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2025-12-06 · Rogers Arena

2 – 4Final

VAN beat MIN 4–2. VAN lost the expected-goals battle 2.3 to 3.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Elias Pettersson scored at 11:46 of the second, moving VAN’s win probability from 53% to 74%. Jesper Wallstedt allowed 2.0 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
30 – 21
Expected goals
3.3 – 2.3
xG share
MIN 59%
Home-ice start
VAN 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 goalVAN goal

Expected goals

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

MINVAN

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.

VAN
Aatu Räty
2 G, 1 A · 14:09 TOI
Finishing +1.56 · Faceoffs +0.12
+1.70
VAN
Nikita Tolopilo
59:32 TOI
GSAx +1.18
+1.18
MIN
1 G, 1 A · 21:27 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.52 · Penalties +0.39
+0.97

Rough nights

MIN
57:05 TOI
GSAx −1.79
−1.98
MIN
0 G, 0 A · 18:12 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.71
−0.65
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 21:15 TOI
Finishing −0.26 · Penalties −0.19
−0.50

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMIN–VANWin prob.
P1 3:11 MINMatt Boldy
from Mats Zuccarello, Yakov Trenin
1–046% → 62%
P2 9:29 VANTom Willander
from Linus Karlsson, Jake DeBrusk
1–132% → 53%
P2 11:46 VANElias Pettersson
from Tom Willander, Aatu Räty
1–253% → 74%
P2 15:12 VANAatu Räty
from Evander Kane
1–375% → 90%
P3 5:09 VANAatu Räty
unassisted
1–494% → 99%
P3 17:22 MINMats ZuccarelloPP
from Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy
2–40% → 1%

Every player

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MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matt Boldy L21:2711+0.97+0.06+0.52+0.01+0.01+0.39+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C17:4311+0.91+0.05+0.84+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonas Brodin D20:07+0.01+0.04−0.04−0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Zach Bogosian D15:15+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C19:54−0.03+0.08−0.09+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.04
Jared Spurgeon D18:36−0.03+0.01−0.25−0.02+0.04+0.19+0.00
Danila Yurov R12:25−0.03+0.02+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.05
Zeev Buium D19:40−0.03+0.02−0.03−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tyler Pitlick C6:57−0.08−0.06+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Ryan Hartman R15:20−0.12−0.08−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02
Brock Faber D25:06−0.12+0.11−0.05+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Vladimir Tarasenko R12:42−0.16+0.04−0.22+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Liam Ohgren L8:14−0.18−0.06−0.11−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nico Sturm C9:34−0.23−0.02−0.18−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Jake Middleton D18:19−0.26−0.07−0.19−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kirill Kaprizov L21:201−0.36+0.00−0.20+0.02+0.00−0.19+0.00
Yakov Trenin C13:231−0.39+0.01−0.40−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01
Marcus Johansson L18:12−0.65+0.06−0.71+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jesper Wallstedt G57:05−1.98

VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Aatu Räty C14:0921+1.70+0.03+1.56−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.12
Elias Pettersson D11:421+0.85−0.04+0.92−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Tom Willander D13:1811+0.82−0.01+0.86−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Filip Hronek D23:56+0.22+0.03+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Linus Karlsson C11:321+0.16−0.02+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
David Kampf C17:57+0.07+0.03+0.00−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.10
Quinn Hughes D24:49+0.06+0.09−0.06+0.06−0.03+0.00+0.00
Arshdeep Bains L7:27−0.06−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Lekkerimäki R6:35−0.06−0.05+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake DeBrusk L14:011−0.07−0.07+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Evander Kane L15:381−0.11−0.01−0.10+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Tyler Myers D22:14−0.14−0.04−0.10−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kiefer Sherwood L17:41−0.15−0.04−0.28+0.00−0.01+0.19−0.01
Marcus Pettersson D23:28−0.25−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.02−0.19+0.00
Drew O'Connor L9:54−0.28−0.06+0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19−0.01
Conor Garland R23:34−0.36+0.00−0.40+0.01+0.04+0.00+0.00
Max Sasson C12:23−0.44+0.01−0.42−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Brock Boeser R21:15−0.50−0.02−0.26+0.01−0.01−0.19−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Nikita Tolopilo G59:32+1.18

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.