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2026-10-03 ·

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MIN beat BOS 4–1. MIN lost the expected-goals battle 2.3 to 2.6 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Quinn Hughes scored on the power play at 12:28 of the second, moving MIN’s win probability from 54% to 74%. Jesper Wallstedt saved 1.6 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
27 – 30
Expected goals
2.6 – 2.3
xG share
BOS 53%
Model before the game
MIN 65%

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.

BOS goalMIN goal

Expected goals

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

BOSMIN

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.57
+1.57
MIN
1 G, 1 A · 22:23 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.28
+0.36
BOS
1 G, 0 A · 8:10 TOI
Finishing +0.41
+0.36

Rough nights

BOS
57:53 TOI
GSAx −0.68
−0.68
BOS
0 G, 0 A · 17:18 TOI
On-ice −0.11 · Finishing −0.09 · Penalties −0.18
−0.44
BOS
0 G, 0 A · 21:02 TOI
Finishing −0.29 · Playmaking −0.08
−0.35

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBOS–MINWin prob.
P1 1:53 BOSTanner Jeannot
from Mark Kastelic, Connor Clifton
1–047% → 62%
P2 6:11 MINKirill KaprizovPP
from Maksim Shabanov, Joel Eriksson Ek
1–134% → 53%
P2 12:28 MINQuinn HughesPP
from Bobby Brink, Ryan Hartman
1–254% → 74%
P3 3:24 MINJared Spurgeon
from Michael McCarron, Quinn Hughes
1–379% → 93%
P3 18:59 MINKirill KaprizovEN
unassisted
1–4100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tanner Jeannot L8:101+0.36−0.00+0.41−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Kastelic C10:591+0.07−0.07−0.02+0.17+0.01+0.00−0.02
Morgan Geekie C18:45−0.07−0.08−0.09−0.06−0.01+0.18−0.01
Sean Kuraly C10:36−0.11−0.03−0.08−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.02
Mason Lohrei D21:00−0.12+0.02−0.01−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.00
Elias Lindholm C16:56−0.13−0.10−0.06−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.08
Hampus Lindholm D21:38−0.13−0.04−0.01−0.09+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Aspirot D16:36−0.17−0.07−0.03−0.08+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marat Khusnutdinov C12:43−0.18−0.04−0.09−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor Clifton D18:061−0.19−0.06−0.01+0.04+0.02−0.18+0.00
Pavel Zacha C19:27−0.21−0.09−0.03−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.01
James Hagens C13:43−0.23−0.00−0.19−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Will Borgen D19:21−0.25−0.15−0.01−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00
JJ Peterka R20:38−0.28+0.02−0.19−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00
Fraser Minten C14:28−0.29+0.04−0.13−0.12+0.00+0.00−0.09
Nikita Zadorov D15:45−0.29−0.08−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.18+0.00
David Pastrnak R21:02−0.35+0.02−0.29−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C17:18−0.44−0.11−0.09−0.04−0.01−0.18−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Michael DiPietro G57:53−0.68

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Quinn Hughes D22:2311+0.36+0.10+0.28+0.02−0.05+0.00+0.00
Maksim Shabanov R14:551+0.36+0.13−0.00+0.05−0.01+0.18+0.00
Jared Spurgeon D20:061+0.28−0.02+0.46−0.03+0.06−0.18+0.00
Kirill Kaprizov L18:492+0.26+0.10+0.23−0.08+0.00+0.00+0.00
Bobby Brink R11:171+0.18+0.01−0.01+0.18+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael McCarron C16:581+0.14+0.09−0.18+0.18+0.00+0.00+0.05
Nick Foligno L13:53+0.06+0.10−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.02
Jonas Brodin D21:39+0.05+0.16−0.01−0.12+0.02+0.00+0.00
Matt Boldy L18:05+0.05+0.05−0.31−0.06+0.01+0.37−0.01
Olli Maatta D23:13+0.03+0.12−0.05−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Foligno L12:04−0.03+0.07−0.08−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Danila Yurov R12:41−0.03+0.04−0.01−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00
Zach Bogosian D15:54−0.07−0.04−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Hartman R11:301−0.08+0.00−0.00+0.06+0.00−0.18+0.04
Joel Eriksson Ek C17:471−0.12+0.04−0.10−0.05+0.03+0.00−0.03
Blake Coleman L13:34−0.14−0.01−0.12−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Yakov Trenin C15:03−0.15−0.01−0.12−0.02+0.02+0.00−0.01
Daemon Hunt D14:09−0.28−0.07−0.04+0.01+0.01−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jesper Wallstedt G60:00+1.57

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.