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Tue, Jan 24, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Minnesota Wild 3, Dallas Stars 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 72% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN11416011023333
DAL08211014042237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:35MINJason PominvilleUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:38MINMikko KoivuPPAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Mikael Granlund · Slap, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:38DALTyler SeguinAssists: Antoine Roussel, Jason Spezza · Snap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:39DALPatrick EavesPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza · Tip-in, 0.23 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Patrick Eaves scored
  2. 2. MIN Jason Pominville scored
  3. 3. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  4. 4. MIN Zach Parise stopped
  5. 5. DAL Patrick Sharp stopped
  6. 6. MIN Jason Zucker stopped
  7. 7. DAL Jamie Benn scored
  8. 8. MIN Mikko Koivu scored
  9. 9. DAL Jason Spezza stopped
  10. 10. MIN Chris Stewart scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:59MINMarco Scandella: Holding2 min
  2. P1 19:20DALAntoine Roussel: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 0:46MINCharlie Coyle: Holding2 min
  4. P2 3:36DALEsa Lindell: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 10:17DALAntoine Roussel: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 19:11MINJared Spurgeon: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P2 19:19MINEric Staal: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 8:46MINRyan Suter: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 18:08DALJason Spezza: Tripping2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
44% to win56% to win
← MIN attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDAL
33Shots on goal37
2.8Expected goals4.2
59Shot attempts72
27Faceoffs won33
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
8Hits13
15Blocked shots11
6Giveaways22
3Takeaways7

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. bestPominville – Parise – Haula8:45

    xG 0.67–0.19 (78%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Coyle – Niederreiter10:36

    xG 0.11–0.09 (56%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  3. Koivu – Zucker – Granlund10:40

    xG 0.62–0.72 (46%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

  4. Stewart – Schroeder – Graovac7:09

    xG 0.04–0.58 (6%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Dumba13:05

    xG 0.77–0.49 (61%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon17:40

    xG 0.77–0.58 (57%)attempts 17–22goals 0–1

  3. Prosser – Reilly9:29

    xG 0.19–0.48 (28%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCracknell – McKenzie – Ritchie7:33

    xG 0.48–0.35 (58%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Roussel – Seguin9:45

    xG 0.14–0.19 (42%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Sharp – Korpikoski – Shore9:34

    xG 0.42–0.52 (44%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  4. Eaves – Benn – Eakin10:34

    xG 0.47–0.59 (44%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell13:56

    xG 0.89–0.35 (72%)attempts 23–13goals 0–0

  2. Johns – Nemeth7:05

    xG 0.42–0.33 (56%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. Hamhuis – Klingberg2:20

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

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.

DAL 4.2 xGMIN 2.8 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 83/100 · #181 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 72% 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).