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2026-01-02 · Honda Center

5 – 2Final

MIN beat ANA 5–2. MIN also won the expected-goals battle 4.1 to 2.9: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Yakov Trenin scored at 14:45 of the second, moving MIN’s win probability from 70% to 87%. Lukas Dostal allowed 1.2 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
34 – 28
Expected goals
4.1 – 2.9
xG share
MIN 59%
Home-ice start
ANA 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 goalANA goal

Expected goals

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

MINANA

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
Danila Yurov
2 G, 0 A · 14:21 TOI
Finishing +1.54
+1.53
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 11:09 TOI
Finishing +0.88 · Faceoffs +0.06
+0.95
MIN
1 G, 1 A · 12:14 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.64
+0.76

Rough nights

ANA
69:00 TOI
GSAx −1.22
−1.22
ANA
Ian Moore
0 G, 0 A · 19:44 TOI
Finishing −0.24 · Penalties −0.19
−0.47
ANA
0 G, 0 A · 23:04 TOI
On-ice −0.17 · Finishing −0.27
−0.41

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMIN–ANAWin prob.
P1 5:39 MINKirill KaprizovPP
from Joel Eriksson Ek, Quinn Hughes
1–047% → 63%
P2 8:10 MINDanila Yurov
from Yakov Trenin, Quinn Hughes
2–068% → 83%
P2 13:46 ANABeckett Sennecke
from Mason McTavish
2–114% → 30%
P2 14:45 MINYakov Trenin
from Quinn Hughes, Joel Eriksson Ek
3–170% → 87%
P3 3:21 MINDanila Yurov
from Quinn Hughes, Mats Zuccarello
4–191% → 98%
P3 15:02 MINNico Sturm
from Marcus Foligno, Jonas Brodin
5–1100% → 100%
P3 17:27 ANATroy Terry
from Mikael Granlund
5–20% → 0%

Every player

Show both lineups

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Danila Yurov R14:212+1.53+0.03+1.54−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.04
Nico Sturm C11:091+0.95+0.02+0.88−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.06
Yakov Trenin C12:1411+0.76+0.13+0.64−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kirill Kaprizov L20:561+0.20+0.15+0.03+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C18:351+0.20+0.15+0.00+0.05+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jonas Brodin D20:141+0.14+0.00−0.07−0.02+0.04+0.19+0.00
Matt Boldy L20:30+0.08+0.20−0.35+0.03+0.01+0.19+0.00
Quinn Hughes D23:164+0.01+0.29−0.30+0.07−0.05+0.00+0.00
Vladimir Tarasenko R13:09−0.00+0.03−0.23+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Jared Spurgeon D18:35−0.01−0.01−0.04−0.02+0.05+0.00+0.00
Vinnie Hinostroza C10:43−0.03+0.02−0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Zach Bogosian D14:43−0.04−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Middleton D16:48−0.05−0.04+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marcus Foligno L10:251−0.05−0.02−0.01−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marcus Johansson L15:56−0.18+0.08−0.27+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Hartman R15:53−0.20+0.01−0.17−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.03
Joel Eriksson Ek C18:422−0.21+0.15−0.38−0.01+0.03+0.00−0.01
Brock Faber D21:51−0.24+0.04−0.29+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Filip Gustavsson G60:00+0.50

ANA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Troy Terry R16:551+0.52−0.04+0.57−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Leo Carlsson C15:08+0.11−0.05+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.19−0.01
Jansen Harkins C11:44+0.04+0.06+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ross Johnston L10:23+0.03+0.05+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikael Granlund C19:051+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Olen Zellweger D14:43−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nikita Nesterenko C14:47−0.04−0.04+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Poehling C17:04−0.04−0.03−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Pavel Mintyukov D20:52−0.09−0.04−0.02−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Radko Gudas D15:47−0.11−0.09−0.04+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Chris Kreider L14:20−0.23−0.14−0.13−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.02
Jackson LaCombe D23:41−0.24−0.14−0.05−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Beckett Sennecke R18:261−0.28+0.02+0.11−0.00−0.02−0.39+0.00
Mason McTavish C16:071−0.29+0.02−0.30+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.01
Cutter Gauthier L13:49−0.31−0.11−0.20−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Killorn L10:05−0.32−0.12+0.00−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Jacob Trouba D23:04−0.41−0.17−0.27+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ian Moore D19:44−0.47−0.03−0.24−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Lukas Dostal G69:00−1.22

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.