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Sat, Nov 16, 2024·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Dallas Stars 2, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 64% of the time.

MIN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL115011114240
MIN0704112123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:43DALMason MarchmentAssists: Ilya Lyubushkin, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:24DALMason MarchmentGWGAssists: Sam Steel, Ilya Lyubushkin · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P3 14:10MINKirill KaprizovAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Matt Boldy · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:12MINFrederick Gaudreau: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:10DALBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:10MINJake Middleton: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:31MINZach Bogosian: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 15:31DALMathew Dumba: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 2:36DALBrendan Smith: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 7:56DALJamie Benn: Tripping2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Rossi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMIN
40Shots on goal23
2.7Expected goals1.9
66Shot attempts62
32Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
14Penalty minutes12
14Hits29
17Blocked shots14
16Giveaways19
8Takeaways5

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 – Marchment12:50

    xG 0.80–0.25 (76%)attempts 20–12goals 1–1

  2. Steel – Bäck – Bourque6:29

    xG 0.35–0.08 (82%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Stankoven – Johnston10:15

    xG 0.26–0.07 (78%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Hintz – Robertson10:31

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLyubushkin – Harley10:02

    xG 0.64–0.21 (75%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  2. Heiskanen – Harley5:35

    xG 0.49–0.18 (74%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Lindell – Lyubushkin4:27

    xG 0.24–0.02 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Kaprizov – Boldy8:55

    xG 0.44–0.23 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. Kaprizov – Boldy – Rossi3:52

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Hartman – Trenin4:04

    xG 0.10–0.09 (54%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Lauko – Khusnutdinov – Milne4:38

    xG 0.01–0.01 (49%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chisholm – Faber2:31

    xG 0.07–0.27 (21%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  2. Middleton – Faber15:34

    xG 0.58–0.85 (40%)attempts 20–20goals 0–1

  3. Spurgeon – Chisholm15:04

    xG 0.31–0.61 (34%)attempts 12–23goals 1–0

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 1.9 xGDAL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #1071 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50MIN 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 64% 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).