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2023-04-03 · Xcel Energy Center

4 – 3Final/SO

VGK beat MIN 4–3 in a shootout. VGK lost the expected-goals battle 2.4 to 2.8 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Pavel Dorofeyev scored on the power play at 19:25 of the third, moving VGK’s win probability from 4% to 49%. Filip Gustavsson allowed 2.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
26 – 33
Expected goals
2.4 – 2.8
xG share
MIN 54%
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.

VGK goalMIN goal

Expected goals

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

VGKMIN

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.

VGK
2 G, 0 A · 16:10 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +1.76 · Penalties +0.19 · Shootout +0.99
+2.99
MIN
0 G, 1 A · 16:41 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing −0.06 · Penalties −0.19 · Shootout +0.99
+0.87
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 9:48 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.73
+0.78

Rough nights

MIN
Filip Gustavsson
65:00 TOI
GSAx −2.74
−2.74
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 21:09 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.27 · Shootout −0.51
−0.90
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 20:57 TOI
On-ice −0.26 · Shootout −0.39
−0.67

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVGK–MINWin prob.
P1 9:59 VGKKeegan Kolesar
from Ben Hutton, Teddy Blueger
1–047% → 64%
P2 3:36 MINBrandon Duhaime
from Ryan Reaves, Connor Dewar
1–134% → 53%
P2 13:57 MINJohn KlingbergPP
from Matt Boldy, Mats Zuccarello
1–254% → 75%
P2 16:34 VGKPavel Dorofeyev
from Reilly Smith, William Karlsson
2–224% → 47%
P2 19:19 MINMatt Boldy
from Joel Eriksson Ek, Marcus Johansson
2–352% → 77%
P3 19:25 VGKPavel DorofeyevPP
from William Karlsson, Jack Eichel
3–34% → 49%

Every player

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VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Pavel Dorofeyev L16:102+2.99+0.06+1.76−0.02+0.01+0.19−0.01+0.99
Reilly Smith R18:091+0.77+0.06−0.29+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.99
Keegan Kolesar R9:161+0.71−0.07+0.80−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jack Eichel C21:561+0.53−0.05−0.08+0.03+0.01+0.00−0.03+0.65
Brett Howden C15:04+0.07−0.12−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.01−0.00
Nicolas Hague D16:17+0.02−0.17−0.01+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00+0.00
Michael Amadio R11:21−0.09−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Ben Hutton D18:001−0.09−0.06−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Teddy Blueger C10:421−0.12−0.03−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Brayden McNabb D18:39−0.15−0.16−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ivan Barbashev L17:22−0.17−0.15−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
William Karlsson C17:292−0.17−0.05−0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.07−0.00
Zach Whitecloud D21:44−0.25−0.19−0.07−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Pietrangelo D26:27−0.29−0.02−0.28+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alec Martinez D18:11−0.33−0.14−0.02+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Phil Kessel R14:04−0.44+0.06−0.51+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jonathan Marchessault C20:57−0.67−0.26−0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.39
Nicolas Roy C21:09−0.90−0.13−0.27−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02−0.51
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Laurent Brossoit G62:29−0.28

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Joel Eriksson Ek C16:411+0.87+0.08−0.06−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.04+0.99
Brandon Duhaime R9:481+0.78+0.06+0.73−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C18:26+0.59+0.12−0.09−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.04+0.59
John Klingberg D16:481+0.57−0.04+0.62+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L20:1211+0.25+0.21+0.54+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.51
Jonas Brodin D23:21+0.13+0.12+0.01−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Reaves R8:451+0.11+0.12−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Oskar Sundqvist C12:33+0.05+0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Marcus Johansson L17:331+0.03−0.11−0.04−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Jake Middleton D21:50−0.01+0.21−0.21−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor Dewar C11:211−0.03+0.05−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.07−0.00
Jon Merrill D14:08−0.05+0.08−0.11−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jared Spurgeon D24:26−0.06+0.09+0.01−0.02+0.05−0.19+0.00+0.00
Mathew Dumba D22:14−0.13+0.20−0.33+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C20:231−0.20+0.07−0.18+0.05+0.00+0.19+0.00−0.33
Marcus Foligno L12:39−0.20+0.07−0.27−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Sam Steel C16:53−0.45+0.03−0.26−0.01−0.01−0.19−0.01−0.00
Ryan Hartman R18:59−0.67+0.11−0.31+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02−0.51
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Filip Gustavsson G65:00−2.74

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.