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Thu, Dec 29, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 4, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 80% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL115010318443
MIN1905010124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:13DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Ryan Suter, Wyatt Johnston · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:09MINKirill KaprizovAssists: Jon Merrill · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:29DALWyatt JohnstonGWGAssists: Nils Lundkvist, Miro Heiskanen · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:26DALJamie BennPPAssists: Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:58DALTyler SeguinENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.64 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:55MINMatt Boldy: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:55MINMatt Boldy: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 5:55DALMason Marchment: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 8:28DALWyatt Johnston: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 16:46MINJon Merrill: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 7:58DALJoel Kiviranta: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 12:01MINRyan Hartman: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:58MINMathew Dumba: 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
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hartman won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
43Shots on goal24
4.0Expected goals2.1
73Shot attempts58
46Faceoffs won18
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes18
11Hits21
17Blocked shots18
1Giveaways5
4Takeaways8

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. bestBenn – Marchment – Johnston11:28

    xG 0.96–0.43 (69%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. Seguin – Dellandrea – Kiviranta8:40

    xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Faksa – Olofsson8:29

    xG 0.03–0.03 (51%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  4. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:15

    xG 0.30–0.40 (43%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeiskanen – Lundkvist15:59

    xG 1.28–0.67 (66%)attempts 20–26goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Miller11:06

    xG 0.28–0.15 (64%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell12:11

    xG 0.32–0.28 (53%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Hartman – Greenway – Eriksson Ek9:25

    xG 0.34–0.29 (53%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Walker – Boldy8:45

    xG 0.36–0.57 (39%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – Dewar – Beckman7:22

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  4. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Steel13:59

    xG 0.26–0.67 (28%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton11:47

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  2. Dumba – Middleton2:03

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Merrill – Middleton2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 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.

MIN 2.1 xGDAL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 34/100 · #935 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 80% 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).