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2025-03-11 · Xcel Energy Center

1 – 2Final/SO

MIN beat COL 2–1 in a shootout. MIN lost the expected-goals battle 1.6 to 2.9 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Joel Kiviranta scored at 14:20 of the third, moving COL’s win probability from 12% to 49%. Filip Gustavsson saved 2.3 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
28 – 23
Expected goals
2.9 – 1.6
xG share
COL 65%
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.

COL goalMIN goal

Expected goals

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

COLMIN

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
65:00 TOI
GSAx +2.32
+2.32
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 20:49 TOI
On-ice +0.19 · Finishing +0.51 · Shootout +0.66
+1.38
COL
1 G, 0 A · 8:53 TOI
Finishing +0.79
+0.78

Rough nights

MIN
0 G, 1 A · 22:55 TOI
On-ice −0.11 · Finishing −0.71 · Penalties −0.20 · Shootout +0.41
−0.62
COL
0 G, 0 A · 18:08 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.47
−0.44
MIN
Vinnie Hinostroza
0 G, 0 A · 13:49 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing −0.28
−0.39

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–MINWin prob.
P2 11:01 MINMats Zuccarello
from Marco Rossi, Matt Boldy
0–153% → 74%
P3 14:20 COLJoel Kiviranta
from Ross Colton, Samuel Girard
1–112% → 49%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Joel Kiviranta L8:531+0.78−0.00+0.79−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Samuel Girard D18:321+0.35+0.46−0.12+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sam Malinski D16:13+0.14+0.13−0.02+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Drury C12:09+0.13+0.09−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.08−0.00
Parker Kelly C12:09+0.00+0.14−0.14−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.02−0.00
Logan O'Connor R12:23−0.02+0.10−0.11−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Cale Makar D28:44−0.04+0.01−0.32+0.03+0.03+0.20+0.00+0.00
Charlie Coyle C12:53−0.05+0.05−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.04−0.00
Josh Manson D18:06−0.05−0.05+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L19:28−0.06−0.09−0.00+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jonathan Drouin L16:47−0.08−0.00−0.07+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R18:25−0.09+0.37−0.44−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ryan Lindgren D16:08−0.16−0.05−0.10−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C25:37−0.19+0.25−0.24+0.12−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.32
Ross Colton C11:461−0.21+0.03−0.22−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Devon Toews D23:51−0.27−0.03−0.08+0.02+0.02−0.20+0.00+0.00
Martin Necas C22:48−0.30+0.05−0.23+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.11
Brock Nelson C18:08−0.44+0.06−0.47−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mackenzie Blackwood G65:00−0.05

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Mats Zuccarello C20:491+1.38+0.19+0.51+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.66
Ryan Hartman R14:44+0.01−0.15−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.20−0.03−0.00
Declan Chisholm D19:53+0.00+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jared Spurgeon D21:45−0.03−0.05−0.01−0.01+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Brazeau R8:46−0.10−0.10−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jake Middleton D25:05−0.11−0.06−0.04−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C18:46−0.12−0.09−0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.05−0.00
Marcus Johansson L18:07−0.12−0.06−0.06+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jon Merrill D14:26−0.12−0.13+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Yakov Trenin C10:55−0.15−0.16−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00
Zach Bogosian D14:00−0.17−0.17+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Gustav Nyquist R15:55−0.18−0.03−0.17+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Devin Shore C7:33−0.20−0.08−0.08−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03−0.00
Brock Faber D27:50−0.25−0.23−0.04+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marco Rossi C21:421−0.29−0.15−0.18−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.06−0.00
Marcus Foligno L14:00−0.34−0.16−0.00−0.01+0.03−0.20+0.01−0.00
Vinnie Hinostroza C13:49−0.39−0.10−0.28−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Matt Boldy L22:551−0.62−0.11−0.71+0.00+0.01−0.20−0.01+0.41
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Filip Gustavsson G65:00+2.32

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.