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Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars

1st Round, Game 1 · Apr 18, 2026 · American Airlines Center

Team Goals Shots
Minnesota Wild 6 29
Dallas Stars 1 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:35 MIN Joel Eriksson Ek (1) PP Matt Boldy (1), Mats Zuccarello (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
00:56 MIN Kirill Kaprizov (1) Ryan Hartman (1), Mats Zuccarello (2) 2 - 0
03:28 MIN Ryan Hartman (1) Brock Faber (1), Quinn Hughes (1) 3 - 0
06:30 MIN Matt Boldy (1) Kirill Kaprizov (1), Joel Eriksson Ek (1) 4 - 0
15:10 DAL Jason Robertson (1) PP Wyatt Johnston (1), Miro Heiskanen (1) 4 - 1
3rd Period
08:13 MIN Joel Eriksson Ek (2) PP Kirill Kaprizov (2), Mats Zuccarello (3) 5 - 1
16:52 MIN Matt Boldy (2) Unassisted 6 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:32 DAL Tyler Myers Elbowing 2
08:23 MIN Marcus Johansson Slashing 2
18:11 DAL Mikko Rantanen High sticking 2
2nd Period
04:14 DAL Mikko Rantanen Tripping 2
14:06 MIN Danila Yurov Cross checking 2
3rd Period
03:38 MIN Jonas Brodin Holding 2
07:31 DAL Esa Lindell Tripping 2
10:43 MIN Matt Boldy Slashing 2
10:43 DAL Mavrik Bourque Slashing 2
14:43 MIN Nick Foligno Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild 46 37 29 6 2.5 48.0
Dallas Stars 54 36 28 1 2.9 52.0

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdDallas Stars aheadMinnesota Wild ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Dallas Stars had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 2.5 expected, 6 scored · Dallas Stars: 2.9 expected, 1 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndMIN goal, 5:35 of 1st, a 17% chanceMIN goal, 0:56 of 2nd, a 7% chanceMIN goal, 3:28 of 2nd, a 16% chanceMIN goal, 6:30 of 2nd, a 13% chanceMIN goal, 8:13 of 3rd, a 19% chanceMIN goal, 16:52 of 3rd, a 3% chanceDAL goal, 15:10 of 2nd, a 11% chanceDAL 2.9MIN 2.5

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Minnesota Wild
Dallas Stars

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mats Zuccarello · Ryan Hartman · Kirill Kaprizov11:0956.349.52-0
Marcus Johansson · Joel Eriksson Ek · Matt Boldy8:5957.124.00-0
Vladimir Tarasenko · Yakov Trenin · Danila Yurov8:0735.748.10-0
Nick Foligno · Marcus Foligno · Michael McCarron6:5233.39.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Quinn Hughes · Brock Faber13:3065.554.73-0
Jared Spurgeon · Jonas Brodin12:3627.35.30-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake Middleton8:4753.867.60-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
12 Matt Boldy L 2 1 3 2 2 8 2 17:50 0.59 17-10 0.60-0.72
14 Joel Eriksson Ek C 2 1 3 1 0 5 2 19:05 0.50 16-10 0.59-0.66
97 Kirill Kaprizov L 1 2 3 3 0 2 2 17:58 0.34 13-7 0.66-0.28
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 3 3 2 0 1 2 16:41 0.01 10-7 0.29-0.28
38 Ryan Hartman R 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 16:05 0.17 9-14 0.28-0.28
7 Brock Faber D 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 24:35 0.31 21-12 1.03-0.82
43 Quinn Hughes D 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 24:30 0.02 21-14 0.97-0.80
13 Yakov Trenin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 13:36 0.10 7-15 0.32-0.33
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 13:03 3-6 0.01-0.25
22 Danila Yurov R 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 10:22 0.18 6-11 0.32-0.40
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:01 9-11 0.15-0.12
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19:35 8-17 0.10-0.60
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 18:40 0.06 6-17 0.03-0.64
47 Michael McCarron C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:45 0.01 4-5 0.01-0.19
55 Jake Middleton D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:29 7-7 0.14-0.07
71 Nick Foligno L 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 10:51 3-5 0.01-0.19
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 12:14 0.03 13-11 0.21-0.66
91 Vladimir Tarasenko R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:36 0.16 7-16 0.31-0.33
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Jesper Wallstedt W 28 27 1 60:00 2.68 +1.68

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Duchene · Jason Robertson · Mavrik Bourque10:4866.784.30-0
Mikko Rantanen · Sam Steel · Wyatt Johnston9:4331.342.40-2
Colin Blackwell · Radek Faksa · Adam Erne5:4855.66.90-1
Jamie Benn · Oskar Bäck · Justin Hryckowian4:1612.514.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nils Lundkvist · Thomas Harley10:0152.953.10-2
Esa Lindell · Miro Heiskanen9:4647.668.60-0
Tyler Myers · Lian Bichsel8:5260.088.20-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
21 Jason Robertson L 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 19:56 1.01 12-7 0.72-0.15
4 Miro Heiskanen D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 23:55 0.28 12-13 0.91-0.43
53 Wyatt Johnston C 0 1 1 -3 0 4 3 21:44 0.50 11-13 0.43-0.61
5 Nils Lundkvist D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:55 0.01 17-9 0.38-0.27
6 Lian Bichsel D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:21 0.01 12-7 0.16-0.03
10 Oskar Bäck C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:20 2-8 0.06-0.25
12 Radek Faksa C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:17 6-8 0.01-0.21
14 Jamie Benn L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:55 0.17 9-13 0.28-0.29
15 Colin Blackwell C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:03 0.01 6-5 0.08-0.19
18 Sam Steel C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 15:41 6-14 0.45-0.61
22 Mavrik Bourque C 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 15:59 0.17 20-6 0.97-0.13
23 Esa Lindell D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 21:18 13-15 0.97-0.44
49 Justin Hryckowian C 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13:00 14-11 0.28-0.28
55 Thomas Harley D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 19:40 0.00 15-16 0.40-0.74
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 15:01 0.09 9-13 0.24-0.50
73 Adam Erne L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 08:07 0.10 7-5 0.08-0.19
95 Matt Duchene C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:07 0.35 13-6 0.78-0.13
96 Mikko Rantanen R 0 0 0 -3 4 3 2 21:22 0.22 11-12 0.43-0.60
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Jake Oettinger L 28 23 5 58:34 2.24 -2.76