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2023-11-30 · Bridgestone Arena

6 – 1Final

MIN beat NSH 6–1. MIN also won the expected-goals battle 3.3 to 2.4: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Connor Dewar scored at 6:08 of the first, moving MIN’s win probability from 47% to 63%. Juuse Saros allowed 2.4 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
31 – 27
Expected goals
3.3 – 2.4
xG share
MIN 58%
Home-ice start
NSH 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 goalNSH goal

Expected goals

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

MINNSH

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.

MIN
Filip Gustavsson
77:22 TOI
GSAx +1.58
+1.58
MIN
3 G, 1 A · 14:12 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +1.05
+1.08
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 16:47 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.86 · Penalties −0.19
+0.74

Rough nights

NSH
21:00 TOI
GSAx −2.39
−2.39
NSH
38:17 TOI
GSAx −0.66
−0.66
NSH
Philip Tomasino
0 G, 0 A · 16:38 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.17 · Penalties −0.19
−0.48

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMIN–NSHWin prob.
P1 6:08 MINConnor Dewar
from Brandon Duhaime, Marco Rossi
1–047% → 63%
P1 14:01 MINJake MiddletonPP
from Marcus Foligno, Connor Dewar
2–064% → 79%
P1 14:32 MINKirill KaprizovPP
from Mats Zuccarello, Jared Spurgeon
3–079% → 91%
P2 1:43 MINPatrick Maroon
from Alex Goligoski, Frederick Gaudreau
4–093% → 99%
P2 11:12 MINConnor Dewar
from Kirill Kaprizov
5–099% → 99%
P3 2:37 NSHJuuso Parssinen
from Ryan McDonagh, Luke Evangelista
5–10% → 0%
P3 9:47 MINConnor Dewar
from Vinni Lettieri, Zach Bogosian
6–1100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Connor Dewar C14:1231+1.08+0.06+1.05−0.04+0.01+0.00−0.02
Jake Middleton D16:471+0.74+0.10+0.86−0.03+0.01−0.19+0.00
Patrick Maroon L12:531+0.73+0.01+0.38−0.04−0.00+0.37+0.01
Brandon Duhaime R14:191+0.24+0.07−0.08+0.23+0.02+0.00+0.00
Alex Goligoski D17:261+0.20+0.01+0.00+0.20−0.01+0.00+0.00
Vinni Lettieri C10:141+0.20−0.01−0.00+0.20−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jared Spurgeon D18:281+0.20+0.15+0.00+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L13:04+0.19+0.05−0.00−0.05+0.01+0.19+0.00
Zach Bogosian D15:071+0.18+0.01+0.00+0.16−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kirill Kaprizov L17:3511+0.04+0.02+0.43+0.15+0.00−0.56+0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C13:491+0.02+0.03−0.10+0.07+0.01+0.00+0.01
Brock Faber D22:46−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C16:341−0.02+0.02−0.22+0.18+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Foligno L14:151−0.04+0.01−0.01−0.05+0.01+0.00−0.01
Jonas Brodin D23:10−0.04−0.01−0.03−0.04+0.05+0.00+0.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C18:35−0.15+0.04−0.11−0.06+0.02+0.00−0.04
Marcus Johansson L16:03−0.19−0.01−0.15−0.03−0.00+0.00−0.01
Marco Rossi C16:451−0.31−0.00−0.11+0.04−0.01−0.19−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Filip Gustavsson G77:22+1.58

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alexandre Carrier D1:39+0.21+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Juuso Parssinen C19:331+0.16−0.07+0.41−0.12−0.01+0.00−0.05
Ryan McDonagh D21:071+0.11−0.04−0.03+0.17+0.02+0.00+0.00
Luke Evangelista R15:571+0.08−0.08−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Jeremy Lauzon D16:36+0.07−0.05−0.01−0.05−0.00+0.19+0.00
Kiefer Sherwood L14:25+0.06−0.00−0.04−0.08−0.01+0.19+0.00
Ryan O'Reilly C16:09−0.05−0.00−0.00−0.12+0.01+0.00+0.07
Cole Smith L14:58−0.06−0.03−0.14−0.07−0.00+0.19+0.00
Yakov Trenin C15:03−0.06−0.00−0.00−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael McCarron C13:42−0.06−0.03−0.06−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.03
Luke Schenn D15:04−0.09−0.01+0.00−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00
Gustav Nyquist R14:34−0.16−0.05−0.06−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Filip Forsberg L19:59−0.27−0.08−0.19+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Tyson Barrie D19:40−0.29−0.10−0.14−0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Roman Josi D23:18−0.32+0.03−0.07−0.11+0.01−0.19+0.00
Colton Sissons C19:52−0.37−0.06−0.26−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.04
Dante Fabbro D15:58−0.43−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.37+0.00
Philip Tomasino C16:38−0.48−0.08−0.17−0.04+0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Kevin Lankinen G38:17−0.66
Juuse Saros G21:00−2.39

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.