Final
MIN at DAL game report
Wild
0–2
Stars
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. CT · American Airlines Center
Stars beat the Wild 2–0 and earned it, out-chancing them 2.6–1.8 in expected goals and 9–5 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
DALMIN
- 2Goals0
- 2.57Expected goals1.82
- 1.995-on-5 expected goals1.33
- 9High-danger chances5
- 24Shots on goal24
- 45Shot attempts45
- 345-on-5 shot attempts37
- 10:15Power-play time4:56
5-on-5 shares for DAL: 47.9% of shot attempts, 59.9% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
StarsWildCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Wild shooting ←→ Stars shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| DAL at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 41:16 | 34–37 | 1.99–1.33 | 2–0 |
| Power play | 10:15 | 9–0 | 0.43–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Shorthanded | 4:56 | 1–1 | 0.05–0.05 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 3:33 | 1–7 | 0.10–0.45 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as DAL–MIN. “Power play” means DAL had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rémi Poirier DAL | 24/24 | 1.000 | 1.82 | +1.82 |
| Jesper Wallstedt MIN | 22/24 | .917 | 2.57 | +0.57 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Benn DAL | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0.45 |
| Hunter Haight MIN | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0.43 |
| Charlie Stramel MIN | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0.42 |
| Mason Shaw MIN | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0.37 |
| Michael Sgarbossa DAL | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.29 |
| Joel Kiviranta DAL | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.27 |
| Matthew Seminoff DAL | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.24 |
| Arttu Hyry DAL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.22 |
| David Spacek MIN | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.19 |
| Miro Heiskanen DAL | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.19 |
Three stars
- ★R. PoirierDAL · 1.000 SV%
- ★★K. CapobiancoDAL · 0G 2A
- ★★★M. SeminoffDAL · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 2
- 15:33DAL M. Seminoff (from K. Capobianco)0–1
Period 3
- 10:39DAL E. Lindell (from K. Capobianco, A. Shlaine)0–2