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Sun, Dec 1, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 2, Minnesota Wild 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 63% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL0818111012228
MIN0111619033329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:43MINKevin FialaPPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise · Tip-in, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:28DALJohn KlingbergPPAssists: Esa Lindell, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:09DALBlake ComeauUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:30MINZach ParisePPAssists: Kevin Fiala, Jared Spurgeon · Backhand, 0.22 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Zach Parise scored
  2. 2. DAL Joe Pavelski scored
  3. 3. MIN Kevin Fiala scored
  4. 4. DAL Tyler Seguin scored
  5. 5. MIN Mats Zuccarello stopped
  6. 6. DAL Alexander Radulov stopped
  7. 7. MIN Mikko Koivu scored
  8. 8. DAL Corey Perry stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:56DALJamie Oleksiak: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:53MINRyan Donato: Holding2 min
  3. P2 7:45MINJason Zucker: Interference2 min
  4. P2 12:31DALJamie Oleksiak: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:33MINRyan Donato: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 17:17DALAlexander Radulov: Holding2 min · PPG

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
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
28Shots on goal29
1.7Expected goals2.4
55Shot attempts52
24Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
13Hits13
15Blocked shots19
3Giveaways7
2Takeaways9

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. bestPerry – Janmark – Dickinson8:35

    xG 0.25–0.04 (86%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Gurianov11:37

    xG 0.23–0.11 (68%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa8:01

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Seguin12:05

    xG 0.20–0.20 (50%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell14:25

    xG 0.26–0.10 (72%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen14:02

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Oleksiak2:42

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Zuccarello – Zucker12:45

    xG 0.66–0.54 (55%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1

  2. Foligno – Hartman – Donato7:20

    xG 0.22–0.12 (64%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin10:16

    xG 0.01–0.02 (35%)attempts 1–11goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Parise – Fiala10:37

    xG 0.02–0.41 (4%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodin – Dumba19:36

    xG 0.59–0.36 (62%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Hunt – Soucy9:41

    xG 0.26–0.36 (42%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Spurgeon16:06

    xG 0.08–0.30 (22%)attempts 6–19goals 0–1

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.

MIN 2.4 xGDAL 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 80/100 · #213 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.18 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 63% 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).