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Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas StarsApr 20, 2026

FinalPlayoffs· American Airlines Center
away
MIN
2
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home
DAL
4
Goals123TShots123T
MIN1012MIN1210830
DAL1124DAL971632
MIN 57DAL 66
MIN 2.82DAL 2.80
PP goals
MIN 0DAL 1
Hits
MIN 35DAL 27
Blocks
MIN 16DAL 14
PIM
MIN 14DAL 12
MIN 55%DAL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars beat Minnesota Wild 4–2

Dallas Stars beat Minnesota Wild 4–2 at home. Wyatt Johnston (DAL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:55 together.

  1. Points
    Brock Faber had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 26:42.Faber
  2. Points
    Wyatt Johnston had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:21.Johnston
  3. Points
    Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:17.Duchene
  4. Points
    Nils Lundkvist had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:25.Lundkvist
  5. Points
    Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 28:35.Hughes
  6. PP1
    DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:55 together.DucheneRantanenRobertsonHeiskanenJohnston
  7. New line
    New look for MIN: Tarasenko–Hartman–Kaprizov skated 7:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.TarasenkoHartmanKaprizov
  8. Usage
    Jason Robertson (DAL) played 16:36, −8:01 down on his 24:37 season average over 5 games.Robertson

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.

Shot map, MIN at DAL: 123 attempts, 62 on goal, 6 goals, 5.62 expected goals; best chance Wyatt Johnston at 0.39 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • DAL
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · DAL 66 · MIN 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MIN at DAL: expected goals 2.80 to 2.82 (MIN led the chances), shot attempts 66 to 57, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdDALMINJFDRFJnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • DAL
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
DALMINcontrol2nd3rdJohnston · 1st 8:58Faber · 1st 11:33Duchene · 2nd 4:02Robertson · 3rd 7:09Faber · 3rd 9:47Johnston · 3rd 19:10
  • 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 27% of the game, DAL 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, MIN at DAL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jake Oettinger (60:00) for DAL and Jesper Wallstedt (59:05) for MIN, 6 goals.

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

Head-to-head matrix, DAL rows versus MIN columns: 250 matchups; most common Heiskanen vs Kaprizov, 10:22 at 56% xGF.

DAL ↓ · MIN →KaprizovHartmanTarasenkoBoldyEkJohanssonBrinkYurovFolignoMcCarronFolignoTreninHughesFaberBrodinSpurgeonMiddletonBogosianL1 JohnstonL1 RantanenL1 HryckowianL2 SteelL2 HyryL2 BennL3 RobertsonL3 DucheneL3 BourqueL4 FaksaL4 BäckL4 BlackwellD1 HeiskanenD1 LindellD2 HarleyD2 LundkvistD3 MyersD3 Bichsel
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
StatMINDAL
4664
2.171.99
2.101.96
612
66
1417
+0.004−0.004
27%34%

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

Current MIN line combinations →

Dallas Stars

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 8:58
    DALWyatt Johnston (Nils Lundkvist, Oskar Bäck)slap0.03 xG
    MIN: Foligno, Bogosian, Brodin, Brink, YurovDAL: Blackwell, Bäck, Lundkvist, Johnston, Bichsel
    MIN 0 – 1 DAL
  2. 11:33
    MINBrock Faber (Quinn Hughes, Kirill Kaprizov)wrist0.19 xG
    MIN: Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, FaberDAL: Duchene, Lindell, Robertson, Heiskanen
    MIN 1 – 1 DAL

2nd period

  1. 4:02
    DALMatt DuchenePP (Mikko Rantanen, Miro Heiskanen)snap0.21 xG
    MIN: Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Boldy, FaberDAL: Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen, Johnston
    MIN 1 – 2 DAL

3rd period

  1. 7:09
    DALJason Robertson (Nils Lundkvist, Matt Duchene)tip-in0.09 xG
    MIN: Spurgeon, Tarasenko, Brodin, McCarron, HartmanDAL: Duchene, Robertson, Lundkvist, Harley, Bourque
    MIN 1 – 3 DAL
  2. 9:47
    MINBrock Faber (Joel Eriksson Ek, Quinn Hughes)snap0.17 xG
    MIN: Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy, FaberDAL: Lindell, Rantanen, Heiskanen, Johnston, Hryckowian
    MIN 2 – 3 DAL
  3. 19:10
    DALWyatt JohnstonEN (Justin Hryckowian, Esa Lindell)backhand0.39 xG
    MIN: Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy, FaberDAL: Lindell, Rantanen, Heiskanen, Johnston, Hryckowian
    MIN 2 – 4 DAL

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kirill Kaprizov LL1011+220.1501024:43——4051
Ryan Hartman RL1000-110.0111219:07——3031
Vladimir Tarasenko RL1000-130.3121015:01——3533
Matt Boldy LL2000+150.9010024:22——5261
Joel Eriksson Ek CL2011+240.1551221:35——5464
Marcus Johansson LL2000010.0520016:21——4440
Bobby Brink RL3000-110.0051012:27——4561
Danila Yurov RL3000-110.1630010:42——4350
Nick Foligno LL3000-120.021128:37——3962
Michael McCarron CL4000-110.2122012:52——3952
Marcus Foligno LL4000020.1781410:19——3166
Yakov Trenin CL4000000.003003:02——100100
Quinn Hughes DD1022+210.1200028:35——5558
Brock Faber DD1202+260.5600026:42——6062
Jonas Brodin DD2000-200.0104017:06——3246
Jared Spurgeon DD2000-100.0002216:49——3240
Jake Middleton DD3000000.0011013:01——2950
Zach Bogosian DD3000-100.0010211:04——2954
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)L31283.9032.4059:04

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Wyatt Johnston CL1202060.7310019:21——4731
Mikko Rantanen RL1011-110.2810419:12——4337
Justin Hryckowian CL1011-110.1121014:20——4432
Sam Steel CL2000030.1410016:32——5952
Arttu Hyry RL2000000.1521013:15——5049
Jamie Benn LL2000020.0620212:47——6454
Jason Robertson LL3101050.3901016:36——7193
Matt Duchene CL3112010.2100216:17——7595
Mavrik Bourque CL3000+110.1030012:26——7695
Radek Faksa CL4000000.1310012:23——7360
Oskar Bäck CL4011+100.0010011:36——7144
Colin Blackwell CL4000+120.055009:51——6016
Miro Heiskanen DD1011-250.2200226:06——6450
Esa Lindell DD1011-240.1901023:16——6147
Thomas Harley DD2000+100.0125219:52——6048
Nils Lundkvist DD2022+200.0001015:25——5846
Tyler Myers DD3000010.0144016:28——4847
Lian Bichsel DD3000+100.0120014:17——5448
DAL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Oettinger(start)W30282.9332.8260:00

Goal anatomy

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

Wyatt Johnston (DAL) 1st 8:58 · assists Nils Lundkvist, Oskar Bäck · Point shot · carried in · 31.6 mph shot · 8.0 s from entry to goal.

Wyatt Johnston · 1st 8:58 · DAL

Play
point-shot
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
4 (royal road)
Shot
31.6 mph
Distance
52 ft
Entry to goal
8.0 s

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Matt Duchene · 2nd 4:02 · DAL PP

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
29.5 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
2.8 s
Type
one-timer

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