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Tue, Dec 9, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Dallas Stars 4, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 62% of the time.

WPG winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL162815419
WPG01121418333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:44DALEsa LindellAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:16DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Wyatt Johnston · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:31DALAlexander PetrovicAssists: Mavrik Bourque · Slap, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:04WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Kyle Connor · Snap, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:52WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Josh Morrissey, Kyle Connor · Slap, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:46DALJason RobertsonPPGWGAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Mikko Rantanen · Slap, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 5:54WPGLogan StanleyAssists: Cole Perfetti, Gabriel Vilardi · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:44DALJustin Hryckowian: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:01WPGMorgan Barron: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:32WPGMorgan Barron: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:46DALWyatt Johnston: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 3:07WPGDylan DeMelo: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 8:25DALAlexander Petrovic: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 11:01WPGVladislav Namestnikov: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 17:30DALMikko Rantanen: 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 SOG0WPG
47% to win53% to win
← DAL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Steel
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALWPG
19Shots on goal33
2.6Expected goals3.3
45Shot attempts64
34Faceoffs won21
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
8Hits32
15Blocked shots10
17Giveaways15
5Takeaways6

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 – Hintz – Robertson7:29

    xG 0.81–0.08 (91%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Rantanen – Steel – Johnston4:04

    xG 0.22–0.03 (87%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Blackwell – Faksa – Steel4:20

    xG 0.02–0.19 (9%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Bäck – Bourque – Hryckowian9:39

    xG 0.39–0.62 (39%)attempts 7–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetrovic – Harley12:57

    xG 0.59–0.16 (79%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Capobianco – Lundkvist7:53

    xG 0.35–0.44 (44%)attempts 8–9goals 0–2

  3. Lindell – Heiskanen13:40

    xG 0.71–1.33 (35%)attempts 12–22goals 1–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Connor – Iafallo11:50

    xG 0.98–0.62 (61%)attempts 21–10goals 1–1

  2. Namestnikov – Vilardi – Perfetti2:24

    xG 0.28–0.10 (74%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

  3. Niederreiter – Lowry – Pearson2:34

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi2:29

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Stanley6:18

    xG 0.47–0.12 (80%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

  2. Morrissey – Pionk6:01

    xG 0.20–0.06 (78%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Samberg – Pionk6:58

    xG 0.11–0.01 (93%)attempts 5–3goals 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.

WPG 3.3 xGDAL 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WPG's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WPG is favoured, below it DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 73/100 · #414 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 62% of the time.

WPG winsDAL wins

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

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