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Mon, Mar 25, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Minnesota Wild 7, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 85% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN117314311742
DAL2141517426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:31DALAlex GoligoskiAssists: Derek Roy · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:35MINZach PariseAssists: Devin Setoguchi, Matt Cullen · Deflected, 0.33 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:47DALJaromir JagrPPAssists: Loui Eriksson, Ray Whitney · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:42MINMikko KoivuAssists: Zach Parise, Clayton Stoner · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:10DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Loui Eriksson, Derek Roy · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 9:33MINZach PariseAssists: Mikko Koivu, Jonas Brodin · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P2 14:22MINMatt CullenAssists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–3
  8. P3 7:02DALPhilip LarsenAssists: Reilly Smith, Tomas Vincour · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–4
  9. P3 12:38MINKyle BrodziakSHGWGAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Clayton Stoner · Wrist, 0.36 xG5–4
  10. P3 18:32MINDany HeatleyAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Brodziak · Backhand, 0.40 xG6–4
  11. P3 19:44MINPierre-Marc BouchardENAssists: Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.58 xG7–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 17:27MINJonas Brodin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 0:00DALAntoine Roussel: Misconduct10 min
  3. P2 15:19DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 15:19MINJustin Falk: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 15:19DALVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 9:08DALJamie Benn: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 12:18MINMike Rupp: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 12:18MINMike Rupp: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 12:18MINMike Rupp: Misconduct10 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
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Roy
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDAL
42Shots on goal26
6.4Expected goals3.5
66Shot attempts51
28Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
18Penalty minutes16
26Hits36
13Blocked shots12
12Giveaways16
5Takeaways10

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. bestHeatley – Brodziak – Clutterbuck7:28

    xG 1.10–0.02 (98%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Koivu – Parise – Coyle13:10

    xG 1.20–0.56 (68%)attempts 16–9goals 2–1

  3. Cullen – Bouchard – Setoguchi8:17

    xG 0.45–0.35 (57%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  4. Rupp – Konopka – Mitchell8:11

    xG 0.26–0.45 (36%)attempts 5–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Spurgeon15:33

    xG 2.58–0.99 (72%)attempts 19–17goals 3–0

  2. Suter – Brodin19:15

    xG 1.23–0.45 (73%)attempts 17–11goals 2–1

  3. Gilbert – Falk11:58

    xG 0.82–0.41 (67%)attempts 13–10goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFiddler – Roussel – Vincour3:55

    xG 0.14–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Eakin – Vincour3:12

    xG 0.16–0.04 (79%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Cole – Fiddler – Roussel3:04

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Roy – Eriksson11:33

    xG 0.67–0.98 (41%)attempts 9–12goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRome – Larsen12:44

    xG 0.39–0.10 (80%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Daley – Goligoski15:21

    xG 0.44–0.56 (44%)attempts 11–12goals 2–2

  3. Robidas – Dillon18:58

    xG 1.05–2.81 (27%)attempts 17–30goals 0–1

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 3.5 xGMIN 6.4 xG
0246P1P2P3EndxG

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 98/100 · #20 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.62 · 11 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 85% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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