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2024-04-02 · Xcel Energy Center

2 – 3Final

MIN beat OTT 3–2. MIN lost the expected-goals battle 1.8 to 2.6 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Vinni Lettieri scored at 13:04 of the third, moving MIN’s win probability from 51% to 86%. Joonas Korpisalo allowed 1.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
32 – 19
Expected goals
2.6 – 1.8
xG share
OTT 58%
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.

OTT goalMIN goal

Expected goals

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

OTTMIN

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.

OTT
1 G, 1 A · 20:15 TOI
Finishing +0.79 · Penalties +0.19
+1.03
MIN
Mason Shaw
1 G, 0 A · 9:49 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing +0.69
+0.85
MIN
Marc-Andre Fleury
59:59 TOI
GSAx +0.67
+0.67

Rough nights

OTT
58:17 TOI
GSAx −1.28
−1.28
OTT
0 G, 1 A · 18:21 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing −0.74 · Penalties −0.19
−0.76
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 15:01 TOI
On-ice −0.17 · Finishing −0.15 · Penalties −0.19 · Faceoffs +0.06
−0.46

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalOTT–MINWin prob.
P1 12:32 MINMason Shaw
from Zach Bogosian, Jake Lucchini
0–153% → 70%
P2 0:49 MINMatt Boldy
from Kirill Kaprizov, Jonas Brodin
0–272% → 86%
P2 7:43 OTTDrake BathersonPP
from Brady Tkachuk, Jakob Chychrun
1–213% → 27%
P3 2:42 OTTJakob ChychrunPP
from Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle
2–223% → 48%
P3 13:04 MINVinni Lettieri
unassisted
2–351% → 86%

Every player

Show both lineups

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Drake Batherson R20:1511+1.03+0.04+0.79+0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Jakob Chychrun D22:2411+0.66−0.01+0.67+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ridly Greig C12:49+0.18+0.13−0.17+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.02
Tim Stützle C22:441+0.14+0.10−0.19+0.03−0.01+0.19+0.03
Claude Giroux R21:00+0.06+0.23−0.29+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.11
Tyler Kleven D15:54+0.06+0.14−0.06−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Sanderson D22:29+0.06+0.15−0.09−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Artem Zub D19:53+0.03+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Boris Katchouk L9:13−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Angus Crookshank C3:37−0.03−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Kastelic C9:13−0.05−0.01−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dominik Kubalik L11:34−0.15−0.07−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob Bernard-Docker D20:11−0.16−0.16+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Brannstrom D18:24−0.24−0.04+0.00−0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Parker Kelly C14:08−0.25−0.04−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.19−0.01
Mathieu Joseph R18:21−0.31−0.15−0.16−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Shane Pinto C15:01−0.46−0.17−0.15−0.02+0.01−0.19+0.06
Brady Tkachuk L18:211−0.76+0.14−0.74+0.02−0.01−0.19+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joonas Korpisalo G58:17−1.28

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mason Shaw C9:491+0.85+0.16+0.69−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L18:401+0.64−0.08+0.74+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.03
Vinni Lettieri C11:361+0.63+0.10+0.77−0.01−0.00−0.19−0.04
Zach Bogosian D21:471+0.31+0.12+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Jake Lucchini C11:311+0.07+0.08−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Marco Rossi C16:48+0.06−0.03−0.04−0.01−0.01+0.19−0.03
Declan Chisholm D15:50+0.01+0.02+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonas Brodin D24:071−0.04+0.06−0.13−0.02+0.04+0.00+0.00
Marat Khusnutdinov C13:47−0.06+0.16−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19−0.02
Jake Middleton D16:55−0.08−0.08+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marcus Johansson L16:01−0.08−0.03−0.04−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Beckman L8:01−0.11+0.02−0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jon Merrill D13:40−0.13−0.05−0.09−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C13:12−0.16−0.05−0.08−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.03
Brock Faber D21:26−0.17−0.18+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kirill Kaprizov L23:031−0.19−0.17−0.03+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C19:19−0.20−0.13−0.08+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Joel Eriksson Ek C20:58−0.38−0.14−0.39−0.00+0.03+0.19−0.06
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Marc-Andre Fleury G59:59+0.67

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.