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Game Recap
MIN1
Final/OTSun, Nov 10, 2024Every game that night
CHI2

CHI beat MIN 2-1 in overtime, with the chances close: 2.04 expected goals to 2.22. MIN outshot CHI 33 to 22. T. Teravainen had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.7. P. Mrazek stopped 32 of 33.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
MIN00101
CHI10012
  1. 1st 16:44CHIJ. Dickinson0.21 xG
  2. 3rd 15:29MINM. Boldy0.19 xG
  3. OT 1:50CHIP. Kurashev0.06 xG

Team Stats

MINCHI
33Shots on goal22
2.22Expected goals2.04
61Shot attempts40
235v5 shots on goal17
0/3Power play0/3
25Hits16
9Blocked shots13
6Penalty minutes6
14Giveaways8
5Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MIN 2.22 xGCHI 2.04 xGGoal

00.511.522.51st2nd3rdOTCHI goal, 16:44MIN goal, 15:29CHI goal, 1:50

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

MIN33 on goal, 1 scored
CHI21 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MIN Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
K. KaprizovLW011500+1025:023:50
M. ZuccarelloRW0111000019:203:41
M. BoldyLW1014000218:163:51
J. Eriksson EkC000200-1217:563:42
M. RossiC0005000015:512:13
M. JohanssonLW000020-2215:102:08
F. GaudreauC0004010014:212:14
R. HartmanRW0002000013:512:19
M. KhusnutdinovC0001200011:430:00
M. FolignoLW0000600011:310:00
J. LaukoC0001720010:520:00
Y. TreninC0001500010:150:00
B. FaberD000001-1027:433:55
J. MiddletonD0001120022:460:00
J. SpurgeonD000211-1018:432:07
Z. BogosianD000100+1018:060:00
J. BrodinD0001110016:380:00
J. MerrillD0002010011:380:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
F. Gustavsson22202.90961:38OT loss
M. Fleury000–0:00

CHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. DickinsonC101310+1219:000:00
P. KurashevC1011000017:000:00
T. TeravainenC0005120019:172:31
J. AndersonRW000100+1016:560:00
C. BedardC000200-1016:403:43
T. HallLW000101+1016:352:24
T. BertuzziLW0000000015:533:40
N. FolignoLW0000200215:230:00
R. DonatoC0002200013:233:38
L. ReichelLW0002010213:073:12
C. SmithC0000100010:192:17
P. MaroonLW000210009:452:18
S. JonesD0111130024:333:49
A. VlasicD000112+1023:432:13
C. MurphyD000000+1022:410:15
W. KaiserD0000310017:340:00
N. AllanD000121-1014:470:00
T. BrodieD0000120012:540:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
P. Mrazek33321.97061:50Win
A. Soderblom000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamNick Foligno MIN Faces CHI, his team until Mar 20260 SOG

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreMIN 3.5, CHI 2.6MIN 1, CHI 2
Total goals6.13
Shots on goalMIN 31.0, CHI 27.1MIN 33, CHI 22
Win chanceMIN 63%CHI won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
MIN K. Kaprizov3.551.34146%0
MIN M. Boldy3.240.93133%1
MIN J. Ek3.020.79030%0
CHI C. Bedard2.820.82024%0
CHI S. Jones2.410.53110%0
MIN M. Zuccarello2.210.86123%0
MIN R. Hartman2.220.60025%0
CHI T. Hall2.210.60022%0
CHI R. Donato2.120.48020%0
CHI T. Bertuzzi1.900.56023%0
MIN M. Rossi1.950.53021%0
CHI N. Foligno1.800.47019%0
CHI T. Teravainen1.750.60022%0
MIN F. Gaudreau1.740.43017%0
MIN J. Brodin1.610.3606%0
CHI C. Smith1.600.33015%0
MIN B. Faber1.500.5407%0
MIN J. Spurgeon1.520.4108%0
MIN M. Johansson1.500.42017%0
CHI P. Kurashev1.310.46115%1
CHI J. Dickinson1.330.38116%1
CHI L. Reichel1.320.35012%0
MIN Y. Trenin1.210.22014%0
CHI C. Murphy1.200.2506%0
MIN J. Middleton1.110.3206%0
MIN Z. Bogosian1.110.2104%0
CHI A. Vlasic1.110.3004%0
CHI J. Anderson1.010.29012%0
MIN J. Lauko0.910.25010%0
CHI P. Maroon0.920.2609%0
MIN M. Foligno0.900.35016%0
CHI W. Kaiser0.800.2102%0
MIN J. Merrill0.620.1703%0
CHI T. Brodie0.600.2302%0
CHI N. Allan0.510.2203%0
MIN M. Khusnutdinov0.510.23010%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 fewer than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.