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2026-01-27 · Grand Casino Arena

3 – 4Final/SO

MIN beat CHI 4–3 in a shootout. MIN lost the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 3.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Jared Spurgeon scored on the power play at 17:58 of the third, moving MIN’s win probability from 8% to 50%. Jesper Wallstedt saved 2.4 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
32 – 23
Expected goals
3.5 – 2.9
xG share
CHI 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.

CHI goalMIN goal

Expected goals

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

CHIMIN

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
74:53 TOI
GSAx +2.39
+2.39
CHI
1 G, 0 A · 21:19 TOI
On-ice +0.24 · Finishing +0.68
+0.97
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 22:41 TOI
On-ice +0.24 · Finishing +0.77 · Penalties −0.19
+0.85

Rough nights

CHI
Connor Bedard
0 G, 1 A · 25:30 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing −1.25 · Shootout −0.38
−1.50
CHI
65:00 TOI
GSAx −1.16
−1.16
CHI
0 G, 0 A · 23:05 TOI
On-ice +0.24 · Finishing −0.46 · Shootout −0.32
−0.56

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCHI–MINWin prob.
P1 1:19 CHITeuvo Teravainen
from Connor Bedard, Louis Crevier
1–047% → 62%
P1 15:14 CHIRyan Donato
unassisted
2–065% → 78%
P2 5:54 CHIIlya Mikheyev
from Alex Vlasic, Jason Dickinson
3–082% → 94%
P2 12:33 MINYakov Trenin
from Daemon Hunt
3–14% → 15%
P3 3:57 MINJoel Eriksson Ek
from Marcus Johansson, Quinn Hughes
3–28% → 25%
P3 17:58 MINJared SpurgeonPP
from Joel Eriksson Ek, Matt Boldy
3–38% → 50%

Every player

Show both lineups

CHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Teuvo Teravainen C21:191+0.97+0.24+0.68+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Ilya Mikheyev R20:131+0.64−0.22+0.65−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.01−0.00
Ryan Donato C11:591+0.36−0.02+0.88−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.49
Alex Vlasic D23:061+0.16+0.03−0.09+0.02+0.01+0.19+0.00+0.00
Jason Dickinson C16:341+0.13+0.04+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.09−0.00
Louis Crevier D18:281+0.03+0.10−0.05−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Foligno L12:50−0.01+0.10−0.13−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02−0.00
Ryan Greene C10:38−0.02−0.01−0.19−0.00−0.00+0.19−0.01−0.00
Artyom Levshunov D20:37−0.05−0.02−0.21−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00+0.00
Oliver Moore C14:54−0.10−0.06−0.24−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00−0.00
Landon Slaggert L10:30−0.13−0.02−0.09−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Matt Grzelcyk D17:24−0.23−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Connor Murphy D18:20−0.25−0.15−0.11+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Andre Burakovsky L13:11−0.31−0.22−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Wyatt Kaiser D18:45−0.32−0.32+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Bertuzzi L22:37−0.56−0.18−0.38+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00
Frank Nazar C23:05−0.56+0.24−0.46−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.32
Connor Bedard C25:301−1.50+0.10−1.25+0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.38
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Spencer Knight G65:00−1.16

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Jared Spurgeon D22:411+0.85+0.24+0.77−0.02+0.05−0.19+0.00+0.00
Yakov Trenin C13:001+0.79−0.02+0.81−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Kirill Kaprizov L22:55+0.77+0.01−0.07+0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.79
Joel Eriksson Ek C18:4011+0.37−0.11+0.51−0.00+0.03+0.00−0.05−0.00
Quinn Hughes D27:491+0.03+0.10−0.07+0.03−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
David Jiricek D11:32+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nico Sturm C10:10+0.00−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03−0.00
Daemon Hunt D11:441−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Vinnie Hinostroza C8:28−0.03−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Marcus Johansson L15:531−0.03+0.36−0.39+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Vladimir Tarasenko R13:07−0.06+0.11−0.19+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Marcus Foligno L14:35−0.14−0.03−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Brock Faber D31:23−0.19−0.21+0.00+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Middleton D24:00−0.22−0.00−0.01−0.02+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L21:481−0.24+0.44−0.16+0.00+0.01−0.39+0.01−0.16
Danila Yurov R13:47−0.25−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19−0.04−0.00
Ryan Hartman R17:28−0.34−0.07−0.20−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.07−0.00
Mats Zuccarello C16:29−0.35−0.12−0.13+0.03−0.00+0.19+0.00−0.32
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jesper Wallstedt G74:53+2.39

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.