Game Recap: WPG 0, DAL 3, April 2, 2026

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Game Recap

WPG0

FinalThu, Apr 2, 2026Every game that night

DAL3

DAL beat WPG 3-0, with the chances close: 2.81 expected goals to 2.17. A. Erne led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). D. Samberg had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 1.4. J. Oettinger stopped 22 of 22.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
WPG	0	0	0	0
DAL	2	1	0	3

1st 9:43DALM. DuchenePP0.18 xG
1st 11:12DALA. Hyry0.15 xG
2nd 2:15DALA. Erne0.06 xG

Team Stats

WPGDAL

22Shots on goal21

2.17Expected goals2.81

52Shot attempts42

145v5 shots on goal20

0/3Power play1/1

14Hits20

5Blocked shots15

19Penalty minutes23

11Giveaways21

3Takeaways5

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

WPG 2.17 xGDAL 2.81 xGGoal

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

WPG22 on goal, 0 scored

DAL21 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

WPG Skaters

Player	Pos	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Scheifele	C	2	1	0	-1	0	23:08	4:09
G. Vilardi	C	1	0	0	-1	0	23:03	4:08
K. Connor	LW	4	2	0	-1	0	22:37	4:20
C. Perfetti	C	2	0	0	0	0	20:34	4:04
A. Iafallo	LW	1	0	0	-1	0	15:58	1:35
M. Barron	C	1	1	1	-1	0	14:05	0:03
A. Lowry	C	0	3	0	0	5	13:03	0:00
C. Koepke	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	12:34	0:03
B. Lambert	C	0	2	0	0	0	11:11	1:47
J. Toews	C	0	0	0	0	0	11:10	1:51
I. Rosen	RW	1	0	0	0	0	10:09	1:38
P. Ford	C	2	2	0	0	0	9:12	0:03
J. Morrissey	D	2	0	2	0	0	27:52	3:50
D. DeMelo	D	0	0	0	0	0	22:40	0:17
D. Samberg	D	4	0	0	-1	0	22:07	0:08
N. Pionk	D	1	2	1	0	12	18:50	1:48
H. Fleury	D	1	0	1	-1	2	14:25	0:16
E. Salomonsson	D	0	1	0	-2	0	8:56	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Hellebuyck	21	18	3	.857	57:19	Loss
E. Comrie	0	0	0	–	0:00

DAL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Hyry	RW	1	1	2	1	3	1	+2	0	11:49	0:00
A. Erne	LW	1	1	2	1	5	0	+2	0	10:50	0:00
M. Rantanen	RW	0	1	1	0	0	1	+1	0	20:31	1:07
M. Duchene	C	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	15:37	1:07
J. Benn	LW	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	5	11:55	0:00
J. Robertson	LW	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	2	22:51	1:07
W. Johnston	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	19:20	1:07
M. Bourque	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	17:59	0:00
J. Hryckowian	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	16:29	0:00
O. Bäck	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:17	0:00
C. Blackwell	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	14	10:35	0:00
M. Heiskanen	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	24:34	1:07
L. Bichsel	D	0	1	1	1	2	3	+1	0	16:33	0:00
E. Lindell	D	0	0	0	3	1	1	+1	0	22:16	0:00
T. Harley	D	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	19:56	0:00
N. Lundkvist	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:39	0:00
I. Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	+2	0	13:00	0:00
K. Capobianco	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7:49	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Oettinger	22	22	0	1.000	60:00	Win
C. DeSmith	0	0	0	–	0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

WPG

Line 1M. Scheifele16:41K. Connor15:59A. Iafallo14:00

Line 2A. Lowry12:40C. Perfetti14:12G. Vilardi16:37

Line 3J. Toews8:56C. Koepke11:24P. Ford9:09

Line 4I. Rosen8:31M. Barron12:32B. Lambert9:24

Pair 1D. DeMelo18:58J. Morrissey21:44

Pair 2D. Samberg20:29N. Pionk17:02

Pair 3H. Fleury13:46E. Salomonsson8:56

DAL

Line 1J. Robertson19:09W. Johnston17:04M. Rantanen16:48

Line 2J. Benn11:55M. Duchene14:11C. Blackwell8:08

Line 3M. Bourque17:54O. Bäck12:38J. Hryckowian13:16

Line 4A. Erne10:50A. Hyry7:53

Pair 1E. Lindell15:56M. Heiskanen18:13

Pair 2N. Lundkvist15:39T. Harley17:43

Pair 3I. Lyubushkin11:46L. Bichsel14:08

From the NHL's shift charts: the players on the ice together most at 5-on-5, with each one's own 5-on-5 time.

How We Did

	We projected	It finished
Score	WPG 2.6, DAL 3.0	WPG 0, DAL 3
Total goals	5.6	3
Shots on goal	WPG 23.9, DAL 25.7	WPG 22, DAL 21
Win chance	DAL 57%	DAL won

Players

Player	SOG projected	SOG	Points projected	Points	Goal chance	Goals
DAL J. Robertson	3.3	4	1.13	0	37%	0
WPG K. Connor	3.0	4	1.05	0	35%	0
DAL W. Johnston	2.4	1	0.91	0	34%	0
DAL M. Rantanen	2.3	0	1.12	1	33%	0
WPG C. Perfetti	2.2	2	0.62	0	21%	0
WPG M. Scheifele	2.1	2	1.03	0	33%	0
DAL M. Heiskanen	2.0	1	0.73	1	11%	0
WPG J. Morrissey	1.9	2	0.69	0	14%	0
DAL M. Bourque	1.8	2	0.50	0	19%	0
WPG N. Pionk	1.8	1	0.38	0	8%	0
WPG G. Vilardi	1.7	1	0.72	0	28%	0
DAL T. Harley	1.7	2	0.54	0	12%	0
DAL M. Duchene	1.7	1	0.81	1	26%	1
DAL J. Benn	1.5	1	0.65	1	21%	0
WPG D. Samberg	1.4	4	0.26	0	4%	0
WPG M. Barron	1.3	1	0.28	0	12%	0
WPG A. Iafallo	1.3	1	0.33	0	15%	0
WPG C. Koepke	1.3	0	0.24	0	11%	0
DAL N. Lundkvist	1.2	0	0.24	0	5%	0
WPG A. Lowry	1.2	0	0.37	0	15%	0
WPG J. Toews	1.1	0	0.33	0	13%	0
DAL C. Blackwell	1.1	0	0.26	0	10%	0
DAL J. Hryckowian	1.1	3	0.40	0	16%	0
DAL A. Hyry	1.1	1	0.21	2	10%	1
WPG E. Salomonsson	1.1	0	0.16	0	4%	0
DAL E. Lindell	1.0	3	0.32	0	7%	0
WPG D. DeMelo	1.0	0	0.24	0	4%	0
WPG B. Lambert	0.9	0	0.30	0	10%	0
DAL A. Erne	0.9	1	0.19	2	9%	1
DAL L. Bichsel	0.8	1	0.18	1	7%	0
WPG I. Rosen	0.7	1	0.20	0	9%	0
DAL K. Capobianco	0.7	0	0.15	0	5%	0
WPG H. Fleury	0.7	1	0.10	0	2%	0
WPG P. Ford	0.6	2	0.15	0	8%	0
DAL I. Lyubushkin	0.6	0	0.15	0	2%	0
DAL O. Bäck	0.6	0	0.20	0	8%	0

Shots on goal: 24 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 fewer than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.