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First round, Game 3 · DAL leads 2–1 · 2026-04-22 · Grand Casino Arena

4 – 3Final/OT

DAL beat MIN 4–3 in overtime. DAL also won the expected-goals battle 3.7 to 2.2: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Wyatt Johnston scored on the power play at 12:10 of the second overtime, moving DAL’s win probability from 50% to 100%.

Shots on goal
36 – 32
Expected goals
3.7 – 2.2
xG share
DAL 63%
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.

DAL goalMIN goal

Expected goals

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

DALMIN

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

MIN
1 G, 0 A · 32:44 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.55 · Penalties +0.39 · Faceoffs +0.14
+1.18
DAL
1 G, 2 A · 27:39 TOI
On-ice +0.20 · Finishing +0.72
+0.97
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 21:49 TOI
Finishing +0.81
+0.86

Rough nights

MIN
0 G, 0 A · 24:46 TOI
Finishing −0.28 · Penalties −0.39 · Faceoffs −0.11
−0.78
DAL
92:10 TOI
GSAx −0.86
−0.66
MIN
0 G, 1 A · 28:41 TOI
On-ice −0.41 · Penalties −0.19
−0.64

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalDAL–MINWin prob.
P1 1:25 DALMikko RantanenPP
from Jason Robertson, Matt Duchene
1–047% → 62%
P1 13:48 DALJason Robertson
from Matt Duchene
2–064% → 78%
P1 18:20 MINMarcus JohanssonPP
from Bobby Brink
2–121% → 35%
P2 5:00 MINJoel Eriksson Ek
from Matt Boldy, Quinn Hughes
2–233% → 53%
P2 17:25 MINMichael McCarron
from Nick Foligno, Jonas Brodin
2–352% → 76%
P3 10:18 DALMatt DuchenePP
from Mikko Rantanen, Wyatt Johnston
3–318% → 48%
2OT 12:10 DALWyatt JohnstonPP
from Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson
4–350% → 100%

Every player

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DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matt Duchene C27:3912+0.97+0.20+0.72+0.00+0.04
Wyatt Johnston C30:1211+0.57+0.27+0.27+0.00+0.03
Mikko Rantanen R27:1411+0.38+0.31+0.07+0.00+0.00
Thomas Harley D29:23+0.28+0.40−0.12+0.00+0.00
Nils Lundkvist D23:06+0.27+0.27+0.00+0.00+0.00
Oskar Bäck C19:38+0.24+0.10−0.05+0.19+0.00
Radek Faksa C18:52+0.23+0.21−0.18+0.19+0.00
Jason Robertson L29:0512+0.20+0.23+0.17−0.19+0.00
Miro Heiskanen D43:051+0.16+0.28−0.13+0.00+0.00
Sam Steel C22:58+0.09+0.10+0.00+0.00−0.01
Justin Hryckowian C19:15+0.05+0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Colin Blackwell C17:53+0.02+0.04−0.03+0.00+0.01
Lian Bichsel D22:27−0.00−0.15−0.05+0.19+0.00
Arttu Hyry R20:35−0.08+0.03−0.12+0.00+0.01
Tyler Myers D25:22−0.16−0.16+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mavrik Bourque C20:59−0.30+0.14−0.43+0.00−0.01
Jamie Benn L18:56−0.39+0.03−0.04−0.39+0.00
Esa Lindell D30:16−0.46+0.06−0.13−0.39+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Oettinger G92:10−0.66

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Joel Eriksson Ek C32:441+1.18+0.10+0.55+0.39+0.14
Marcus Johansson L21:491+0.86+0.04+0.81+0.00+0.01
Michael McCarron C20:361+0.33−0.52+0.87+0.00−0.02
Kirill Kaprizov L36:22+0.21+0.04−0.22+0.39+0.00
Quinn Hughes D43:471+0.11+0.02−0.11+0.19+0.00
Bobby Brink R22:321+0.04+0.23+0.00−0.19+0.00
Zach Bogosian D11:09+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Middleton D17:16−0.15−0.12−0.04+0.00+0.00
Nico Sturm C9:00−0.21−0.21+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Foligno L16:461−0.22−0.20+0.00+0.00−0.02
Brock Faber D38:56−0.27−0.23−0.04+0.00+0.00
Danila Yurov R15:02−0.36−0.07−0.04−0.19−0.06
Vladimir Tarasenko R23:22−0.37−0.23−0.15+0.00+0.00
Jared Spurgeon D33:30−0.42−0.20−0.22+0.00+0.00
Marcus Foligno L16:23−0.45−0.45+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L34:441−0.54−0.00−0.33−0.19−0.01
Jonas Brodin D28:411−0.64−0.41−0.03−0.19+0.00
Ryan Hartman R24:46−0.78−0.00−0.28−0.39−0.11
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jesper Wallstedt G92:10−0.02

Playoff recaps: the playoff ledgers have no per-game split of playmaking and suppression, so those credits stay inside the on-ice and finishing columns.

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.