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Tue, Feb 9, 2016·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 4, Minnesota Wild 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 78% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL1102130413430
MIN2130911701340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:48MINErik HaulaAssists: Thomas Vanek, Ryan Suter · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:47DALAlex GoligoskiAssists: Tyler Seguin, Patrick Eaves · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:09MINJustin FontaineAssists: Erik Haula, Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:01DALJason DemersAssists: Mattias Janmark, Valeri Nichushkin · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:45DALPatrick EavesPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 1:16MINMikko KoivuPPAssists: Mathew Dumba, Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:39DALJohn KlingbergGWGAssists: Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:07DALPatrik Nemeth: Closing hand on puck2 min
  2. P1 19:36MINMikko Koivu: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:09MINMathew Dumba: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:47DALJason Demers: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:01MINMarco Scandella: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 19:51DALPatrik Nemeth: High sticking2 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
47% to win54% to win
← DAL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
30Shots on goal40
2.4Expected goals4.2
60Shot attempts68
29Faceoffs won36
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
16Hits12
19Blocked shots14
1Giveaways5
5Takeaways9

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. bestSharp – Janmark – Nichushkin9:45

    xG 0.54–0.41 (57%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  2. Hemsky – Roussel – Eakin8:13

    xG 0.23–0.18 (56%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Eaves – Benn – Seguin9:50

    xG 0.33–0.29 (53%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  4. Moen – Fiddler – Faksa7:00

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Klingberg18:29

    xG 0.92–0.76 (55%)attempts 21–15goals 1–1

  2. Benn – Nemeth10:54

    xG 0.32–0.62 (34%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Demers12:30

    xG 0.22–0.55 (29%)attempts 8–16goals 1–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestPominville – Granlund – Niederreiter12:58

    xG 0.81–0.46 (64%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Vanek – Haula – Fontaine10:19

    xG 0.57–0.35 (62%)attempts 10–12goals 2–1

  3. Koivu – Parise – Coyle14:27

    xG 0.47–0.42 (53%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Carter – Zucker6:14

    xG 0.06–0.29 (16%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Folin16:01

    xG 0.93–0.42 (69%)attempts 20–15goals 0–1

  2. Suter – Scandella2:08

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Prosser3:49

    xG 0.12–0.09 (57%)attempts 4–2goals 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 4.2 xGDAL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 81/100 · #221 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 78% 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).