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2025-11-29 · Grand Casino Arena

3 – 2Final/SO

BUF beat MIN 3–2 in a shootout. BUF also won the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Josh Doan scored at 6:01 of the third, moving BUF’s win probability from 20% to 48%.

Shots on goal
33 – 24
Expected goals
3.1 – 2.3
xG share
BUF 57%
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.

BUF goalMIN goal

Expected goals

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

BUFMIN

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.

BUF
0 G, 1 A · 12:20 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Playmaking −0.11 · Faceoffs −0.07 · Shootout +1.01
+0.99
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 27:10 TOI
On-ice −0.38 · Finishing +0.24 · Penalties +0.19 · Shootout +0.68
+0.72
BUF
1 G, 0 A · 12:31 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.38 · Playmaking −0.07 · Penalties +0.19
+0.64

Rough nights

MIN
0 G, 0 A · 12:40 TOI
On-ice −0.17 · Finishing −0.10 · Shootout −0.49
−0.77
MIN
Filip Gustavsson
84:47 TOI
GSAx −0.72
−0.72
BUF
0 G, 1 A · 17:37 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing −0.18 · Playmaking +0.17 · Penalties −0.19 · Shootout −0.49
−0.57

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–MINWin prob.
P1 9:37 MINKirill Kaprizov
from Mats Zuccarello, Danila Yurov
0–153% → 70%
P1 12:42 BUFBeck Malenstyn
from Peyton Krebs, Josh Dunne
1–130% → 47%
P1 14:05 MINMatt Boldy
unassisted
1–253% → 71%
P3 6:01 BUFJosh Doan
from Alex Tuch, Noah Ostlund
2–220% → 48%

Every player

Show both lineups

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Noah Ostlund C12:201+0.99+0.16−0.00−0.11−0.00+0.00−0.07+1.01
Beck Malenstyn L12:311+0.64+0.13+0.38−0.07+0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Jack Quinn R20:17+0.58+0.04−0.22−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.79
Tage Thompson C18:55+0.24−0.18−0.16−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.01+0.66
Peyton Krebs C12:221+0.19+0.13−0.14+0.22−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Josh Doan R12:331+0.18+0.16+0.05−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Owen Power D19:44+0.14+0.34−0.09−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Dunne C10:201+0.11+0.05−0.00+0.05+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Zach Benson L17:32+0.08+0.05−0.07−0.09−0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Bowen Byram D24:55+0.05+0.21+0.00−0.16−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob Bryson D10:12+0.03+0.10+0.00−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan McLeod C23:09−0.05+0.06−0.00−0.15−0.00+0.00+0.05−0.00
Conor Timmins D21:18−0.07−0.07−0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyson Kozak C12:28−0.09+0.00−0.04−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Mattias Samuelsson D24:23−0.16+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Jason Zucker L17:34−0.22−0.16−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.02−0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D29:37−0.29+0.12−0.12−0.10+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Alex Tuch R17:371−0.57+0.13−0.18+0.17+0.00−0.19−0.01−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Colten Ellis G65:00+0.13

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Kirill Kaprizov L27:101+0.72−0.38+0.24−0.02+0.01+0.19+0.00+0.68
Matt Boldy L23:201+0.54−0.16+0.14−0.06+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.60
Joel Eriksson Ek C22:20+0.24+0.23−0.02−0.09+0.02+0.00+0.10−0.00
Danila Yurov R14:251+0.15−0.08−0.01+0.08+0.01+0.19−0.04−0.00
Jonas Brodin D23:52+0.04−0.08+0.00+0.07+0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Middleton D19:54−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Johansson L18:22−0.04+0.09−0.09−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Tyler Pitlick C5:48−0.11−0.07−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Zach Bogosian D13:47−0.13−0.11+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Yakov Trenin C13:43−0.16−0.09−0.08−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00
Brock Faber D26:10−0.16−0.12−0.15+0.09+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Liam Ohgren L11:42−0.18−0.12−0.03−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Mats Zuccarello C18:491−0.20−0.05−0.00+0.17+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.32
Nico Sturm C8:39−0.20−0.08−0.16−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.06−0.00
Jared Spurgeon D22:20−0.30−0.10−0.01−0.05+0.05−0.19+0.00+0.00
Ryan Hartman R17:39−0.32−0.17−0.03−0.06+0.00+0.00−0.07−0.00
Zeev Buium D18:02−0.53−0.22+0.00−0.10−0.02−0.19+0.00+0.00
Vladimir Tarasenko R12:40−0.77−0.17−0.10−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Filip Gustavsson G84:47−0.72

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.