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2024-12-27 · American Airlines Center

3 – 2Final/OT

MIN beat DAL 3–2 in overtime. MIN lost the expected-goals battle 1.8 to 3.4 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Brock Faber scored at 0:35 of overtime, moving MIN’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Jake Oettinger allowed 1.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
18 – 29
Expected goals
1.8 – 3.4
xG share
DAL 66%
Home-ice start
DAL 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 goalDAL goal

Expected goals

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

MINDAL

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
60:35 TOI
GSAx +1.02
+1.02
DAL
1 G, 1 A · 18:58 TOI
Finishing +0.62 · Penalties +0.20
+0.81
DAL
1 G, 1 A · 17:36 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.70
+0.78

Rough nights

DAL
60:35 TOI
GSAx −1.29
−1.29
DAL
0 G, 0 A · 16:51 TOI
Finishing −0.43 · Faceoffs −0.05
−0.50
MIN
Brendan Gaunce
0 G, 0 A · 10:08 TOI
On-ice −0.25 · Finishing −0.21
−0.48

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMIN–DALWin prob.
P1 9:52 DALEvgenii Dadonov
from Wyatt Johnston, Jamie Benn
0–153% → 70%
P2 15:08 DALWyatt Johnston
from Evgenii Dadonov, Ilya Lyubushkin
0–275% → 90%
P3 10:36 MINJonas Brodin
from Mats Zuccarello
1–23% → 17%
P3 11:33 MINMarcus Foligno
from Jared Spurgeon, Declan Chisholm
2–216% → 48%
OT 0:35 MINBrock Faber
from Matt Boldy, Marco Rossi
3–248% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jonas Brodin D24:111+0.67−0.17+0.80−0.01+0.05+0.00+0.00
Marcus Foligno L14:121+0.60−0.08+0.68−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brock Faber D25:281+0.43−0.16+0.78+0.00+0.01−0.20+0.00
Marco Rossi C18:381+0.26+0.10−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.20−0.01
Yakov Trenin C15:03+0.05+0.05−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jared Spurgeon D21:521+0.04+0.06−0.02−0.03+0.03+0.00+0.00
Declan Chisholm D19:141+0.04+0.13−0.08−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marat Khusnutdinov C13:43−0.03−0.01−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C17:10−0.04−0.08−0.01−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.03
Marcus Johansson L13:46−0.06−0.06−0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jon Merrill D12:46−0.12−0.12+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C18:231−0.13−0.01−0.14+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L19:471−0.17+0.06−0.03−0.00+0.01−0.20−0.01
Ben Jones C9:06−0.18−0.21−0.00−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.01
Devin Shore C11:16−0.31−0.20−0.09−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zach Bogosian D16:21−0.43−0.20−0.03−0.00−0.00−0.20+0.00
Ryan Hartman R14:41−0.47−0.10−0.39−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Brendan Gaunce C10:08−0.48−0.25−0.21−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Filip Gustavsson G60:35+1.02

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Wyatt Johnston C18:5811+0.81−0.03+0.62+0.00−0.00+0.20+0.01
Evgenii Dadonov L17:3611+0.78+0.10+0.70−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Oskar Bäck C14:09+0.30+0.09−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.20+0.03
Nils Lundkvist D15:52+0.09+0.12−0.04+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jamie Benn L16:551+0.09+0.05−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Lian Bichsel D13:03+0.07+0.07+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Esa Lindell D22:11+0.03−0.00−0.04+0.02+0.06+0.00+0.00
Matt Duchene C16:54+0.02+0.06−0.09+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.01
Ilya Lyubushkin D15:051+0.01+0.07−0.06−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sam Steel C17:05−0.06−0.02−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.02
Colin Blackwell C11:39−0.06+0.06−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Miro Heiskanen D27:46−0.07−0.08+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Thomas Harley D21:23−0.10+0.20−0.31+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C17:54−0.10+0.14−0.23−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mavrik Bourque C12:36−0.13+0.03−0.14−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02
Jason Robertson L18:50−0.21−0.04−0.20+0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Mason Marchment L4:58−0.35+0.14−0.51+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Roope Hintz C16:51−0.50−0.03−0.43+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Oettinger G60:35−1.29

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.