoguchi7:37

    xG 0.07–0.26 (21%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKampfer – Scandella2:18

    xG 0.44–0.07 (86%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Gilbert – Prosser2:38

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Gilbert – Stoner3:32

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 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 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #1071 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 53% 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).