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Sun, Dec 4, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Minnesota Wild 6, Dallas Stars 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 66% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN1739112033631
DAL01211349012535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:04MINKirill KaprizovPPAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Calen Addison · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:58DALRoope HintzAssists: Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:42MINConnor DewarSHAssists: Mason Shaw · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:17MINJake MiddletonAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Reaves · Snap, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:32MINJordan GreenwayAssists: Ryan Reaves · Wrist, 0.23 xG4–1
  6. P3 0:29MINJoel Eriksson EkAssists: Marcus Foligno, Jared Spurgeon · Deflected, 0.10 xG5–1
  7. P3 7:12DALRoope HintzAssists: Joe Pavelski, Mason Marchment · Snap, 0.14 xG5–2
  8. P3 7:50DALJason RobertsonAssists: Roope Hintz, Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.15 xG5–3
  9. P3 9:55DALMason MarchmentAssists: Joe Pavelski, Radek Faksa · Snap, 0.17 xG5–4
  10. P3 17:49DALRoope HintzAssists: Joe Pavelski, Colin Miller · Snap, 0.15 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Jason Robertson scored
  2. 2. MIN Mats Zuccarello scored
  3. 3. DAL Joe Pavelski scored
  4. 4. MIN Kirill Kaprizov scored
  5. 5. DAL Roope Hintz stopped
  6. 6. MIN Frederick Gaudreau scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:45DALMiro Heiskanen: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 9:37DALRyan Suter: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 11:33MINMats Zuccarello: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 13:53DALJoel Hanley: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 15:09MINJake Middleton: Interference2 min
  6. P1 19:07MINJordan Greenway: Holding2 min
  7. P2 9:30MINMats Zuccarello: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:27MINJake Middleton: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 11:27DALRadek Faksa: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 11:27DALRadek Faksa: Roughing2 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
49% to win51% to win
← MIN attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDAL
31Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals3.6
53Shot attempts65
28Faceoffs won26
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
28Hits13
21Blocked shots11
6Giveaways10
5Takeaways6

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. bestZuccarello – Kaprizov – Boldy2:03

    xG 0.29–0.04 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Petan – Gaudreau – Boldy8:53

    xG 0.14–0.19 (42%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – Shaw – Dewar6:02

    xG 0.08–0.15 (35%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Steel9:57

    xG 0.28–0.89 (24%)attempts 6–10goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton11:52

    xG 0.84–0.33 (72%)attempts 12–6goals 3–1

  2. Goligoski – Spurgeon2:30

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Dumba – Middleton2:34

    xG 0.13–0.07 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSeguin – Faksa – Marchment8:11

    xG 0.68–0.31 (69%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Glendening – Gurianov – Kiviranta4:25

    xG 0.03–0.09 (25%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson9:30

    xG 0.56–0.64 (47%)attempts 7–11goals 2–2

  4. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston7:13

    xG 0.19–0.31 (38%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen16:41

    xG 0.64–0.28 (69%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  2. Hakanpää – Lindell13:31

    xG 1.05–0.72 (59%)attempts 10–15goals 2–1

  3. Miller – Hanley6:14

    xG 0.40–0.80 (33%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

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.

DAL 3.6 xGMIN 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 100/100 · #9 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.73 · 9 goals in reach · 4-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DAL 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, Dallas Stars win this game 66% 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).