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Sun, Jan 20, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 0, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 66% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0801105024
MIN111010011132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:11MINZach PariseGWGAssists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Dany Heatley · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:59MINMikko Koivu: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:11DALAlex Goligoski: Closing hand on puck2 min
  3. P1 6:18MINRyan Suter: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 6:47DALJaromir Jagr: Holding2 min
  5. P1 12:59MINMatt Cullen: Charging2 min
  6. P2 18:40MINKyle Brodziak: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 9:02MINPierre-Marc Bouchard: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 9:02DALStephane Robidas: Interference2 min
  9. P3 17:59DALTrevor Daley: High sticking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Roy won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
24Shots on goal32
1.3Expected goals1.9
62Shot attempts51
24Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
20Hits25
11Blocked shots26
5Giveaways3
8Takeaways7

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. bestSmith – Eakin – Garbutt5:36

    xG 0.45–0.12 (79%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Ryder – Wandell8:55

    xG 0.23–0.37 (39%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Fiddler – Nystrom6:06

    xG 0.05–0.22 (18%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Roy – Eriksson10:39

    xG 0.06–0.35 (16%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Benn14:20

    xG 0.58–0.36 (61%)attempts 26–17goals 0–0

  2. Larsen – Dillon12:55

    xG 0.25–0.23 (53%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Goligoski15:42

    xG 0.07–0.58 (11%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestHeatley – Koivu – Parise11:47

    xG 0.39–0.06 (87%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Setoguchi – Granlund11:41

    xG 0.46–0.33 (58%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  3. Bouchard – Brodziak – Clutterbuck9:45

    xG 0.25–0.13 (66%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Konopka – Mitchell – Powe5:09

    xG 0.04–0.05 (46%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFalk – Prosser10:49

    xG 0.30–0.14 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Gilbert – Stoner18:49

    xG 0.71–0.57 (55%)attempts 19–23goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Spurgeon15:23

    xG 0.23–0.17 (57%)attempts 9–13goals 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 1.3 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 8/100 · #685 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 66% 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).