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Sat, Jan 18, 2014·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 2, Minnesota Wild 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 57% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL0911311102235
MIN13160812319

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:11MINErik HaulaUnassisted · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:57DALRyan GarbuttAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Rich Peverley · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:09MINRyan SuterAssists: Torrey Mitchell, Jonas Brodin · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:32DALAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Alex Goligoski, Tyler Seguin · Backhand, 0.31 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:42MINNate ProsserGWGAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:48MINNino Niederreiter: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:26DALShawn Horcoff: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 18:50MINJason Pominville: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 0:52MINTorrey Mitchell: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 0:52DALRyan Garbutt: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 5:51DALTrevor Daley: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 8:49MINClayton Stoner: Holding2 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 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
35Shots on goal19
2.7Expected goals2.4
73Shot attempts40
33Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
7Hits18
12Blocked shots22
3Giveaways2
2Takeaways7

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. bestCole – Fiddler – Garbutt8:48

    xG 0.60–0.14 (81%)attempts 17–4goals 1–1

  2. Whitney – Horcoff – Jeffrey10:52

    xG 0.55–0.21 (72%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Peverley – Roussel – Seguin3:16

    xG 0.02–0.01 (74%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Peverley – Benn – Seguin6:16

    xG 0.09–0.16 (37%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Dillon16:23

    xG 0.48–0.22 (68%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Rome12:36

    xG 0.48–0.26 (65%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Benn13:47

    xG 0.35–0.45 (44%)attempts 15–11goals 0–2

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestCooke – Brodziak – Fontaine9:44

    xG 0.34–0.23 (59%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Heatley – Zucker – Coyle9:35

    xG 0.18–0.34 (35%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Granlund – Niederreiter12:53

    xG 0.26–0.56 (32%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Veilleux – Mitchell – Haula8:16

    xG 0.09–0.44 (17%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin17:36

    xG 0.64–0.57 (53%)attempts 18–13goals 2–1

  2. Ballard – Suter2:08

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Prosser14:13

    xG 0.23–0.34 (40%)attempts 7–17goals 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 2.4 xGDAL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 57/100 · #477 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 57% 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).