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2025-01-18 · Bridgestone Arena

2 – 6Final

NSH beat MIN 6–2. NSH also won the expected-goals battle 4.1 to 2.6: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Filip Forsberg scored on the power play at 17:29 of the first, moving NSH’s win probability from 54% to 71%.

Shots on goal
29 – 38
Expected goals
2.6 – 4.1
xG share
NSH 61%
Home-ice start
NSH 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 goalNSH goal

Expected goals

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

MINNSH

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.

NSH
2 G, 2 A · 19:12 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing +1.11 · Playmaking +0.05 · Penalties −0.20
+1.14
NSH
1 G, 0 A · 20:28 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing +0.79 · Playmaking +0.07
+1.08
NSH
Fedor Svechkov
1 G, 0 A · 9:58 TOI
Finishing +0.75 · Faceoffs −0.05
+0.71

Rough nights

MIN
Marc-Andre Fleury
58:29 TOI
GSAx −0.78
−0.78
MIN
0 G, 0 A · 25:10 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.20 · Penalties −0.40
−0.66
NSH
0 G, 1 A · 21:25 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing −0.75
−0.63

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMIN–NSHWin prob.
P1 6:23 MINDavid Jiricek
from Matt Boldy, Marco Rossi
1–047% → 63%
P1 8:22 NSHColton Sissons
from Michael McCarron, Luke Schenn
1–137% → 53%
P1 17:29 NSHFilip ForsbergPP
from Ryan O'Reilly, Roman Josi
1–254% → 71%
P2 0:54 NSHSteven Stamkos
from Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi
1–372% → 86%
P2 2:07 NSHFedor Svechkov
from Tommy Novak
1–486% → 94%
P3 2:28 MINMatt BoldyPP
from Mats Zuccarello
2–41% → 7%
P3 16:20 NSHFilip Forsberg
unassisted
2–599% → 100%
P3 18:11 NSHBrady SkjeiEN
from Filip Forsberg, Jonathan Marchessault
2–6100% → 100%

Every player

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MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
David Jiricek D12:591+0.70−0.13+0.84−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L22:5311+0.11−0.17+0.46+0.00+0.02−0.20−0.01
Marcus Foligno L13:50+0.02−0.07−0.12−0.01+0.02+0.20+0.00
Devin Shore C6:53−0.01−0.01−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Marat Khusnutdinov C9:29−0.02−0.03−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Jakub Lauko C9:18−0.06−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Yakov Trenin C10:30−0.06−0.05−0.01−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01
Ryan Hartman R14:50−0.11−0.02−0.11+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Frederick Gaudreau C15:46−0.15−0.19−0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.02
Zach Bogosian D19:13−0.15−0.16+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Liam Ohgren L10:55−0.17−0.09−0.05−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jon Merrill D14:19−0.17−0.16−0.03−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C23:221−0.18−0.15−0.09+0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Declan Chisholm D19:02−0.19−0.00−0.17−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jake Middleton D23:31−0.22−0.17−0.24−0.03+0.02+0.20+0.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C20:35−0.37−0.14−0.37−0.01+0.02+0.20−0.07
Marco Rossi C23:031−0.39−0.18−0.14−0.02−0.02+0.00−0.04
Brock Faber D25:10−0.66−0.08−0.20+0.01+0.01−0.40+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Marc-Andre Fleury G58:29−0.78

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Filip Forsberg L19:1222+1.14+0.18+1.11+0.05−0.01−0.20+0.00
Steven Stamkos C20:281+1.08+0.18+0.79+0.07−0.00+0.00+0.03
Fedor Svechkov C9:581+0.71+0.01+0.75−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.05
Colton Sissons C16:511+0.67+0.09+0.61−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Adam Wilsby D17:48+0.11+0.13−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zachary L'Heureux L12:36+0.10+0.07−0.17−0.01+0.01+0.20+0.00
Vinnie Hinostroza C11:58+0.03+0.03−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael McCarron C16:161+0.01+0.08−0.18−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.12
Tommy Novak C12:361−0.01+0.02−0.04+0.03−0.00+0.00−0.02
Ryan O'Reilly C14:551−0.02+0.16−0.24−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.04
Roman Josi D24:342−0.03+0.10−0.17+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Mark Jankowski L1:16−0.03−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Gustav Nyquist R19:19−0.06+0.10−0.15+0.03−0.01+0.00−0.02
Justin Barron D19:08−0.08+0.05−0.09−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Luke Schenn D15:391−0.09+0.13−0.02−0.00−0.00−0.20+0.00
Nick Blankenburg D18:03−0.21+0.09−0.29−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brady Skjei D21:131−0.57+0.11−0.46−0.01−0.01−0.20+0.00
Jonathan Marchessault C21:251−0.63+0.13−0.75+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Juuse Saros G60:00+0.36

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.