Sat, Oct 29, 2016·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul
Dallas Stars 0, Minnesota Wild 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 62% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 09 | 013 | 07 | 029 |
| MIN | 16 | 01 | 38 | 415 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 5:35MINMikael GranlundSHGWGAssists: Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
- P3 3:08MINNino NiederreiterAssists: Charlie Coyle, Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
- P3 10:54MINEric StaalPPAssists: Ryan Suter, Jason Pominville · Slap, 0.06 xG0–3
- P3 12:37MINTyler GraovacAssists: Jason Zucker, Christoph Bertschy · Snap, 0.21 xG0–4
Penalties (5)
- P1 0:13DALAntoine Roussel: Hooking2 min
- P1 5:18MINRyan Suter: Slashing2 min
- P1 9:59MINNino Niederreiter: Too many men on the ice2 min
- P2 2:27MINMikko Koivu: Hooking2 min
- P3 9:50DALTyler Seguin: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Faksa
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- Eaves – Benn – Seguin13:57
xG 0.55–0.50 (52%)attempts 27–5goals 0–0
- Cracknell – McKenzie – Ritchie7:07
xG 0.13–0.09 (61%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0
- Spezza – Roussel – Faksa8:31
xG 0.09–0.10 (47%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1
- Hudler – Korpikoski – Shore9:22
xG 0.13–0.32 (29%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestBenn – Nemeth12:25
xG 0.33–0.14 (70%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0
- Klingberg – Lindell17:24
xG 0.46–0.36 (56%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1
- Oduya – Johns14:59
xG 0.23–0.26 (46%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1
Minnesota Wild
Forward lines
- bestZucker – Graovac – Bertschy5:04
xG 0.36–0.10 (78%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0
- Stewart – Dalpe – Niederreiter4:53
xG 0.12–0.04 (77%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0
- Koivu – Pominville – Granlund12:54
xG 0.56–0.49 (53%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0
- Staal – Coyle – Eriksson Ek5:20
xG 0.10–0.07 (57%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestBrodin – Dumba2:24
xG 0.21–0.01 (96%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0
- Suter – Dumba15:05
xG 0.77–0.59 (57%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0
- Spurgeon – Prosser8:35
xG 0.11–0.01 (90%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it DAL. Dots are goals.
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 62% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MIN − DAL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).