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Game Recap
MIN2
FinalTue, Apr 9, 2024Every game that night
COL5

COL beat MIN 5-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.03 expected goals to 2.17. COL outshot MIN 32 to 22. N. MacKinnon scored three for COL. A. Georgiev stopped 20 of 22.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
MIN2002
COL2305
  1. 1st 4:34COLA. LehkonenPP0.31 xG
  2. 1st 8:38COLN. MacKinnon0.16 xG
  3. 1st 10:14MINK. KaprizovPP0.36 xG
  4. 1st 19:40MINM. BoldyPP0.15 xG
  5. 2nd 6:15COLC. Makar0.03 xG
  6. 2nd 14:50COLN. MacKinnon0.10 xG
  7. 2nd 19:08COLN. MacKinnon0.25 xG

Team Stats

MINCOL
22Shots on goal32
2.17Expected goals3.03
48Shot attempts54
85v5 shots on goal23
2/5Power play1/4
8Hits14
11Blocked shots15
8Penalty minutes10
2Giveaways0
8Takeaways12

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MIN 2.17 xGCOL 3.03 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdCOL goal, 4:34COL goal, 8:38MIN goal, 10:14MIN goal, 19:40COL goal, 6:15COL goal, 14:50COL goal, 19:08

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

MIN22 on goal, 2 scored
COL32 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MIN Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. BoldyLW112302-1223:186:50
M. ZuccarelloRW022220-2021:306:42
K. KaprizovLW101400-4225:456:54
J. Eriksson EkC0005120022:286:47
M. RossiC000011-3017:030:19
M. JohanssonLW0000010015:490:06
R. HartmanRW000120-1015:220:16
F. GaudreauC000000-1013:160:03
M. KhusnutdinovC000000029:440:00
V. LettieriC000000008:360:00
M. ShawC000100028:130:00
D. ChisholmD0110000014:190:44
B. FaberD000301-2026:276:12
J. BrodinD000200-1020:410:15
Z. BogosianD000011-2020:190:07
J. MiddletonD000013-3016:410:00
J. MerrillD000000008:290:00
A. GoligoskiD000100006:250:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
F. Gustavsson32275.84459:05Loss
M. Fleury000–0:00

COL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. MacKinnonC3141001+4219:005:17
J. DrouinLW033100+4020:525:14
A. LehkonenLW112110+4021:465:14
V. NichushkinRW0000100020:385:17
C. MittelstadtC0000100215:011:16
Y. TreninC0000320015:000:00
R. ColtonC0001010014:281:16
Z. PariseLW0004020214:241:13
B. DuhaimeLW0000400012:580:00
A. CoglianoC0001000010:030:00
J. KivirantaLW000011007:290:00
C. WagnerRW000210026:540:00
C. MakarD123512+2022:134:08
D. ToewsD022100+3020:542:22
S. GirardD000301+1021:381:13
J. MansonD0002110018:340:00
S. WalkerD000104+1217:360:00
J. JohnsonD000000+1013:290:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Georgiev22202.90960:00Win
J. Annunen000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamYakov Trenin MIN Faces COL, his team until May 20240 SOG

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