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Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas StarsApr 28, 2026

FinalPlayoffs· American Airlines Center
away
MIN
4
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home
DAL
2
Goals123TShots123T
MIN1124MIN1015328
DAL1012DAL561122
MIN 49DAL 71
MIN 4.07DAL 2.26
PP goals
MIN 1DAL 1
Hits
MIN 24DAL 20
Blocks
MIN 26DAL 9
PIM
MIN 10DAL 6
MIN 52%DAL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Dallas Stars 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Dallas Stars 4–2 at DAL. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:32 together.

  1. Points
    Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:09.Kaprizov
  2. Points
    Jason Robertson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:07.Robertson
  3. Points
    Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:27.Boldy
  4. Points
    Miro Heiskanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 28:22.Heiskanen
  5. PP1
    DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:32 together.DucheneRantanenRobertsonHeiskanenJohnston
  6. PP1
    MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 3:47 together.ZuccarelloEriksson EkKaprizovHughesBoldy
  7. Usage
    Jonas Brodin (MIN) played 7:22, −15:24 down on his 22:46 season average over 4 games.Brodin
  8. Usage
    Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) played 18:09, −6:23 down on his 24:32 season average over 10 games.Kaprizov

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: 120 attempts, 50 on goal, 6 goals, 6.33 expected goals; best chance Kirill Kaprizov at 0.68 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 120 of 120 attempts · DAL 71 · MIN 49

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 2.26 to 4.07 (MIN led the chances), shot attempts 71 to 49, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdDALMINZHBMRKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • DAL
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
DALMINcontrol2nd3rdZuccarello · 1st 3:51Heiskanen · 1st 8:58Boldy · 2nd 19:28McCarron · 3rd 7:47Robertson · 3rd 16:39Kaprizov · 3rd 18:00
  • 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 31% of the game, DAL 27%.

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 (55:28) for DAL and Jesper Wallstedt (59:47) 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 Hughes, 11:27 at 40% xGF.

DAL ↓ · MIN →KaprizovZuccarelloHartmanBoldyEkJohanssonMcCarronTarasenkoBrinkFolignoTreninFolignoHughesFaberMiddletonBogosianSpurgeonBrodinL1 RobertsonL1 DucheneL1 BourqueL2 JohnstonL2 RantanenL2 HryckowianL3 BäckL3 FaksaL3 BlackwellL4 BennL4 SteelL4 HyryD1 HarleyD1 MyersD2 BichselD2 LyubushkinD3 HeiskanenD3 Lindell
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
3862
2.071.58
1.871.53
710
11
1719
+0.000+0.000
31%27%

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. 3:51
    MINMats Zuccarello (Kirill Kaprizov, Ryan Hartman)snap0.47 xG
    MIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Brodin, Hartman, KaprizovDAL: Myers, Rantanen, Harley, Johnston, Hryckowian
    MIN 1 – 0 DAL
  2. 8:58
    DALMiro HeiskanenPP (Jason Robertson, Matt Duchene)slap0.05 xG
    MIN: Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Boldy, FaberDAL: Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen, Johnston
    MIN 1 – 1 DAL

2nd period

  1. 19:28
    MINMatt BoldyPP (Quinn Hughes, Kirill Kaprizov)snap0.15 xG
    MIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, BoldyDAL: Faksa, Lindell, Heiskanen, Bäck
    MIN 2 – 1 DAL

3rd period

  1. 7:47
    MINMichael McCarron (Yakov Trenin, Vladimir Tarasenko)snap0.15 xG
    MIN: Spurgeon, Tarasenko, McCarron, Middleton, TreninDAL: Myers, Duchene, Lindell, Steel, Bourque
    MIN 3 – 1 DAL
  2. 16:39
    DALJason Robertson (Miro Heiskanen, Mikko Rantanen)snap0.17 xG
    MIN: Bogosian, Spurgeon, Eriksson Ek, BoldyDAL: Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen, Johnston
    MIN 3 – 2 DAL
  3. 18:00
    MINKirill KaprizovEN (Matt Boldy, Jake Middleton)backhand0.68 xG
    MIN: Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, FaberDAL: Benn, Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen, Johnston
    MIN 4 – 2 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 LL1123+241.1430018:09——4364
Mats Zuccarello RL1101+120.6400016:59——4059
Ryan Hartman RL1011+120.2011215:09——4661
Matt Boldy LL2112070.7000020:27——4452
Joel Eriksson Ek CL2000040.4011220:16——4658
Marcus Johansson LL2000010.0230010:56——4336
Michael McCarron CL3101+110.1502014:41——1843
Vladimir Tarasenko RL3011+110.0910012:04——1936
Bobby Brink RL3000000.000329:44——1553
Nick Foligno LL4000010.0820015:20——4755
Yakov Trenin CL4011+110.0171012:04——2948
Marcus Foligno LL4000000.0030010:16——5062
Quinn Hughes DD1011020.2301026:53——4648
Brock Faber DD1000+110.0202026:10——5456
Jake Middleton DD2011+200.3416218:05——2429
Zach Bogosian DD2000-100.0012016:04——100
Jared Spurgeon DD3000+100.0015221:29——4165
Jonas Brodin DD3000+110.040207:22——4789
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)W22202.9092.2659:47

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jason Robertson LL1112050.3610024:07——4433
Matt Duchene CL1011-100.0701020:52——2921
Mavrik Bourque CL1000-110.0630015:26——4230
Wyatt Johnston CL2000-100.6100023:47——6243
Mikko Rantanen RL2011-120.3532023:32——6343
Justin Hryckowian CL2000-100.0010014:28——7035
Oskar Bäck CL3000000.0300012:46——7098
Radek Faksa CL3000010.0320011:16——7845
Colin Blackwell CL3000000.002008:37——8999
Jamie Benn LL4000-140.1110214:06——6958
Sam Steel CL4000-110.1421013:35——7767
Arttu Hyry RL4000000.020003:34——8852
Thomas Harley DD1000-140.2600022:23——6746
Tyler Myers DD1000-210.0501214:11——6341
Lian Bichsel DD2000010.0420213:46——8973
Ilya Lyubushkin DD2000000.0011012:30——7972
Miro Heiskanen DD3112020.1111028:22——4438
Esa Lindell DD3000-100.0012020:29——3921
DAL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Oettinger(start)L27243.8893.0555:28

Goal anatomy

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

Mats Zuccarello (MIN) 1st 3:51 · assists Kirill Kaprizov, Ryan Hartman · Rebound · 14.8 mph shot.

Michael McCarron · 3rd 7:47 · MIN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
17.2 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
3.5 s

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Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 18:00 · MIN EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
1
Shot
42.9 mph
Distance
42 ft
Entry to goal
2.0 s

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