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Thu, Apr 14, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Minnesota Wild 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 70% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN1101130311327
DAL0131151800236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:14MINKevin FialaAssists: Frederick Gaudreau, Matt Boldy · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:02DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Roope Hintz, Joe Pavelski · Backhand, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:36MINKevin FialaSHAssists: Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:55DALJason RobertsonAssists: Roope Hintz, Miro Heiskanen · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:40MINFrederick GaudreauGWGAssists: Marc-Andre Fleury, Kevin Fiala · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 4:42MINNick Bjugstad: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:49MINRyan Hartman: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 13:55MINDmitry Kulikov: High sticking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← MIN attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDAL
27Shots on goal36
2.2Expected goals3.3
54Shot attempts61
23Faceoffs won34
0Power plays3
6Penalty minutes0
17Hits19
12Blocked shots16
11Giveaways9
5Takeaways2

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Jost7:36

    xG 0.28–0.24 (54%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Deslauriers – Bjugstad – Duhaime8:58

    xG 0.22–0.22 (50%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy11:25

    xG 0.35–0.57 (38%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov15:02

    xG 0.47–0.84 (36%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Brodin19:53

    xG 0.79–0.33 (71%)attempts 20–14goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Benn14:08

    xG 0.67–0.82 (45%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  3. Spurgeon – Middleton15:54

    xG 0.15–0.88 (15%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson13:28

    xG 0.76–0.25 (75%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. Glendening – Faksa – Raffl10:57

    xG 0.61–0.34 (64%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Seguin – Gurianov9:44

    xG 0.25–0.29 (46%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  4. Radulov – Peterson – Studenic4:25

    xG 0.12–0.59 (17%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen17:40

    xG 1.02–0.53 (66%)attempts 22–16goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Hanley14:21

    xG 0.78–0.64 (55%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell15:48

    xG 0.39–0.56 (41%)attempts 11–18goals 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 3.3 xGMIN 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 50/100 · #730 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 70% 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).