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2025-01-02 · Capital One Arena

4 – 3Final/SO

MIN beat WSH 4–3 in a shootout. MIN also won the expected-goals battle 3.4 to 2.9: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Marco Rossi scored at 11:19 of the third, moving MIN’s win probability from 16% to 48%.

Shots on goal
33 – 31
Expected goals
3.4 – 2.9
xG share
MIN 54%
Home-ice start
WSH 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 goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

MINWSH

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.

WSH
1 G, 0 A · 16:58 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.87
+0.99
WSH
1 G, 0 A · 21:53 TOI
On-ice +0.29 · Finishing +0.62 · Penalties −0.20
+0.74
MIN
1 G, 1 A · 17:01 TOI
Finishing +0.74
+0.71

Rough nights

WSH
0 G, 1 A · 20:50 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing −0.48 · Faceoffs +0.07 · Shootout −0.39
−0.68
MIN
0 G, 0 A · 15:23 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing −0.68
−0.59
MIN
0 G, 1 A · 23:28 TOI
On-ice −0.34 · Finishing −0.22 · Faceoffs −0.05
−0.57

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMIN–WSHWin prob.
P1 10:19 WSHTom Wilson
from Rasmus Sandin
0–153% → 70%
P1 11:24 MINRyan Hartman
from Zach Bogosian, Joel Eriksson Ek
1–130% → 47%
P1 19:07 MINYakov TreninSH
unassisted
2–146% → 65%
P2 15:08 WSHAlex OvechkinPP
from Dylan Strome
2–230% → 54%
P3 5:34 WSHMartin Fehérváry
from Pierre-Luc Dubois
2–352% → 80%
P3 11:19 MINMarco Rossi
from Ryan Hartman, Jonas Brodin
3–316% → 48%

Every player

Show both lineups

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Ryan Hartman R17:0111+0.71−0.01+0.74+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02−0.00
Yakov Trenin C12:581+0.70+0.16+0.53−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Marco Rossi C19:161+0.42+0.04+0.45−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.05−0.00
Matt Boldy L20:10+0.37+0.17−0.61+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.01+0.78
Marcus Foligno L12:10+0.17+0.17−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Declan Chisholm D20:17+0.14+0.16+0.01−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Travis Dermott D10:32+0.14+0.14+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock Faber D31:29+0.09+0.09−0.23+0.01+0.01+0.20+0.00+0.00
Marcus Johansson L18:30+0.03+0.10−0.08+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jon Merrill D13:03+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Devin Shore C9:49−0.01+0.00−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ben Jones C8:33−0.04+0.03−0.27−0.01+0.01+0.20+0.00−0.00
Jonas Brodin D27:151−0.09−0.15+0.00−0.02+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marat Khusnutdinov C10:54−0.20+0.06−0.23−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03−0.00
Zach Bogosian D18:291−0.25+0.03−0.07−0.00−0.00−0.20+0.00+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C21:00−0.38−0.08−0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.32
Joel Eriksson Ek C23:281−0.57−0.34−0.22+0.01+0.04+0.00−0.05−0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C15:23−0.59+0.08−0.68−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.01−0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Marc-Andre Fleury G64:39+0.50

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Martin Fehérváry D16:581+0.99+0.13+0.87−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tom Wilson R21:531+0.74+0.29+0.62+0.02−0.00−0.20+0.00−0.00
Aliaksei Protas L18:35+0.05+0.06−0.00+0.02−0.02+0.00−0.01−0.00
John Carlson D24:49+0.04+0.28−0.28+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C10:20+0.03+0.01−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.03−0.00
Alex Ovechkin L20:101−0.02−0.17+0.46+0.05−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.33
Ivan Miroshnichenko L8:58−0.02−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Andrew Mangiapane L10:33−0.03−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Rasmus Sandin D21:491−0.03−0.03+0.01+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Duhaime R15:21−0.08−0.08−0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Matt Roy D18:55−0.10−0.11+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Taylor Raddysh R12:05−0.21−0.17−0.05−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01−0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D18:49−0.22−0.20−0.05+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nic Dowd C16:01−0.36−0.15−0.00−0.03+0.01−0.20+0.02−0.00
Jakob Chychrun D21:56−0.45−0.37−0.06+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Strome C17:051−0.48−0.13−0.27+0.02−0.01+0.20+0.05−0.32
Connor McMichael L16:08−0.56−0.27−0.31+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Pierre-Luc Dubois C20:501−0.68+0.09−0.48+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.07−0.39
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Charlie Lindgren G64:45+0.31

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.