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2021-03-29 · SAP Center at San Jose

3 – 4Final/SO

SJS beat MIN 4–3 in a shootout. SJS also won the expected-goals battle 3.9 to 2.4: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Kevin Fiala scored at 9:48 of the third, moving MIN’s win probability from 17% to 48%.

Shots on goal
25 – 39
Expected goals
2.4 – 3.9
xG share
SJS 62%
Home-ice start
SJS 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.

MIN goalSJS goal

Expected goals

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

MINSJS

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.

SJS
2 G, 0 A · 25:07 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing +1.47 · Suppression −0.07 · Shootout +1.01
+2.63
MIN
1 G, 1 A · 17:01 TOI
On-ice −0.29 · Finishing +0.66 · Shootout +0.79
+1.17
SJS
Radim Simek
1 G, 0 A · 15:53 TOI
On-ice +0.20 · Finishing +0.89
+1.08

Rough nights

MIN
Nick Bjugstad
0 G, 0 A · 11:05 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing −0.15 · Shootout −0.49
−0.78
MIN
Victor Rask
0 G, 0 A · 16:06 TOI
On-ice −0.19 · Shootout −0.49
−0.69
MIN
0 G, 1 A · 16:44 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Faceoffs −0.07 · Shootout −0.49
−0.69

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMIN–SJSWin prob.
P1 12:41 MINMarcus Johansson
from Kevin Fiala, Ryan Hartman
1–047% → 64%
P1 16:04 SJSRadim Simek
from Ryan Donato, John Leonard
1–135% → 53%
P1 19:00 MINNick Bonino
from Joel Eriksson Ek, Jordan Greenway
2–147% → 65%
P2 15:45 SJSErik Karlsson
from Evander Kane
2–229% → 53%
P3 4:11 SJSErik Karlsson
from Ryan Donato, Dylan Gambrell
2–352% → 79%
P3 9:48 MINKevin Fiala
from Mathew Dumba, Marcus Johansson
3–317% → 48%

Every player

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MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Kevin Fiala L17:0111+1.17−0.29+0.66+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.79
Mats Zuccarello C17:52+1.05+0.03−0.00+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.02+1.01
Nick Bonino C16:511+0.66−0.05+0.73−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.03+0.00
Ryan Suter D24:15+0.15+0.11+0.01−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Johansson L16:5211+0.13−0.16+0.77+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.49
Mathew Dumba D24:001−0.07−0.08+0.01+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Carson Soucy D14:30−0.13−0.15−0.01−0.01+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ian Cole D16:01−0.19−0.18−0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Luke Johnson C10:08−0.21−0.18−0.06−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.05−0.00
Jared Spurgeon D22:49−0.22+0.03−0.09−0.02+0.05−0.18+0.00+0.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C16:451−0.34+0.11−0.00+0.02+0.03+0.00−0.01−0.49
Nico Sturm C11:10−0.40−0.15−0.25−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00
Jordan Greenway L18:051−0.41−0.01−0.40−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jonas Brodin D23:51−0.45−0.44−0.06−0.02+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kirill Kaprizov L18:55−0.46+0.05−0.21+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.32
Ryan Hartman R16:441−0.69−0.13−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.07−0.49
Victor Rask C16:06−0.69−0.19−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.49
Nick Bjugstad C11:05−0.78−0.12−0.15−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Cam Talbot G65:00−0.18

SJS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Erik Karlsson D25:072+2.63+0.21+1.47+0.01−0.07+0.00+0.00+1.01
Radim Simek D15:531+1.08+0.20+0.89−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Couture C18:56+0.51−0.04−0.29+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.03+0.79
Kevin Labanc R16:50+0.37+0.16−0.79+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+1.01
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D17:00+0.19+0.17+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mario Ferraro D22:19+0.16+0.18−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeffrey Viel L7:28+0.02+0.04−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Marcus Sorensen L10:57−0.00+0.05−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nikolai Knyzhov D18:23−0.11−0.07−0.02−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Timo Meier R21:56−0.21+0.14−0.37+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rudolfs Balcers L16:44−0.22+0.10−0.32−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Patrick Marleau C12:16−0.30−0.01−0.26−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.02+0.00
Tomas Hertl C21:00−0.36+0.33−0.31+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.11−0.49
Ryan Donato C14:422−0.40+0.02−0.09+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.32
John Leonard L14:061−0.42+0.06−0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.49
Dylan Gambrell C17:031−0.45+0.03−0.42−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.03+0.00
Brent Burns D25:02−0.50−0.07+0.01+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.49
Evander Kane L19:181−0.51+0.11−0.14+0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Martin Jones G65:00−0.15

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.