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Sat, Nov 14, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Minnesota Wild 2, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN071111600224
DAL11001111015336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:41DALJason SpezzaAssists: John Klingberg, Jamie Benn · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:15MINNino NiederreiterAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Mikko Koivu · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:26DALJamie BennPPAssists: John Klingberg, Patrick Sharp · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:15MINMarco ScandellaAssists: Erik Haula, Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:18DALJohn KlingbergGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:42DALJamie Oleksiak: Interference2 min
  2. P1 5:40MINChris Porter: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 10:34MINMikael Granlund: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 10:34DALValeri Nichushkin: Embellishment2 min
  5. P1 13:30DALJamie Oleksiak: Closing hand on puck2 min
  6. P1 18:15MINJason Zucker: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 7:19DALJamie Benn: Illegal check to head2 min
  8. P2 12:28MINNino Niederreiter: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 2:02MINCharlie Coyle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 8:27DALAntoine Roussel: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 10:41MINJason Zucker: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 10:41DALColton Sceviour: Roughing2 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
47% to win54% to win
← MIN attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDAL
24Shots on goal36
2.6Expected goals3.8
66Shot attempts66
30Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
12Penalty minutes12
10Hits15
17Blocked shots19
6Giveaways12
8Takeaways9

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. bestKoivu – Zucker – Niederreiter12:18

    xG 0.74–0.58 (56%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Schroeder – Coyle5:54

    xG 0.32–0.38 (46%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Porter – Carter – Haula2:33

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Pominville – Vanek – Granlund10:29

    xG 0.17–0.70 (19%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Dumba4:45

    xG 0.38–0.17 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Brodin – Folin5:24

    xG 0.27–0.21 (56%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Dumba2:07

    xG 0.04–0.05 (42%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Hemsky – Janmark6:22

    xG 0.72–0.14 (84%)attempts 16–5goals 0–1

  2. Sharp – Benn – Seguin9:26

    xG 0.65–0.40 (62%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Eakin – Janmark2:11

    xG 0.25–0.14 (64%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Faksa – Nichushkin4:27

    xG 0.04–0.08 (34%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Demers14:40

    xG 1.06–0.50 (68%)attempts 23–11goals 0–1

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg12:54

    xG 0.58–0.51 (53%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Oleksiak8:36

    xG 0.18–0.70 (21%)attempts 6–15goals 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 3.8 xGMIN 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 79/100 · #234 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.14 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Dallas Stars win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

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

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