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2024-03-02 · Enterprise Center

1 – 3Final

STL beat MIN 3–1. Expected goals were close to even (MIN 2.3, STL 2.3), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Jake Neighbours scored on the power play at 12:53 of the second, moving STL’s win probability from 54% to 75%.

Shots on goal
22 – 27
Expected goals
2.3 – 2.3
xG share
STL 50%
Home-ice start
STL 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 goalSTL goal

Expected goals

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

MINSTL

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.

STL
Scott Perunovich
0 G, 1 A · 13:34 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Playmaking +0.14 · Penalties +0.37
+0.54
STL
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.54
+0.54
STL
1 G, 0 A · 9:30 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing +0.41
+0.46

Rough nights

STL
0 G, 1 A · 21:07 TOI
Playmaking −0.06 · Penalties −0.37
−0.47
STL
0 G, 0 A · 22:19 TOI
On-ice −0.23
−0.31
STL
0 G, 0 A · 17:18 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing −0.23
−0.30

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMIN–STLWin prob.
P1 6:34 STLAlexey Toropchenko
from Scott Perunovich, Brandon Saad
0–153% → 70%
P2 10:06 MINJon Merrill
unassisted
1–126% → 47%
P2 12:53 STLJake NeighboursPP
from Robert Thomas, Torey Krug
1–254% → 75%
P3 19:11 STLTorey KrugEN
from Justin Faulk
1–396% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jon Merrill D13:301+0.42+0.01+0.44−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C18:27+0.21−0.03−0.02+0.06+0.00+0.19+0.01
Kirill Kaprizov L22:16+0.16+0.15−0.17−0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00
Jake Middleton D20:48+0.07+0.08+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L18:33+0.04+0.15−0.10−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.01
Ryan Hartman R19:40+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.04−0.00+0.00−0.01
Marcus Johansson L2:47+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock Faber D26:41−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonas Brodin D23:14−0.00+0.07+0.00−0.10+0.03+0.00+0.00
Brandon Duhaime R14:19−0.04−0.01−0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mason Shaw C7:12−0.06−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marco Rossi C17:37−0.09+0.10−0.26+0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00
Connor Dewar C13:59−0.11−0.05−0.09−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.04
Zach Bogosian D16:22−0.12−0.02+0.00+0.08+0.00−0.19+0.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C21:07−0.12+0.12−0.02−0.09+0.02−0.19+0.03
Declan Chisholm D15:16−0.18+0.08+0.00−0.09+0.01−0.19+0.00
Vinni Lettieri C9:07−0.25+0.06−0.08−0.05+0.00−0.19+0.00
Jake Lucchini C7:48−0.26−0.05−0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Marc-Andre Fleury G58:42+0.31

STL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Scott Perunovich D13:341+0.54+0.07−0.03+0.14−0.00+0.37+0.00
Alexey Toropchenko R9:301+0.46+0.05+0.41−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Hayes R10:31+0.22+0.09−0.07+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.01
Jake Neighbours L18:181+0.20−0.07+0.33−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Saad L12:081+0.17+0.07−0.10+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Torey Krug D24:4611+0.07+0.06+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marco Scandella D10:43+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kasperi Kapanen R14:16−0.02+0.03−0.02−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Oskar Sundqvist C17:37−0.04+0.04−0.10−0.09+0.00+0.19−0.07
Robert Thomas C20:391−0.04−0.11−0.09+0.16+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nathan Walker L13:19−0.06+0.04−0.06−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.01
Zachary Bolduc R8:10−0.09−0.04−0.03−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pavel Buchnevich L19:55−0.19−0.12−0.00−0.06+0.00+0.00−0.01
Brayden Schenn C19:05−0.26−0.09−0.08−0.09+0.02+0.00−0.01
Colton Parayko D22:45−0.26−0.21−0.06−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jordan Kyrou R17:18−0.30−0.07−0.23+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Leddy D22:19−0.31−0.23−0.02−0.04−0.03+0.00+0.00
Justin Faulk D21:071−0.47−0.03+0.00−0.06−0.01−0.37+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jordan Binnington G60:00+0.54

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.