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Sat, Jan 18, 2020·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 0, Minnesota Wild 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 54% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0701307027
MIN21238212732

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:32MINJared SpurgeonGWGAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Ryan Suter · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:27MINCarson SoucyAssists: Jason Zucker · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:38MINJason ZuckerPPAssists: Kevin Fiala, Jonas Brodin · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P2 4:11MINRyan DonatoAssists: Ryan Hartman · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P2 19:07MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Jason Zucker, Mathew Dumba · Snap, 0.13 xG0–5
  6. P3 13:19MINZach ParisePPAssists: Ryan Suter, Eric Staal · Tip-in, 0.20 xG0–6
  7. P3 16:50MINRyan HartmanPPAssists: Jordan Greenway, Ryan Donato · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–7
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:51DALStephen Johns: Interference2 min
  2. P1 4:51MINLuke Kunin: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 1:59DALAlexander Radulov: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:08DALCorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:08MINMats Zuccarello: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 15:48MINJordan Greenway: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 12:42DALJason Dickinson: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 15:06MINLuke Kunin: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 15:06DALCorey Perry: Roughing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 15:06DALCorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 15:06DALCorey Perry: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 15:06MINLuke Kunin: Misconduct10 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
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
27Shots on goal32
1.8Expected goals2.1
54Shot attempts48
40Faceoffs won18
1Power plays3
22Penalty minutes18
17Hits13
9Blocked shots14
7Giveaways4
2Takeaways6

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. bestPavelski – Comeau – Gurianov5:17

    xG 0.46–0.08 (85%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  2. Janmark – Hintz – Kiviranta6:12

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  3. Benn – Seguin – Gurianov2:23

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Kiviranta2:32

    xG 0.08–0.05 (60%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Oleksiak2:11

    xG 0.46–0.07 (87%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  2. Klingberg – Oleksiak14:27

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 20–10goals 0–1

  3. Klingberg – Lindell2:34

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZucker – Rask – Fiala10:01

    xG 0.22–0.08 (72%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Parise – Zuccarello10:10

    xG 0.08–0.06 (57%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin11:02

    xG 0.11–0.12 (49%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  4. Hartman – Donato – Greenway8:05

    xG 0.49–0.56 (47%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon12:42

    xG 0.36–0.15 (70%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Pateryn – Soucy15:06

    xG 0.38–0.31 (56%)attempts 15–17goals 2–0

  3. Brodin – Dumba18:11

    xG 0.47–0.59 (45%)attempts 10–11goals 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.

MIN 2.1 xGDAL 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1064 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 54% 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).