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Sat, Apr 6, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Minnesota Wild 0, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 82% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0705012024
DAL014020310344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 2:44DALTyler SeguinPPGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov, John Klingberg · Slap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:55DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Oleksiak, Jamie Benn · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:01DALTyler PitlickAssists: Roope Hintz, Jason Dickinson · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:27DALAlexander Radulov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:39MINJonas Brodin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:43MINJordan Greenway: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 7:05MINNick Seeler: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 7:05DALRadek Faksa: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 9:11DALRadek Faksa: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 9:11MINNick Seeler: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 2:03MINGreg Pateryn: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 13:55DALTaylor Fedun: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDAL
24Shots on goal44
2.0Expected goals4.2
49Shot attempts68
24Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
11Hits14
10Blocked shots17
9Giveaways20
6Takeaways6

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. bestFiala – Donato – Sturm6:39

    xG 0.63–0.46 (58%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Zucker – Rask4:21

    xG 0.03–0.33 (7%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Fiala – Eriksson Ek – Kunin2:16

    xG 0.01–0.34 (3%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  4. Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin7:13

    xG 0.08–0.98 (8%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Bitetto4:48

    xG 0.47–0.29 (62%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Brodin – Hunt8:33

    xG 0.10–0.38 (20%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  3. Pateryn – Seeler7:17

    xG 0.23–0.61 (28%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Pitlick – Hintz5:26

    xG 0.80–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Dowling – Janmark9:15

    xG 0.55–0.14 (80%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Dickinson – Hintz3:35

    xG 0.50–0.15 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Seguin5:28

    xG 0.26–0.03 (89%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFedun – Oleksiak11:46

    xG 1.03–0.48 (68%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell13:19

    xG 0.71–0.52 (58%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Heiskanen16:31

    xG 1.15–0.96 (54%)attempts 15–17goals 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 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 6/100 · #1165 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Dallas Stars win this game 82% 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).