Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas StarsApr 18, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	3	2	6		MIN	11	13	5	29
DAL	0	1	0	1		DAL	8	8	12	28

: MIN 45DAL 55
: MIN 2.41DAL 2.79
PP goals: MIN 2DAL 1
Hits: MIN 49DAL 39
Blocks: MIN 17DAL 7
PIM: MIN 10DAL 10
: MIN 49%DAL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout Dallas Stars 6–1

Minnesota Wild beat Dallas Stars 6–1 at DAL. Matt Boldy (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 4:31 together.

Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:05.Eriksson Ek
Points
Matt Boldy had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 8 shots in 17:50.Boldy
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:58.Kaprizov
Points
Mats Zuccarello had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:41.Zuccarello
Points
Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:05.Hartman
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 4:31 together.Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Hughes Boldy
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:33 together.Duchene Rantanen Robertson Heiskanen Johnston
Luck
MIN scored 6 goals on 2.41 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

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

DAL
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · DAL 55 · MIN 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 28% of the game, DAL 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

MIN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

DAL 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	MIN	DAL
	42	48
	1.44	1.65
	1.40	1.58
	8	5
	4	4
	18	17
	−0.012	+0.012
	28%	38%

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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
11:0950% CF
L2Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
8:5957% CF
L3Tarasenko – Trenin – Yurov
8:0743% CF
L4Foligno – Foligno – McCarron
6:5233% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
13:3262% CF
D2Spurgeon – Brodin
12:3923% CF
D3Bogosian – Middleton
8:4862% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
4:31100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – Hartman – Hughes
0:54100% CF
PK1FFoligno – McCarron
2:22
PK2FEriksson Ek – Boldy
1:31
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
4:06
PK2DSpurgeon – Brodin
0:50

Current MIN line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Duchene – Robertson – Bourque
10:4867% CF
L2Rantanen – Steel – Johnston
9:4331% CF
L3Blackwell – Faksa – Erne
5:4856% CF
L4Benn – Bäck – Hryckowian
4:1613% CF
D1Lundkvist – Harley
10:0153% CF
D2Lindell – Heiskanen
9:4643% CF
D3Myers – Bichsel
8:5480% CF

PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
5:33100% CF
PP2Benn – Lindell – Harley – Bourque – Hryckowian
0:23
PK1FFaksa – Bäck
2:30
PK2FBlackwell – Steel
1:20
PK1DLindell – Heiskanen
4:00
PK2DMyers – Harley
1:20

Current DAL 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.

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	2	3	+3	2	0.33	2	0	0	17:58	—	—	60	76
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	3	3	+2	1	0.01	2	1	0	16:41	—	—	53	63
Ryan Hartman R	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.19	2	3	0	16:05	—	—	35	62
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	2	1	3	+1	5	0.44	2	0	0	19:05	—	—	62	44
Matt Boldy L	L2	2	1	3	+2	8	0.83	2	1	2	17:50	—	—	63	42
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	3	1	2	12:14	—	—	54	23
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	1	0	14:36	—	—	30	57
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	13	2	0	13:36	—	—	32	57
Danila Yurov R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	2	0	2	10:22	—	—	41	52
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	7	0	0	13:03	—	—	33	3
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	12:45	—	—	44	5
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	10:51	—	—	25	5
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	+4	3	0.07	0	1	0	24:35	—	—	61	58
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.02	0	1	0	24:30	—	—	57	57
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	19:35	—	—	28	14
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	4	1	0	18:40	—	—	22	4
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:29	—	—	57	64
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:01	—	—	50	47

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.79	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	68	86
Jason Robertson L	L1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.80	0	0	0	19:56	—	—	63	83
Mavrik Bourque C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	5	0	2	15:59	—	—	77	88
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	0	1	1	-3	4	0.45	3	0	0	21:44	—	—	46	42
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.25	2	0	4	21:22	—	—	48	43
Sam Steel C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:41	—	—	30	43
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:17	—	—	50	5
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	0	0	11:03	—	—	64	26
Adam Erne L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	2	0	0	8:07	—	—	58	26
Justin Hryckowian C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	13:00	—	—	56	43
Jamie Benn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	3	0	0	11:55	—	—	41	45
Oskar Bäck C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:20	—	—	30	15
Thomas Harley D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.00	1	1	0	19:40	—	—	48	34
Nils Lundkvist D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	2	0	17:55	—	—	65	49
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.34	0	0	0	23:55	—	—	44	63
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	21:18	—	—	43	64
Lian Bichsel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	15:21	—	—	78	92
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	3	1	2	15:01	—	—	50	41

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	28	23	5	.821	2.17	58:34

Goal anatomy

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

Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN PP) 1st 5:35 · assists Matt Boldy, Mats Zuccarello · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 5-on-4 at the blue line · 61.3 mph shot · 6.8 s from entry to goal.

Joel Eriksson Ek · 1st 5:35 · MIN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.3 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s

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Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 0:56 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.2 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s

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Ryan Hartman · 2nd 3:28 · MIN

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 27.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Matt Boldy · 2nd 6:30 · MIN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Jason Robertson · 2nd 15:10 · DAL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 8:13 · MIN PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 44.4 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Matt Boldy · 3rd 16:52 · MIN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.4 mph
Distance: 115 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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas StarsApr 18, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild rout Dallas Stars 6–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Dallas Stars

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Dallas Stars

Goal anatomy

Joel Eriksson Ek · 1st 5:35 · MIN PP

Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 0:56 · MIN

Ryan Hartman · 2nd 3:28 · MIN

Matt Boldy · 2nd 6:30 · MIN

Jason Robertson · 2nd 15:10 · DAL PP

Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 8:13 · MIN PP

Matt Boldy · 3rd 16:52 · MIN EN