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2024-02-17 · Xcel Energy Center

3 – 2Final/OT

BUF beat MIN 3–2 in overtime. BUF lost the expected-goals battle 2.6 to 2.9 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Henri Jokiharju scored at 1:29 of overtime, moving BUF’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen saved 1.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
28 – 32
Expected goals
2.6 – 2.9
xG share
MIN 53%
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.

BUF goalMIN goal

Expected goals

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

BUFMIN

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.

BUF
59:47 TOI
GSAx +1.13
+1.13
BUF
1 G, 0 A · 18:05 TOI
On-ice +0.27 · Finishing +0.68
+0.97
MIN
Declan Chisholm
1 G, 0 A · 14:46 TOI
Finishing +0.85
+0.89

Rough nights

MIN
0 G, 1 A · 20:24 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing −0.47
−0.55
BUF
Jeff Skinner
0 G, 0 A · 14:49 TOI
On-ice −0.16 · Finishing −0.33
−0.53
MIN
0 G, 0 A · 26:40 TOI
On-ice −0.46
−0.46

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–MINWin prob.
P3 0:39 BUFCasey Mittelstadt
from Henri Jokiharju
1–048% → 73%
P3 4:02 MINJoel Eriksson Ek
from Kirill Kaprizov
1–125% → 52%
P3 11:21 MINDeclan ChisholmPP
from Marcus Johansson, Marco Rossi
1–253% → 84%
P3 19:23 BUFDylan CozensPP
from Jordan Greenway, Tage Thompson
2–24% → 49%
OT 1:29 BUFHenri Jokiharju
from Alex Tuch, Tage Thompson
3–248% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dylan Cozens C18:051+0.97+0.27+0.68−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Casey Mittelstadt C17:561+0.79+0.12+0.84+0.00−0.01−0.19+0.02
Henri Jokiharju D22:5711+0.66+0.05+0.60+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D30:47+0.49+0.35−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00
Ryan Johnson D10:57+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Johnson D14:30+0.00+0.02+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jordan Greenway L19:561−0.04+0.18−0.22+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kyle Okposo R12:18−0.04−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02
Peyton Krebs C12:05−0.06−0.03−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zach Benson L14:19−0.08−0.05−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.02
JJ Peterka R14:00−0.08+0.04−0.30+0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Eric Robinson L7:44−0.14+0.06−0.18−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Tuch R20:571−0.17+0.16−0.31+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Jacob Bryson D18:30−0.17−0.15+0.01−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Tage Thompson C19:572−0.21+0.11−0.28−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.02
Zemgus Girgensons C10:07−0.21+0.02−0.23−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.02
Connor Clifton D18:31−0.42−0.25−0.20−0.00+0.04+0.00+0.00
Jeff Skinner L14:49−0.53−0.16−0.33−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G59:47+1.13

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Declan Chisholm D14:461+0.89+0.03+0.85−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C20:591+0.37−0.14+0.59−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.09
Zach Bogosian D20:42+0.03+0.12−0.09−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jon Merrill D12:10+0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marco Rossi C16:591+0.01+0.02−0.24−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.06
Jake Lucchini C11:11−0.05−0.02−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Connor Dewar C11:09−0.07−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
Marcus Johansson L16:301−0.09+0.08−0.17+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Duhaime R11:43−0.12−0.09−0.22−0.01+0.02+0.19+0.00
Ryan Hartman R15:13−0.15−0.06−0.15−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.06
Mats Zuccarello C17:28−0.20−0.18−0.07+0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Vinni Lettieri C11:21−0.23−0.03−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Jonas Brodin D24:25−0.23−0.16−0.09−0.02+0.04+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L18:26−0.37+0.00−0.19+0.01+0.01−0.19−0.01
Frederick Gaudreau C12:12−0.40−0.03−0.39−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.01
Jake Middleton D18:00−0.43+0.10−0.32−0.03+0.01−0.19+0.00
Brock Faber D26:40−0.46−0.46−0.02+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kirill Kaprizov L20:241−0.55−0.12−0.47+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Filip Gustavsson G61:29+0.03

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.