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2018-12-15 · Xcel Energy Center

2 – 1Final

CGY beat MIN 2–1. CGY lost the expected-goals battle 1.9 to 2.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Matthew Tkachuk scored at 8:45 of the third, moving CGY’s win probability from 48% to 79%. David Rittich saved 1.5 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
26 – 35
Expected goals
1.9 – 2.3
xG share
MIN 55%
Home-ice start
MIN 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

CGY goalMIN goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

CGYMIN

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

CGY
David Rittich
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.31
+1.49
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 15:10 TOI
Finishing +0.91 · Penalties +0.18
+1.13
CGY
1 G, 0 A · 19:05 TOI
Finishing +0.70 · Penalties +0.18
+0.98

Rough nights

CGY
0 G, 0 A · 21:27 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing −0.39
−0.48
MIN
Zach Parise
0 G, 0 A · 22:44 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing −0.23 · Penalties −0.18
−0.46
MIN
0 G, 0 A · 12:55 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.10 · Penalties −0.18
−0.44

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalCGY–MINWin prob.
P1 12:03 CGYMark GiordanoSH
from Mark Jankowski
1–046% → 63%
P2 3:30 MINJordan Greenway
from Mikael Granlund
1–133% → 53%
P3 8:45 CGYMatthew Tkachuk
from James Neal, TJ Brodie
2–148% → 79%

Every player

Show both lineups

CGY

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matthew Tkachuk L19:051+0.98+0.05+0.70+0.04−0.01+0.18+0.02
Mark Giordano D25:001+0.96+0.15+0.78+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
James Neal L13:371+0.16−0.03−0.00+0.01+0.01+0.18+0.00
Garnet Hathaway R13:46+0.09+0.09−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01
Travis Hamonic D22:58+0.05+0.26−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.18+0.00
Rasmus Andersson D9:57+0.05+0.06−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alan Quine C12:08+0.05+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02
Oliver Kylington D11:10+0.02+0.02+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Derek Ryan C10:45−0.04−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Dalton Prout D3:48−0.04−0.00−0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Elias Lindholm C23:47−0.09+0.18−0.26−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Jankowski L17:151−0.10+0.01−0.08−0.02+0.03+0.00−0.04
Sam Bennett C14:55−0.11+0.00−0.10−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
TJ Brodie D22:131−0.15−0.10−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Noah Hanifin D20:30−0.21+0.04−0.07+0.01−0.02−0.18+0.00
Andrew Mangiapane L7:48−0.27−0.08−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.18+0.00
Johnny Gaudreau L21:51−0.40−0.07−0.38+0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sean Monahan C21:27−0.48−0.06−0.39−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
David Rittich G60:00+1.49

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jordan Greenway L15:101+1.13+0.03+0.91+0.00+0.01+0.18+0.00
Ryan Suter D29:49+0.07−0.05−0.08−0.00+0.03+0.18+0.00
Jonas Brodin D22:32+0.07+0.07−0.01−0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Eric Fehr C11:12+0.01+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Mathew Dumba D5:37−0.02−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Foligno L11:34−0.04−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01
Nino Niederreiter R20:19−0.04+0.00−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
JT Brown R7:03−0.12−0.00−0.11−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Hendricks C7:43−0.17−0.01−0.16−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.02
Nick Seeler D13:27−0.18−0.16−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Eric Staal C19:02−0.18−0.09−0.34+0.01−0.02+0.18+0.07
Mikael Granlund C18:121−0.19−0.12−0.08+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jared Spurgeon D29:20−0.19+0.00−0.20−0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Greg Pateryn D19:19−0.24−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.03−0.18+0.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C10:23−0.25−0.13−0.14+0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01
Charlie Coyle C19:44−0.44+0.11−0.51−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Luke Kunin C12:55−0.44−0.13−0.10−0.02+0.00−0.18−0.01
Zach Parise L22:44−0.46−0.06−0.23+0.00+0.00−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Devan Dubnyk G57:55+0.02

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.