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2026-03-17 · United Center

4 – 3Final/OT

MIN beat CHI 4–3 in overtime. MIN also won the expected-goals battle 3.8 to 2.9: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Mats Zuccarello scored at 3:09 of overtime, moving MIN’s win probability from 48% to 100%.

Shots on goal
37 – 26
Expected goals
3.8 – 2.9
xG share
MIN 57%
Home-ice start
CHI 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 goalCHI goal

Expected goals

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

MINCHI

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
1 G, 0 A · 15:36 TOI
On-ice +0.31 · Finishing +0.70
+1.03
MIN
1 G, 2 A · 15:56 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.79
+0.90
CHI
Louis Crevier
1 G, 1 A · 18:40 TOI
Finishing +0.86
+0.82

Rough nights

MIN
Danila Yurov
0 G, 0 A · 14:58 TOI
Finishing −0.53 · Penalties −0.19
−0.74
MIN
0 G, 1 A · 21:54 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing −0.96 · Playmaking +0.05 · Penalties +0.19
−0.63
MIN
Filip Gustavsson
59:32 TOI
GSAx −0.62
−0.62

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMIN–CHIWin prob.
P1 6:17 MINRyan Hartman
from Kirill Kaprizov, Brock Faber
1–047% → 63%
P1 7:58 MINMarcus Johansson
from Michael McCarron, Jonas Brodin
2–063% → 76%
P1 10:47 CHILouis Crevier
from Frank Nazar, Wyatt Kaiser
2–123% → 36%
P1 18:30 MINVladimir TarasenkoPP
from Marcus Johansson, Brock Faber
3–166% → 80%
P2 14:35 CHIRyan Greene
from Connor Bedard, Louis Crevier
3–214% → 30%
P3 18:20 CHIFrank Nazar
from Connor Bedard, Artyom Levshunov
3–36% → 50%
OT 3:09 MINMats Zuccarello
from Marcus Johansson, Brock Faber
4–348% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Vladimir Tarasenko R15:361+1.03+0.31+0.70+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Johansson L15:5612+0.90+0.11+0.79+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C17:121+0.78+0.14+0.60+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Hartman R18:391+0.50−0.04+0.51+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.03
Quinn Hughes D27:27+0.31+0.44−0.16+0.08−0.05+0.00+0.00
Zach Bogosian D15:50+0.05+0.06−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nico Sturm C11:39+0.04+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.04
Michael McCarron C14:191+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.04
Jake Middleton D15:24+0.00+0.02−0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L20:34+0.00+0.32−0.35+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Jonas Brodin D20:191−0.09−0.10−0.01−0.02+0.05+0.00+0.00
Yakov Trenin C12:20−0.09+0.04−0.13−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jared Spurgeon D21:01−0.12−0.05−0.10−0.01+0.04+0.00+0.00
Brock Faber D21:483−0.17+0.03−0.21+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Robby Fabbri C8:10−0.42+0.01−0.41−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Foligno L12:31−0.46−0.01−0.25+0.00+0.01−0.19−0.02
Kirill Kaprizov L21:541−0.63+0.08−0.96+0.05+0.01+0.19+0.00
Danila Yurov R14:58−0.74−0.01−0.53−0.01+0.01−0.19−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jesper Wallstedt G3:27+0.13
Filip Gustavsson G59:32−0.62

CHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Louis Crevier D18:4011+0.82−0.02+0.86−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Frank Nazar C20:4811+0.77+0.10+0.71−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.03
Ryan Greene C21:251+0.57−0.43+0.61+0.00−0.01+0.39+0.00
Teuvo Teravainen C18:09+0.12+0.11+0.00+0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Wyatt Kaiser D22:591−0.09−0.09+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sam Rinzel D16:52−0.10−0.01−0.09−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ethan Del Mastro D11:51−0.11−0.00−0.10−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sam Lafferty C7:02−0.11−0.12+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Andre Burakovsky L16:52−0.11+0.02−0.12−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Lardis L10:24−0.14−0.12+0.00−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alex Vlasic D22:13−0.17−0.16−0.04+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Landon Slaggert L8:52−0.18−0.16+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Donato C13:50−0.19+0.20−0.34+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.05
Andrew Mangiapane L11:05−0.22−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Ilya Mikheyev R16:12−0.40+0.01−0.42+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Artyom Levshunov D26:291−0.41−0.33−0.05+0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00
Connor Bedard C23:052−0.43−0.01−0.44+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.01
Tyler Bertuzzi L20:50−0.52−0.34−0.17+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Spencer Knight G63:09+0.47

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.