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Thu, Mar 14, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 4, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 92% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL09311111431
MIN0715010122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:11DALRadek FaksaAssists: Blake Comeau, Roman Polak · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:25DALRoope HintzGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.00 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:33DALJoel L'EsperanceAssists: Jamie Benn, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.28 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:14MINJason ZuckerPPAssists: Pontus Aberg, Brad Hunt · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:42DALAlexander RadulovENAssists: Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.67 xG4–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 8:08DALRoope Hintz: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 14:31MINJonas Brodin: Hooking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Kunin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
31Shots on goal22
3.5Expected goals1.0
53Shot attempts41
30Faceoffs won20
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
19Hits16
13Blocked shots13
2Giveaways6
8Takeaways4

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. bestBenn – Dickinson – L'Esperance10:29

    xG 0.80–0.12 (87%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Radulov – Seguin – Hintz13:02

    xG 0.50–0.17 (74%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Comeau – Faksa – Janmark13:19

    xG 0.42–0.11 (79%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  4. Spezza – Cogliano – Ritchie7:38

    xG 0.07–0.02 (79%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell19:40

    xG 0.63–0.10 (86%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  2. Polak – Heiskanen17:29

    xG 0.73–0.21 (78%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  3. Lovejoy – Fedun11:50

    xG 0.51–0.13 (79%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Zucker – Donato8:23

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Parise – Fiala – Kunin7:29

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Fehr – Foligno – Brown7:40

    xG 0.01–0.14 (7%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

  4. Zucker – Donato – Kunin7:06

    xG 0.05–0.21 (19%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brodin – Hunt2:29

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Pateryn – Brodin17:42

    xG 0.09–0.35 (20%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Spurgeon20:12

    xG 0.35–0.67 (34%)attempts 17–17goals 0–2

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 1.0 xGDAL 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #941 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 92% 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).