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First round, Game 4 · Series tied 2–2 · 2026-04-25 · Grand Casino Arena

2 – 3Final/OT

MIN beat DAL 3–2 in overtime. MIN also won the expected-goals battle 3.8 to 3.4: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Matt Boldy scored at 19:31 of overtime, moving MIN’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Jesper Wallstedt saved 1.3 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
45 – 42
Expected goals
3.4 – 3.8
xG share
MIN 53%
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
79:31 TOI
GSAx +1.29
+1.29
MIN
1 G, 1 A · 35:47 TOI
On-ice +0.26 · Finishing +0.85
+1.11
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 29:52 TOI
On-ice +0.24 · Finishing +0.61 · Penalties +0.19
+1.07

Rough nights

DAL
0 G, 0 A · 24:30 TOI
On-ice −0.20 · Finishing −0.32 · Penalties −0.19
−0.69
MIN
0 G, 1 A · 24:12 TOI
On-ice +0.30 · Finishing −0.69 · Penalties −0.19
−0.58
DAL
0 G, 0 A · 34:17 TOI
On-ice −0.43 · Finishing −0.15
−0.58

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalDAL–MINWin prob.
P1 5:35 DALJason RobertsonPP
from Matt Duchene, Mikko Rantanen
1–047% → 63%
P1 13:52 MINBrock Faber
from Kirill Kaprizov, Ryan Hartman
1–136% → 53%
P2 19:25 DALMiro HeiskanenPP
from Matt Duchene, Mikko Rantanen
2–149% → 72%
P3 14:40 MINMarcus Foligno
from Nico Sturm, Brock Faber
2–214% → 51%
OT 19:31 MINMatt Boldy
from Jared Spurgeon, Kirill Kaprizov
2–352% → 100%

Every player

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DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jason Robertson L25:131+0.34+0.08+0.27+0.00+0.00
Jamie Benn L13:26+0.32+0.13+0.00+0.19+0.00
Miro Heiskanen D33:331+0.31−0.23+0.54+0.00+0.00
Arttu Hyry R16:42+0.14+0.12+0.00+0.00+0.02
Sam Steel C18:30+0.04+0.17−0.12+0.00+0.00
Colin Blackwell C16:52−0.18−0.19+0.00+0.00+0.01
Mikko Rantanen R22:592−0.19−0.17−0.04+0.00+0.02
Lian Bichsel D21:36−0.19+0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Nils Lundkvist D10:32−0.20+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Oskar Bäck C18:34−0.24−0.23+0.00+0.00−0.01
Thomas Harley D28:49−0.28−0.01−0.27+0.00+0.00
Justin Hryckowian C20:58−0.30−0.35+0.00+0.00+0.05
Tyler Myers D27:25−0.35−0.02−0.32+0.00+0.00
Mavrik Bourque C20:50−0.40−0.01−0.17−0.19−0.03
Radek Faksa C19:20−0.42−0.20−0.19+0.00−0.03
Matt Duchene C23:132−0.53−0.03−0.47+0.00−0.02
Esa Lindell D34:17−0.58−0.43−0.15+0.00+0.00
Wyatt Johnston C24:30−0.69−0.20−0.32−0.19+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Oettinger G79:31+0.55

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brock Faber D35:4711+1.11+0.26+0.85+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L29:521+1.07+0.24+0.61+0.19+0.02
Marcus Foligno L12:311+0.90+0.15+0.75+0.00+0.00
Quinn Hughes D37:21+0.21+0.42−0.20+0.00+0.00
Bobby Brink R23:34+0.19+0.23−0.04+0.00+0.00
Jake Middleton D14:26+0.10−0.09+0.00+0.19+0.00
Michael McCarron C16:57+0.02−0.08−0.08+0.19−0.01
Kirill Kaprizov L28:352−0.00+0.52−0.51+0.00−0.01
Jared Spurgeon D26:401−0.01+0.08−0.09+0.00+0.00
Jonas Brodin D25:42−0.03−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Danila Yurov R11:07−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Vladimir Tarasenko R16:24−0.10−0.08−0.02+0.00+0.00
Zach Bogosian D14:54−0.10−0.07−0.03+0.00+0.00
Nico Sturm C11:321−0.10+0.00−0.11+0.00+0.01
Joel Eriksson Ek C28:44−0.14+0.18−0.27+0.00−0.05
Nick Foligno L15:34−0.18−0.19+0.00+0.00+0.01
Marcus Johansson L23:43−0.51−0.11−0.40+0.00+0.00
Ryan Hartman R24:121−0.58+0.30−0.69−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jesper Wallstedt G79:31+1.29

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.