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Mon, Nov 21, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Minnesota Wild 2, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN011191900229
DAL0101141711332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:19DALJamie OleksiakAssists: Patrick Eaves, Jason Spezza · Backhand, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:22MINNino NiederreiterPPAssists: Mikael Granlund, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:01DALBrett RitchieAssists: Julius Honka, Radek Faksa · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:01MINErik HaulaAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Jason Pominville · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:23DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jordie Benn · Snap, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:34MINChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:34DALJamie Oleksiak: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:30DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 2:21DALPatrik Nemeth: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:27DALJordie Benn: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 8:28MINJonas Brodin: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 11:14MINZach Parise: Holding2 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
44% to win56% to win
← MIN attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Haula won the faceoff against Spezza
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDAL
29Shots on goal32
2.6Expected goals3.2
63Shot attempts73
40Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
9Hits22
21Blocked shots17
4Giveaways8
1Takeaways8

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 – Granlund – Graovac4:32

    xG 0.45–0.08 (86%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Pominville – Haula – Niederreiter10:28

    xG 0.66–0.54 (55%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  3. Staal – Parise – Coyle7:27

    xG 0.51–0.40 (56%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  4. Koivu – Coyle – Graovac7:01

    xG 0.18–0.14 (56%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Folin2:48

    xG 0.46–0.08 (85%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon18:57

    xG 1.04–0.96 (52%)attempts 22–29goals 0–1

  3. Reilly – Dumba5:12

    xG 0.16–0.15 (51%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Eakin – Seguin14:42

    xG 0.59–0.14 (81%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Sharp – Eaves13:08

    xG 1.07–0.68 (61%)attempts 17–16goals 1–0

  3. Korpikoski – Cracknell – Shore7:50

    xG 0.33–0.07 (82%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Ritchie – Faksa9:48

    xG 0.40–0.90 (31%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Honka15:26

    xG 1.04–0.28 (79%)attempts 22–12goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Lindell15:28

    xG 0.30–0.57 (35%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Oleksiak12:47

    xG 0.68–0.97 (41%)attempts 11–21goals 1–1

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 3.2 xGMIN 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 78/100 · #242 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 60% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).