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2026-10-06 ·

2 – 3Final/OT

BUF beat MIN 3–2 in overtime. BUF also won the expected-goals battle 4.1 to 1.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Owen Power scored at 4:22 of overtime, moving BUF’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Jesper Wallstedt saved 1.9 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
20 – 28
Expected goals
1.8 – 4.1
xG share
BUF 69%
Model before the game
MIN 50%

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 goalBUF goal

Expected goals

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

MINBUF

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
64:22 TOI
GSAx +1.89
+1.89
BUF
1 G, 1 A · 29:04 TOI
On-ice +0.78 · Finishing +0.37
+1.11
BUF
64:22 TOI
GSAx +0.85
+0.85

Rough nights

MIN
0 G, 0 A · 19:18 TOI
On-ice −0.43 · Penalties −0.19
−0.64
MIN
0 G, 1 A · 29:30 TOI
On-ice −0.49 · Finishing −0.07 · Playmaking +0.06
−0.55
MIN
0 G, 0 A · 23:24 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing −0.32 · Playmaking −0.05
−0.51

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMIN–BUFWin prob.
P2 13:53 MINDanila YurovPP
from Jared Spurgeon, Blake Coleman
1–048% → 70%
P2 15:38 MINMaksim Shabanov
from Quinn Hughes, Michael McCarron
2–070% → 87%
P3 3:55 BUFNoah Ostlund
from Owen Power, Rasmus Dahlin
2–18% → 25%
P3 9:38 BUFTage Thompson
from Peyton Krebs
2–220% → 52%
OT 4:22 BUFOwen Power
from Jiri Kulich, Tage Thompson
2–352% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

MIN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Danila Yurov R14:211+0.16−0.06+0.34−0.09+0.00+0.00−0.03
Maksim Shabanov R17:301+0.11−0.33+0.30−0.04−0.01+0.19+0.00
Blake Coleman L17:441+0.09−0.20−0.10+0.01+0.00+0.37+0.00
Zach Bogosian D14:12−0.02−0.06−0.00+0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Foligno L3:29−0.03−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael McCarron C15:161−0.06−0.13−0.00+0.08+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jared Spurgeon D21:491−0.09−0.22−0.00+0.10+0.03+0.00+0.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C20:26−0.13−0.25−0.00−0.08+0.02+0.19+0.00
Bobby Brink R13:34−0.17−0.14−0.07+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Daemon Hunt D14:08−0.27−0.28−0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonas Brodin D19:18−0.31−0.12−0.01−0.04+0.05−0.19+0.00
Marcus Foligno L13:25−0.34−0.38−0.01+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Ryan Hartman R13:40−0.35−0.36−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Yakov Trenin C13:04−0.38−0.37−0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Kirill Kaprizov L24:58−0.42−0.21−0.10−0.11+0.01+0.00−0.01
Matt Boldy L23:24−0.51−0.14−0.32−0.05+0.01+0.00−0.01
Quinn Hughes D29:301−0.55−0.49−0.07+0.06−0.05+0.00+0.00
Olli Maatta D19:18−0.64−0.43−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jesper Wallstedt G64:22+1.89

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Owen Power D29:0411+1.11+0.78+0.37−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Mattias Samuelsson D22:41+0.53+0.45−0.02−0.09+0.01+0.19+0.00
Tage Thompson C20:2311+0.41+0.60−0.20+0.05−0.02+0.00−0.02
Jiri Kulich C13:561+0.35+0.30−0.16+0.23−0.00+0.00−0.02
Noah Ostlund C20:391+0.30+0.18+0.24−0.13−0.00+0.00+0.01
Josh Norris C16:44+0.30+0.19−0.00−0.10−0.00+0.19+0.02
Peyton Krebs C15:211+0.16+0.31−0.10+0.13−0.01−0.19+0.01
Zach Metsa D10:44+0.11+0.10−0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Louis Crevier D14:19+0.05+0.09−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Danforth R8:17+0.05+0.06−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Beck Malenstyn L8:28+0.03+0.05−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan McLeod C14:15+0.02+0.27−0.00−0.11+0.00−0.19+0.05
Josh Doan R12:05−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Konsta Helenius C13:01−0.01+0.04−0.00−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Olen Zellweger D14:52−0.01+0.05−0.00−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D29:151−0.07+0.18−0.05−0.02+0.01−0.19+0.00
Zach Benson L20:41−0.10+0.42−0.26−0.08−0.00−0.19+0.00
Jack Quinn R21:45−0.13+0.07−0.15−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Colten Ellis G64:22+0.85

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.