Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.
Shot quality
Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken,
the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works
MIN 67%Deserve to win33% DAL
MIN
DAL
2.92
Expected goals
3.89
2
Goals (no shootout)
5
1.97
Expected goals, 5 on 5
1.28
68
Shot attempts
52
51
Unblocked attempts
35
41
Shots on goal
25
Game notes
What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is
counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the
shots' expected goals (xG).
2nd Period
0:46
DAL
Deserve to win
Deserve to win · DAL takes the lead, 61–39%
MIN had led since 1:51 of the 1st, by as much as 76%
0:50
DAL
xG swing
xG swing · Out-chanced MIN 1.13–0.01
In xG over 10 minutes, 10:50 of the 1st to 0:50 of the 2nd; goals 1–0
3rd Period
3:29
DAL
Goalie
Goalie · Oettinger +2.0 goals saved
0 goals on 2.00 xG, 27 shots on goal
6:50
MIN
Deserve to win
Deserve to win · MIN takes the lead, 60–40%
DAL had led since 0:46 of the 2nd, by as much as 68%
14:30
DAL
No shift
No shift · Duchene, 13:51 on the bench
No shift after 2:19 of the 3rd; 13 shifts (9:45) before that
16:50
DAL
Shortened bench
Shortened bench · 2 forwards sat
Hryckowian and Bastian: no shift after 6:14 of the 3rd
17:38
MIN
Pulled goalie
Pulled goalie · Pulled Gustavsson, down 3–2
With 2:22 left; DAL scored at 18:18 of the 3rd (2–4)
18:25
MIN
Pulled goalie
Pulled goalie · Pulled Gustavsson, down 4–2
With 1:35 left; DAL scored at 19:50 of the 3rd (2–5)
Shot map
MIN shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ DAL shoots
About these numbers
xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot
from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the
share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how
often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count
as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map
leaves them out.
An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a
player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays,
all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.
