Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars — April 9, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Dallas Stars defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on April 9, 2026. Expected goals were closely matched at 5-on-5 (DAL 1.93, MIN 2.07), making this a tightly contested game on both sides of the puck. The Minnesota Wild created 9 high-danger scoring chances compared to 4 from the Dallas Stars at 5-on-5. Kirill Kaprizov scored 2 goals. Joel Eriksson Ek was the most dangerous skater with 0.44 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Minnesota Wild outshot the Dallas Stars 31-20 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars progressed on Apr 9, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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MIN4 - 5DAL

Apr 9, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
DAL	P1	11	14	44.0	7	11	38.9	4	8	33.3	7	11	38.9	1	3	25.0	0.54	0.79	40.6	1	2	33.3
	P2	15	27	35.7	14	20	41.2	10	14	41.7	12	17	41.4	2	7	22.2	1.17	1.39	45.6	2	2	50.0
	P3	15	19	44.1	9	13	40.9	6	9	40.0	11	12	47.8	2	2	50.0	0.54	0.75	41.7	2	0	100.0
	Total	41	60	40.6	30	44	40.5	20	31	39.2	30	40	42.9	5	12	29.4	2.25	2.93	43.4	5	4	55.6
MIN	P1	14	11	56.0	11	7	61.1	8	4	66.7	11	7	61.1	3	1	75.0	0.79	0.54	59.4	2	1	66.7
	P2	27	15	64.3	20	14	58.8	14	10	58.3	17	12	58.6	7	2	77.8	1.39	1.17	54.4	2	2	50.0
	P3	19	15	55.9	13	9	59.1	9	6	60.0	12	11	52.2	2	2	50.0	0.75	0.54	58.3	0	2	0.0
	Total	60	41	59.4	44	30	59.5	31	20	60.8	40	30	57.1	12	5	70.6	2.93	2.25	56.6	4	5	44.4

Win Probability

DAL Favored

MIN Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

DAL

MIN

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

MIN Attempts

DAL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

MIN ShootDAL Shoot

Shot on Net

Hit

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (DAL) performed against every skater on the away team (MIN) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = DAL players, Columns = MIN players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the DAL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

DAL ↓ / MIN →	Eriksson Ek	McCarron	Trenin	Kaprizov	Boldy	Johansson	Foligno	Foligno	Zuccarello	Hartman	Tarasenko	Yurov	Hughes	Faber	Spurgeon	Brodin	Middleton	Petry
Johnston	38	100	50	44	36	60	100	—	67	100	50	50	42	62	50	100	100	—
Hryckowian	25	—	50	36	29	57	100	100	50	63	50	67	27	50	54	88	—	—
Bourque	25	43	30	0	22	36	50	0	0	0	30	33	14	15	13	30	67	50
Duchene	38	56	40	0	33	42	67	0	0	0	33	50	33	38	22	30	83	67
Bäck	67	75	22	33	40	0	88	83	33	33	20	33	50	62	50	0	63	57
Hughes	100	75	25	0	100	0	78	71	0	0	22	33	55	60	33	0	63	57
Blackwell	33	86	25	29	33	—	88	83	33	67	25	40	62	80	50	—	67	60
Robertson	33	63	40	17	38	46	80	—	0	20	40	50	33	36	33	44	83	67
Benn	100	25	33	67	33	100	40	40	67	55	33	75	44	50	100	100	40	40
Erne	100	25	33	89	100	100	40	40	89	80	33	75	67	67	100	100	50	50
Rantanen	43	100	33	50	42	67	100	—	63	60	25	50	42	57	55	83	100	100
Hyry	33	20	20	44	20	50	40	40	44	41	20	75	27	36	67	75	40	40
Harley	50	64	50	42	44	73	67	50	38	50	43	67	44	55	67	78	78	67
Lindell	31	75	0	31	32	38	100	100	36	38	0	40	33	50	45	67	60	50
Myers	30	50	0	35	25	30	63	57	44	57	0	75	29	40	47	60	57	50
Bichsel	25	54	27	44	14	38	64	50	44	33	24	33	40	47	30	45	50	38
Lyubushkin	0	57	36	31	14	50	75	67	33	31	36	45	30	38	38	50	71	71
Heiskanen	50	0	0	67	50	50	0	0	67	67	0	0	33	33	67	67	—	—