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Wed, Feb 8, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Minnesota Wild 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 77% of the time.

DAL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN09115015139
DAL014312111437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:23DALJamie BennAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:40DALRadek FaksaGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, Mason Marchment · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:54DALJani HakanpääAssists: Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:16MINJoel Eriksson EkPPAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:49DALRoope HintzENAssists: Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.79 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:58DALRadek Faksa: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 16:46DALMiro Heiskanen: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 0:53DALMason Marchment: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 10:44MINRyan Hartman: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 13:46MINJordan Greenway: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 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

20:00

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
39Shots on goal37
3.0Expected goals4.8
72Shot attempts63
20Faceoffs won30
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
24Hits14
16Blocked shots18
10Giveaways11
5Takeaways8

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. bestFoligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek8:40

    xG 1.02–0.42 (71%)attempts 10–9goals 0–2

  2. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov13:14

    xG 0.70–0.16 (81%)attempts 23–7goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – Duhaime – Dewar7:25

    xG 0.39–0.43 (48%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Steel – Boldy10:28

    xG 0.12–1.43 (8%)attempts 6–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton12:27

    xG 0.90–0.21 (81%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Dumba – Middleton2:16

    xG 0.23–0.03 (88%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Merrill – Addison10:13

    xG 0.34–0.69 (33%)attempts 12–15goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:46

    xG 0.82–0.26 (76%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Glendening – Gurianov – Studenic6:12

    xG 0.62–0.24 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston8:22

    xG 0.48–0.20 (71%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  4. Seguin – Faksa – Marchment9:25

    xG 0.40–0.99 (29%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Lundkvist13:02

    xG 1.09–0.34 (76%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  2. Hakanpää – Lindell11:03

    xG 0.61–0.29 (67%)attempts 13–10goals 3–0

  3. Miller – Heiskanen15:50

    xG 0.25–1.31 (16%)attempts 11–23goals 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 4.8 xGMIN 3.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #1079 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 77% 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).