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2025-10-30 · Grand Casino Arena

4 – 1Final

PIT beat MIN 4–1. PIT also won the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 2.4: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Bryan Rust scored at 6:29 of the third, moving PIT’s win probability from 48% to 77%. Tristan Jarry saved 1.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
34 – 27
Expected goals
2.9 – 2.4
xG share
PIT 54%
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.

PIT goalMIN goal

Expected goals

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

PITMIN

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.

PIT
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.15
+1.15
PIT
Ben Kindel
1 G, 0 A · 12:11 TOI
On-ice +0.30 · Finishing +0.70
+1.02
PIT
Ryan Shea
1 G, 1 A · 21:54 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing +0.80
+0.97

Rough nights

PIT
1 G, 0 A · 15:32 TOI
On-ice −0.31 · Finishing −0.09
−0.40
MIN
0 G, 0 A · 19:33 TOI
On-ice −0.20 · Finishing −0.19
−0.40
MIN
Tyler Pitlick
0 G, 0 A · 10:51 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.06 · Penalties −0.19
−0.39

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–MINWin prob.
P1 10:16 MINKirill Kaprizov
from Marcus Johansson, Marco Rossi
0–153% → 70%
P2 2:18 PITRyan Shea
from Tommy Novak, Kris Letang
1–128% → 47%
P3 6:29 PITBryan Rust
from Ryan Shea, Kris Letang
2–148% → 77%
P3 7:30 PITBen KindelPP
from Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin
3–179% → 94%
P3 17:18 PITAnthony ManthaEN
unassisted
4–199% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ben Kindel C12:111+1.02+0.30+0.70−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.04
Ryan Shea D21:5411+0.97+0.16+0.80+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Bryan Rust R16:1511+0.52+0.03+0.70−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Noel Acciari C16:20+0.11+0.18−0.06−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Parker Wotherspoon D24:17+0.11+0.11−0.03+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Blake Lizotte C15:15+0.07+0.19−0.12−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.03
Ville Koivunen R12:15+0.05+0.23−0.16−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D22:312+0.05+0.10−0.05+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Owen Pickering D13:23+0.03+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Erik Karlsson D21:57+0.01+0.21−0.17+0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00
Mathew Dumba D15:45−0.04−0.00−0.04+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Connor Dewar C14:40−0.06+0.20−0.44−0.02+0.01+0.19+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C14:471−0.08−0.12+0.00+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.05
Tommy Novak C12:421−0.17+0.25−0.42+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Sidney Crosby C13:35−0.19+0.11−0.16+0.03−0.00−0.19+0.03
Filip Hallander C14:40−0.24−0.05−0.19−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Brazeau R14:01−0.34−0.19−0.16−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Anthony Mantha R15:321−0.40−0.31−0.09+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tristan Jarry G60:00+1.15

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kirill Kaprizov L21:381+0.52−0.15+0.43+0.04+0.00+0.19+0.00
Jake Middleton D18:53+0.07+0.14−0.06−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonas Brodin D21:59+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.02+0.04+0.00+0.00
Jared Spurgeon D18:14+0.02+0.02−0.01−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L18:48−0.05−0.19−0.08+0.00+0.01+0.19+0.01
Vladimir Tarasenko R14:04−0.07−0.03−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Johansson L15:501−0.11+0.09−0.21+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Yakov Trenin C15:39−0.12−0.09−0.05−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Danila Yurov R10:59−0.19−0.16−0.02−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01
Marco Rossi C18:291−0.19−0.03−0.11−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.03
Marcus Foligno L13:02−0.19−0.08−0.13−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Vinnie Hinostroza C14:14−0.21−0.08−0.11−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
David Jiricek D13:31−0.29−0.21−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brock Faber D22:41−0.33−0.29−0.05+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C17:19−0.38−0.11−0.22−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.06
Zeev Buium D19:27−0.39−0.27−0.06−0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00
Tyler Pitlick C10:51−0.39−0.13−0.06−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Ryan Hartman R19:33−0.40−0.20−0.19+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Filip Gustavsson G69:44−0.19

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.