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2026-10-01 ·

3 – 1Final

MIN beat NSH 3–1. MIN also won the expected-goals battle 3.0 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Kirill Kaprizov scored at 4:42 of the third, moving MIN’s win probability from 75% to 92%. Jesper Wallstedt saved 1.2 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
30 – 20
Expected goals
3.0 – 2.3
xG share
MIN 56%
Model before the game
MIN 55%

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 goalNSH goal

Expected goals

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

MINNSH

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
59:14 TOI
GSAx +1.18
+1.18
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 20:53 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.29 · Playmaking −0.09 · Penalties +0.16
+0.46
MIN
1 G, 0 A · 12:29 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.35
+0.42

Rough nights

NSH
0 G, 0 A · 17:25 TOI
Finishing −0.28 · Penalties −0.16
−0.44
MIN
0 G, 0 A · 21:28 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.22 · Playmaking −0.09 · Penalties −0.16
−0.41
NSH
0 G, 0 A · 21:31 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing −0.26
−0.31

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMIN–NSHWin prob.
P1 9:35 MINNick Foligno
from Michael McCarron, Olli Maatta
1–047% → 63%
P1 13:48 MINBlake ColemanPP
from Bobby Brink, Danila Yurov
2–065% → 78%
P2 9:23 NSHRoman Josi
from Filip Forsberg, Steven Stamkos
2–117% → 32%
P3 4:42 MINKirill Kaprizov
from Quinn Hughes, Jared Spurgeon
3–175% → 92%

Every player

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MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kirill Kaprizov L20:531+0.46+0.10+0.29−0.09+0.00+0.16−0.01
Nick Foligno L12:291+0.42+0.11+0.35−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.01
Bobby Brink R11:371+0.27+0.01−0.09+0.19+0.00+0.16−0.01
Daemon Hunt D10:06+0.23+0.07−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.16+0.00
Quinn Hughes D27:301+0.17+0.08−0.20+0.16−0.03+0.16+0.00
Blake Coleman L13:441+0.13+0.05+0.29−0.06+0.00−0.16+0.00
Michael McCarron C13:241+0.08+0.13−0.25+0.18+0.01+0.00+0.01
Marcus Foligno L12:16+0.07+0.13−0.04−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Olli Maatta D21:341+0.03+0.02−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zach Bogosian D14:32+0.02+0.08−0.01−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonas Brodin D20:28+0.02+0.07−0.01−0.06+0.03+0.00+0.00
Jared Spurgeon D19:091−0.03+0.08−0.06+0.07+0.04−0.16+0.00
Danila Yurov R12:291−0.07+0.06−0.22+0.06+0.01+0.00+0.03
Maksim Shabanov R15:09−0.09+0.02−0.02−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Yakov Trenin C12:44−0.11−0.07−0.02−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Ryan Hartman R12:54−0.19−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.16+0.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C20:20−0.25+0.08−0.19−0.13+0.02+0.00−0.02
Matt Boldy L21:28−0.41+0.06−0.22−0.09+0.01−0.16−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jesper Wallstedt G59:14+1.18

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Roman Josi D24:531+0.01−0.24+0.27−0.04+0.02+0.00+0.00
Adam Edstrom C10:50−0.03−0.04−0.11−0.05+0.00+0.16+0.00
Adam Wilsby D16:05−0.05−0.01−0.01−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexander Kerfoot C13:20−0.06−0.06−0.07−0.09+0.00+0.16+0.00
Filip Forsberg L19:291−0.07−0.10−0.13+0.17−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Hague D15:23−0.07−0.05−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ross Colton C12:15−0.08+0.01−0.03−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Reid Schaefer L11:35−0.08−0.11−0.08−0.04+0.00+0.16−0.01
Nils Hoglander L10:32−0.09−0.05−0.02−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.01
Jack Drury C12:50−0.15−0.06−0.02−0.07+0.01+0.00−0.01
Ryan Ufko D15:27−0.15−0.05−0.03−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brady Skjei D20:53−0.18−0.08−0.01−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00
Steven Stamkos C18:461−0.19−0.12−0.11+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.03
Nick Perbix D18:04−0.20+0.04−0.01−0.06−0.01−0.16+0.00
Matthew Wood R17:22−0.20−0.13−0.02−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.06
Jonathan Marchessault C17:20−0.31−0.03−0.02−0.09−0.01−0.16+0.00
Ryan O'Reilly C21:31−0.31−0.07−0.26−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.04
Mavrik Bourque C17:25−0.44−0.01−0.28−0.02+0.00−0.16+0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Juuse Saros G58:19+0.07

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.