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Fri, Feb 17, 2023·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 1, Minnesota Wild 2 (SO)

Expected result

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

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL0701119031130
MIN0801714032232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 6:37MINMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Matt Boldy, Alex Goligoski · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:24DALJamie BennAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Miro Heiskanen · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Mats Zuccarello stopped
  2. 2. DAL Jason Robertson scored
  3. 3. MIN Kirill Kaprizov stopped
  4. 4. DAL Joe Pavelski stopped
  5. 5. MIN Frederick Gaudreau scored
  6. 6. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  7. 7. MIN Matt Boldy scored
  8. 8. DAL Wyatt Johnston stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:13MINMathew Dumba: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 12:06MINAlex Goligoski: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:17MINMatt Boldy: Interference2 min
  4. P1 16:17DALMason Marchment: Holding2 min
  5. P2 5:49MINJon Merrill: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 15:01DALJani Hakanpää: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 18:36MINMathew Dumba: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 5:53DALColin Miller: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. OT 3:33MINMathew Dumba: Roughing2 min
  10. OT 3:33DALMason Marchment: Cross checking2 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 20:00Gaudreau won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
30Shots on goal32
3.0Expected goals2.1
68Shot attempts55
31Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
8Penalty minutes12
13Hits14
13Blocked shots22
3Giveaways8
8Takeaways7

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. bestSeguin – Faksa – Marchment9:28

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:45

    xG 0.10–0.16 (40%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston8:25

    xG 0.34–0.50 (41%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Glendening – Gurianov – Karlstrom5:28

    xG 0.03–0.20 (13%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Lundkvist11:12

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Heiskanen15:00

    xG 0.20–0.33 (38%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell15:33

    xG 0.38–0.51 (42%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson Ek – Beckman – Boldy8:39

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Boldy2:21

    xG 0.13–0.02 (90%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – Shaw – Dewar5:39

    xG 0.19–0.16 (53%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. Gaudreau – Greenway – Duhaime8:45

    xG 0.13–0.15 (47%)attempts 3–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Merrill8:40

    xG 0.42–0.19 (69%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  2. Brodin – Dumba14:24

    xG 0.21–0.08 (74%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Spurgeon – Middleton11:26

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 10–11goals 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 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 46/100 · #798 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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.

MIN winsDAL wins

Simulated goal difference (MIN − DAL), 10,000 replays

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).