Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota WildApr 30, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	0	2	0	2		DAL	4	10	9	23
MIN	1	1	3	5		MIN	7	6	8	21

: DAL 49MIN 50
: DAL 1.81MIN 3.13
PP goals: DAL 1MIN 0
Hits: DAL 34MIN 32
Blocks: DAL 14MIN 14
PIM: DAL 6MIN 4
: DAL 42%MIN 58%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Minnesota Wild beat Dallas Stars 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat Dallas Stars 5–2 at home. Quinn Hughes (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:23 together.

Points
Quinn Hughes had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 28:55.Hughes
Points
Matt Boldy had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:08.Boldy
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:23 together.Duchene Rantanen Robertson Heiskanen Johnston
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Foligno–Sturm skated 7:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Foligno Sturm
Luck
MIN scored 5 goals on 3.13 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Radek Faksa (DAL) played 7:08, −7:11 down on his 14:19 season average over 5 games.Faksa
Usage
Vladimir Tarasenko (MIN) played 11:01, −3:30 down on his 14:31 season average over 10 games.Tarasenko
Usage
Colin Blackwell (DAL) played 7:12, −5:39 down on his 12:51 season average over 5 games.Blackwell

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← DAL attacks left (bottom on phones)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
DAL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · MIN 50 · DAL 49

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN pressure
DAL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 24% of the game, MIN 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

MIN

DAL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

MIN skaters (rows) against DAL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the MIN side.

Matchup matrix

MIN xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	DAL	MIN
	50	47
	1.65	1.56
	1.61	1.54
	11	8
	2	5
	13	14
	−0.060	+0.060
	24%	39%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Dallas Stars

L1Rantanen – Robertson – Johnston
10:1363% CF
L2Benn – Duchene – Steel
3:180% CF
L3Blackwell – Faksa – Bäck
3:0650% CF
L4Bunting – Bourque – Hryckowian
1:00100% CF
D1Heiskanen – Harley
18:0764% CF
D2Lindell – Lyubushkin
12:5133% CF
D3Petrovic – Bichsel
9:4450% CF

PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:23100% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Steel
1:58
PK2FFaksa – Bäck
1:30
PK1DLindell – Heiskanen
3:21
PK2DHarley – Bichsel
1:21

Current DAL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
12:0764% CF
L2Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
11:2937% CF
L3Tarasenko – McCarron – Trenin
7:3575% CF
L4Foligno – Foligno – Sturm
7:3118% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
20:5147% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
13:0038% CF
D3Petry – Bogosian
6:5553% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
4:06100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – Hartman – Faber
0:41
PK1FFoligno – Sturm
0:48
PK2FEriksson Ek – Boldy
0:31
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
1:22
PK2DBogosian – Spurgeon
0:28

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	0	1	0	24:45	—	—	50	46
Wyatt Johnston C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.59	0	1	0	23:26	—	—	53	52
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	-3	0	0.06	3	3	2	21:46	—	—	52	50
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	1	1	-3	0	0.00	0	0	2	19:03	—	—	22	13
Sam Steel C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	33	49
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	2	0	0	11:46	—	—	43	48
Oskar Bäck C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	11:52	—	—	53	22
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	7:12	—	—	67	31
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	7:08	—	—	60	14
Justin Hryckowian C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	6	2	0	15:35	—	—	63	78
Mavrik Bourque C	L4	1	0	1	0	5	0.54	5	0	0	15:09	—	—	59	68
Michael Bunting L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	9:11	—	—	67	74
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-4	2	0.06	0	0	0	28:01	—	—	58	44
Thomas Harley D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.12	0	2	0	25:25	—	—	68	58
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:14	—	—	50	63
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	3	1	0	14:32	—	—	30	45
Lian Bichsel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	13:55	—	—	45	41
Alexander Petrovic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	11:55	—	—	44	46

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	19	16	3	.842	1.81	57:30

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	4	1	0	22:11	—	—	56	46
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	0	0	2	18:32	—	—	57	52
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	65	60
Matt Boldy L	L2	2	0	2	+2	5	1.60	1	2	0	24:08	—	—	27	31
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.29	2	1	0	20:00	—	—	35	37
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	0	0	15:17	—	—	41	49
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	2	1	0	11:41	—	—	77	58
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	1	0	0	11:01	—	—	79	64
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	10:18	—	—	64	47
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	6	1	0	11:15	—	—	33	55
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	5	2	0	10:22	—	—	36	76
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:59	—	—	25	74
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.02	1	1	0	29:53	—	—	47	54
Quinn Hughes D	D1	2	1	3	+2	3	0.15	0	2	0	28:55	—	—	49	57
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	19:26	—	—	44	36
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	46	45
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:37	—	—	52	41
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	7:13	—	—	53	56

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	1.81	59:07

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Quinn Hughes (MIN) 1st 6:23 · assists Marcus Foligno, Nico Sturm · Rush · passed in · 74.4 mph shot · 4.5 s from entry to goal.

Quinn Hughes · 1st 6:23 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 74.4 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Wyatt Johnston · 2nd 7:01 · DAL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5
Shot: 48.8 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: one-timer

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Mavrik Bourque · 2nd 16:08 · DAL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 30.6 mph
Distance: 54 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Vladimir Tarasenko · 2nd 17:02 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Quinn Hughes · 3rd 10:38 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.0 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Matt Boldy · 3rd 18:29 · MIN EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Matt Boldy · 3rd 19:45 · MIN EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.2 mph
Distance: 18 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota WildApr 30, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Dallas Stars 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Dallas Stars

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Dallas Stars

Minnesota Wild

Goal anatomy

Quinn Hughes · 1st 6:23 · MIN

Wyatt Johnston · 2nd 7:01 · DAL PP

Mavrik Bourque · 2nd 16:08 · DAL

Vladimir Tarasenko · 2nd 17:02 · MIN

Quinn Hughes · 3rd 10:38 · MIN

Matt Boldy · 3rd 18:29 · MIN EN

Matt Boldy · 3rd 19:45 · MIN EN