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Tue, Oct 29, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Minnesota Wild 3, Dallas Stars 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 77% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN2101606322
DAL09110518637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:50MINJason ZuckerAssists: Eric Staal · Snap, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:54MINEric StaalPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Brad Hunt · Snap, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:26MINRyan SuterPPAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Jason Zucker · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–0
  4. P2 19:12DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Taylor Fedun, Tyler Seguin · Slap, 0.44 xG3–1
  5. P3 4:09DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Alexander Radulov, Joe Pavelski · Backhand, 0.26 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:36DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 11:31DALAlexander RadulovGWGAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jamie Oleksiak · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:20DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.25 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:30DALAlexander RadulovENAssists: Joe Pavelski, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.53 xG3–6
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:46MINJordan Greenway: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:47DALCorey Perry: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 16:15DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:47MINJared Spurgeon: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 0:44DALDenis Gurianov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 13:37DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 15:52DALJoe Pavelski: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 15:52MINMats Zuccarello: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 3:41MINJonas Brodin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P3 14:20MINJason Zucker: Too many men on the ice2 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
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDAL
22Shots on goal37
2.1Expected goals3.8
46Shot attempts60
23Faceoffs won37
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
10Hits21
9Blocked shots13
20Giveaways14
3Takeaways5

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. Rask – Donato – Greenway4:52

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Parise – Eriksson Ek – Kunin12:25

    xG 0.49–0.49 (50%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

  3. Koivu – Foligno – Hartman8:17

    xG 0.06–0.13 (32%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker10:15

    xG 0.45–0.85 (34%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Brodin – Dumba12:35

    xG 0.31–0.32 (49%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

  2. Brodin – Soucy2:05

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Hunt – Soucy11:17

    xG 0.36–0.47 (43%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin4:44

    xG 1.01–0.04 (96%)attempts 7–1goals 2–0

  2. Pavelski – Radulov – Hintz7:07

    xG 0.22–0.07 (77%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Gurianov4:12

    xG 0.08–0.01 (87%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Faksa – Janmark4:21

    xG 0.17–0.16 (52%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFedun – Heiskanen3:49

    xG 0.40–0.12 (77%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen7:51

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Fedun – Hanley6:57

    xG 0.11–0.07 (61%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

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 3.8 xGMIN 2.1 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 92/100 · #81 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 77% 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).