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Sun, Nov 12, 2023·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 8, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL313212312837
MIN2121905326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:57DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:49DALRadek FaksaSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:38MINBrandon DuhaimeUnassisted · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P1 10:52DALMatt DucheneAssists: Mason Marchment, Tyler Seguin · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P1 19:12MINVinni LettieriAssists: Marco Rossi, Jonas Brodin · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P2 2:34DALWyatt JohnstonPPGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.18 xG4–2
  7. P2 12:11DALEvgenii DadonovPPAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Nils Lundkvist · Wrist, 0.38 xG5–2
  8. P2 15:59MINMats ZuccarelloPPAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy · Wrist, 0.02 xG5–3
  9. P3 1:02DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.18 xG6–3
  10. P3 3:09DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz · Slap, 0.08 xG7–3
  11. P3 17:57DALWyatt JohnstonSHAssists: Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.29 xG8–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 0:50MINBrandon Duhaime: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:14DALCraig Smith: Holding2 min
  3. P1 13:37MINConnor Dewar: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 13:37DALCraig Smith: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:09DALRyan Suter: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 0:45MINJake Middleton: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 10:52MINConnor Dewar: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P2 13:42MINMarcus Johansson: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 15:05DALJason Robertson: Roughing2 min · PPG
  10. P2 18:14MINBrandon Duhaime: Boarding5 min · PPG
  11. P2 18:14MINBrandon Duhaime: Game misconduct10 min
  12. P3 6:16MINMarc-Andre Fleury: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 15:30DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 17:11DALTyler Seguin: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Dewar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
37Shots on goal26
4.5Expected goals2.8
69Shot attempts51
41Faceoffs won22
8Power plays5
15Penalty minutes30
8Hits19
11Blocked shots16
4Giveaways6
2Takeaways7

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. bestDuchene – Seguin – Marchment9:23

    xG 0.29–0.09 (77%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston6:55

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Faksa – Steel6:34

    xG 0.08–0.15 (33%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson6:20

    xG 0.13–0.40 (25%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen10:07

    xG 0.82–0.08 (92%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Lindell – Heiskanen2:27

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Lindell – Lundkvist5:35

    xG 0.20–0.13 (61%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Boldy – Rossi8:54

    xG 0.53–0.16 (77%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Duhaime – Lettieri – Dewar3:15

    xG 0.02–0.23 (7%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Foligno – Eriksson Ek7:29

    xG 0.02–0.30 (5%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov10:15

    xG 0.20–0.56 (27%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Brodin – Faber13:01

    xG 0.34–0.40 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  2. Spurgeon – Middleton11:33

    xG 0.37–0.54 (41%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  3. Bogosian – Mermis10:21

    xG 0.19–0.52 (27%)attempts 5–10goals 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 2.8 xGDAL 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 76/100 · #370 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 75% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

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

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