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2025-01-20 · Ball Arena

3 – 1Final

MIN beat COL 3–1. MIN also won the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 2.5: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Yakov Trenin scored at 2:08 of the third, moving MIN’s win probability from 48% to 74%. Marc-Andre Fleury saved 1.7 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
26 – 27
Expected goals
2.9 – 2.5
xG share
MIN 54%
Home-ice start
COL 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 goalCOL goal

Expected goals

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

MINCOL

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
Marc-Andre Fleury
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.67
+1.67
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 10:37 TOI
Finishing +0.36 · Penalties +0.20
+0.63
MIN
0 G, 1 A · 14:44 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Playmaking +0.10 · Penalties +0.20
+0.44

Rough nights

MIN
0 G, 0 A · 25:43 TOI
Finishing −0.31 · Playmaking −0.14 · Penalties −0.40
−0.77
COL
0 G, 0 A · 20:05 TOI
On-ice −0.25 · Finishing −0.19 · Playmaking −0.06 · Penalties −0.20
−0.67
COL
0 G, 0 A · 15:42 TOI
On-ice −0.23 · Penalties −0.20 · Faceoffs −0.06
−0.52

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMIN–COLWin prob.
P1 12:18 MINJake Middleton
from Liam Ohgren, Frederick Gaudreau
1–047% → 64%
P2 18:52 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Samuel Girard
1–128% → 53%
P3 2:08 MINYakov Trenin
from David Jiricek, Liam Ohgren
2–148% → 74%
P3 3:43 MINBrock Faber
from Ryan Hartman, Jake Middleton
3–175% → 92%

Every player

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MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Yakov Trenin C10:371+0.63+0.03+0.36+0.02+0.01+0.20+0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C14:441+0.44+0.13−0.00+0.10+0.01+0.20+0.00
David Jiricek D13:331+0.30+0.19−0.09+0.20−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Middleton D23:4311+0.29−0.07+0.38−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Hartman R12:391+0.26+0.13−0.01+0.13+0.00+0.00+0.01
Brock Faber D28:171+0.26+0.02+0.33−0.10+0.01+0.00+0.00
Liam Ohgren L9:042+0.23+0.12−0.19+0.31−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jon Merrill D16:45+0.12+0.15+0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Declan Chisholm D13:39+0.06+0.15−0.06−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zach Bogosian D18:15+0.06+0.09−0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Foligno L13:44+0.02+0.14−0.08−0.05+0.02+0.00+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C25:13−0.01+0.04−0.13−0.12+0.00+0.20+0.00
Marat Khusnutdinov C9:55−0.03−0.02−0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.02
Jakub Lauko C7:52−0.05+0.02−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Marco Rossi C16:42−0.07+0.20−0.09−0.18−0.00+0.00+0.00
Devin Shore C7:00−0.07−0.03−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Matt Boldy L26:35−0.25+0.03−0.18−0.13+0.02+0.00+0.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C25:43−0.77+0.03−0.31−0.14+0.04−0.40+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Marc-Andre Fleury G60:00+1.67

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nathan MacKinnon C25:571+0.29+0.04+0.15−0.06−0.00+0.20−0.04
Samuel Girard D17:541+0.18+0.01+0.00+0.17−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikko Rantanen R26:55+0.16+0.04−0.14−0.03−0.00+0.20+0.09
Joel Kiviranta L11:34+0.05−0.10−0.00−0.05+0.00+0.20+0.00
Juuso Parssinen C5:50−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Ivan Ivan C3:09−0.04−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Calvin de Haan D12:00−0.06−0.08−0.01+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jere Innala L4:12−0.08−0.02−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Logan O'Connor R14:34−0.10−0.02−0.09−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.03
Josh Manson D16:41−0.13−0.08+0.00−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00
Parker Kelly C14:46−0.18−0.10−0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.03
Keaton Middleton D8:38−0.25−0.05+0.00−0.00−0.00−0.20+0.00
Devon Toews D29:49−0.26−0.13−0.10−0.05+0.02+0.00+0.00
Ross Colton C16:21−0.38+0.02−0.15−0.05−0.00−0.20+0.00
Cale Makar D30:23−0.42−0.20−0.21−0.04+0.03+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L21:07−0.46−0.17−0.22−0.04−0.03+0.00−0.01
Casey Mittelstadt C15:42−0.52−0.23−0.00−0.02−0.01−0.20−0.06
Artturi Lehkonen L20:05−0.67−0.25−0.19−0.06+0.03−0.20−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mackenzie Blackwood G56:23+0.23

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.