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Sat, Oct 12, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 1, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 83% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL071606119
MIN212213111536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:12MINJustin FontaineAssists: Matt Cooke · Backhand, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:41MINMatt CookeGWGUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:23MINMathew DumbaPPAssists: Dany Heatley, Jonas Brodin · Snap, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:20MINNino NiederreiterAssists: Mikko Koivu, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–4
  5. P2 12:40DALJordie BennPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alex Chiasson · Snap, 0.11 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:30MINZach ParisePPAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.51 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:52MINDany Heatley: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 17:42MINMikko Koivu: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:46DALAlex Goligoski: Interference2 min
  4. P2 7:19DALBrenden Dillon: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:02MINRyan Suter: Delaying game smothering puck2 min · PPG
  6. P3 0:35DALShawn Horcoff: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 14:02DALAlex Chiasson: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brodziak won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
19Shots on goal36
1.3Expected goals3.2
38Shot attempts61
30Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
10Hits15
14Blocked shots10
7Giveaways9
3Takeaways15

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. bestFiddler – Garbutt – Nichushkin7:47

    xG 0.15–0.07 (69%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Peverley – Benn – Seguin9:39

    xG 0.09–0.26 (26%)attempts 7–9goals 0–2

  3. Whitney – Chiasson – Eakin10:15

    xG 0.07–0.48 (12%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Horcoff – Roussel11:14

    xG 0.20–0.90 (19%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Robidas – Dillon10:26

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  2. Daley – Benn16:59

    xG 0.33–0.39 (45%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Goligoski4:16

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Parise – Niederreiter12:13

    xG 0.94–0.16 (85%)attempts 23–3goals 1–0

  2. Cooke – Brodziak – Fontaine12:45

    xG 0.43–0.10 (80%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  3. Heatley – Pominville – Granlund11:17

    xG 0.35–0.20 (64%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  4. Veilleux – Konopka – Mitchell7:05

    xG 0.01–0.17 (7%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Dumba12:49

    xG 0.76–0.22 (77%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Brodin17:06

    xG 0.79–0.43 (65%)attempts 16–16goals 2–0

  3. Ballard – Spurgeon14:00

    xG 0.37–0.06 (85%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

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 3.2 xGDAL 1.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1034 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 83% 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).