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Game Recap
MIN4
Final/OTWed, Apr 2, 2025Every game that night
NYR5

NYR beat MIN 5-4 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.60 expected goals to 2.18. NYR outshot MIN 39 to 24. A. Panarin led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). A. Panarin had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.8. I. Shesterkin stopped 20 of 24.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
MIN21104
NYR13015
  1. 1st 9:00MING. NyquistPP0.09 xG
  2. 1st 12:45NYRB. Schneider0.05 xG
  3. 1st 15:00MINB. Faber0.03 xG
  4. 2nd 2:51NYRK. Miller0.02 xG
  5. 2nd 7:21NYRC. Kreider0.19 xG
  6. 2nd 9:50MINM. JohanssonSH0.15 xG
  7. 2nd 18:56NYRA. Panarin0.20 xG
  8. 3rd 0:22MINM. Rossi0.81 xG
  9. OT 0:24NYRV. Trocheck0.14 xG

Team Stats

MINNYR
24Shots on goal39
2.18Expected goals3.60
52Shot attempts78
195v5 shots on goal33
1/2Power play0/4
17Hits24
11Blocked shots13
8Penalty minutes4
19Giveaways16
3Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MIN 2.18 xGNYR 3.60 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdOTMIN goal, 9:00NYR goal, 12:45MIN goal, 15:00NYR goal, 2:51NYR goal, 7:21MIN goal, 9:50NYR goal, 18:56MIN goal, 0:22NYR goal, 0:24

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

MIN24 on goal, 4 scored
NYR39 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MIN Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. JohanssonLW123320+2220:512:16
G. NyquistRW1122100016:131:33
F. GaudreauC011102+1019:211:30
M. BoldyLW011400-2219:192:15
M. ZuccarelloRW011020+1018:142:16
M. RossiC101510-2016:460:14
M. FolignoLW000030-1216:010:00
R. HartmanRW000101-1214:181:00
V. HinostrozaC000010-1012:190:00
Y. TreninC000100-108:570:00
D. ShoreC000010-107:310:00
J. BrazeauRW000021-106:370:14
B. FaberD112300+1027:270:15
J. MiddletonD000022+2025:100:00
J. SpurgeonD000201-1022:460:57
J. BrodinD000014-1020:260:00
Z. BogosianD000110-2012:250:00
D. ChisholmD000100-208:310:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
F. Gustavsson39345.87260:24OT loss
M. Fleury000–0:00

NYR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. PanarinLW123700+2019:094:06
V. TrocheckC101200+2021:013:31
J. MillerC011221-1018:494:12
C. KreiderLW101110+2014:013:52
M. ZibanejadC000401-2018:384:10
J. BrodzinskiC000311-1017:143:08
A. LafrenièreLW0002100215:343:18
W. CuylleLW000132-1214:560:06
G. PerreaultRW000300-1013:383:01
B. OthmannLW000120+2011:470:00
S. CarrickC000110+1011:110:00
B. BerardLW000130+109:200:00
K. MillerD112232+1022:043:14
B. SchneiderD101131+2017:060:00
U. VaakanainenD011211+2016:380:00
W. BorgenD0113040016:110:00
A. FoxD000000-1023:564:12
C. SoucyD0003300017:140:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Shesterkin24204.83360:24Win
J. Quick000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreMIN 2.8, NYR 3.2MIN 4, NYR 5
Total goals6.09
Shots on goalMIN 27.1, NYR 29.4MIN 24, NYR 39
Win chanceNYR 58%NYR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
MIN M. Boldy3.240.81128%0
NYR A. Panarin2.871.10333%1
NYR V. Trocheck2.420.79126%1
MIN R. Hartman2.410.52021%0
NYR M. Zibanejad2.340.80026%0
NYR C. Kreider2.310.60133%1
MIN M. Zuccarello2.200.74121%0
NYR A. Fox2.000.86012%0
NYR J. Miller2.021.00129%0
NYR W. Cuylle1.810.46020%0
NYR A. Lafrenière1.820.57022%0
MIN M. Johansson1.730.43315%1
MIN M. Rossi1.750.56121%1
NYR J. Brodzinski1.630.36015%0
MIN V. Hinostroza1.600.34014%0
MIN F. Gaudreau1.510.42118%0
NYR K. Miller1.520.3628%1
MIN B. Faber1.530.3627%1
MIN J. Spurgeon1.520.4108%0
MIN J. Brodin1.400.3206%0
MIN J. Middleton1.400.2807%0
MIN G. Nyquist1.320.47216%1
NYR B. Schneider1.310.2516%1
MIN M. Foligno1.300.39017%0
NYR B. Berard1.210.23010%0
NYR B. Othmann1.110.1707%0
MIN Y. Trenin1.110.20012%0
NYR W. Borgen1.130.2515%0
NYR S. Carrick1.110.25012%0
NYR U. Vaakanainen1.020.2413%0
NYR C. Soucy1.030.2106%0
MIN J. Brazeau0.900.22011%0
MIN D. Chisholm0.810.1704%0
MIN D. Shore0.800.1706%0
MIN Z. Bogosian0.810.1503%0

Shots on goal: 19 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 more 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.