Game Recap: MIN 4, CHI 0, April 7, 2024

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Game Recap

MIN4

FinalSun, Apr 7, 2024Every game that night

CHI0

MIN beat CHI 4-0, and the chances backed it up: 3.14 expected goals to 1.38. MIN outshot CHI 37 to 24. K. Kaprizov led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). J. Wallstedt stopped 24 of 24.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MIN	0	3	1	4
CHI	0	0	0	0

2nd 1:06MINK. KaprizovPP0.06 xG
2nd 12:30MINM. Rossi0.17 xG
2nd 18:27MINF. Gaudreau0.10 xG
3rd 8:10MINK. Kaprizov0.13 xG

Team Stats

MINCHI

37Shots on goal24

3.14Expected goals1.38

62Shot attempts49

325v5 shots on goal24

1/2Power play0/0

10Hits14

14Blocked shots11

0Penalty minutes4

2Giveaways9

6Takeaways5

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

MIN 3.14 xGCHI 1.38 xGGoal

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

MIN37 on goal, 4 scored

CHI24 on goal, 0 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MIN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
K. Kaprizov	LW	2	1	3	4	0	1	+2	24:01	2:13
M. Boldy	LW	0	1	1	4	0	0	+1	21:15	2:13
M. Zuccarello	RW	0	1	1	3	0	1	+1	20:41	2:13
M. Rossi	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	+1	18:57	0:19
J. Eriksson Ek	C	0	1	1	5	2	1	+1	16:04	2:13
M. Khusnutdinov	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	+1	14:58	0:00
F. Gaudreau	C	1	0	1	3	0	2	+1	13:33	0:00
M. Johansson	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	17:21	0:19
R. Hartman	RW	0	0	0	3	0	1	+1	16:13	0:19
J. Lucchini	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	10:05	0:00
M. Shaw	C	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	9:41	0:00
B. Faber	D	0	1	1	3	1	1	+1	24:03	2:13
Z. Bogosian	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	+1	21:55	0:00
J. Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1	22:01	0:19
J. Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	+1	20:26	0:00
D. Chisholm	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	14:24	0:19
D. Mermis	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	+1	10:05	0:00
J. Merrill	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5:00	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Wallstedt	24	24	0	1.000	59:17	Win
F. Gustavsson	0	0	0	–	0:00

CHI Skaters

Player	Pos	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Bedard	C	1	2	0	0	0	18:24	0:00
J. Dickinson	C	1	1	0	0	0	17:22	0:00
P. Kurashev	C	0	1	0	0	2	16:47	0:00
J. Anderson	RW	1	1	0	-1	0	15:46	0:00
C. Blackwell	C	2	0	0	0	0	15:12	0:00
A. Athanasiou	C	2	0	2	0	0	14:54	0:00
L. Reichel	LW	2	1	1	0	0	14:18	0:00
M. Entwistle	RW	1	1	0	-2	0	13:34	0:00
N. Foligno	LW	1	0	0	-1	0	13:19	0:00
T. Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	13:12	0:00
R. Donato	C	2	0	0	-2	0	12:57	0:00
L. Slaggert	LW	0	0	0	-2	0	11:25	0:00
S. Jones	D	3	5	2	0	0	22:56	0:00
A. Vlasic	D	3	0	2	-1	0	21:41	0:00
K. Korchinski	D	2	1	1	-1	2	20:58	0:00
W. Kaiser	D	1	0	1	-2	0	20:34	0:00
N. Zaitsev	D	1	1	1	-2	0	18:54	0:00
J. Megna	D	1	0	1	0	0	15:15	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Soderblom	37	33	4	.892	60:00	Loss
P. Mrazek	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamNick Foligno MIN Faces CHI, his team until Mar 20261 SOG

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.