MIN
5–4
NYR
Final / SO · W
Minnesota Wild
MIN · 4-5-2
5–4
Final / SOW
New York Rangers
NYR · 8-2-1
1ST2ND3RDOTSOT
MIN
011213214011539
NYR
370516000418
goals · shots on goal
First meeting this season — the Wild lead the season series 1–0
MIN 4-5-2 · NYR 8-2-1 · First meeting this season — the Wild lead the season series 1–0
Wild beat the Rangers
Down 0–3 in the 1st period, the Wild erased the deficit with four unanswered goals — Zuccarello's equalizer — and won it in a shootout. Filip Gustavsson allowed 2.5 more goals than expected from the shots he faced.
Who had the better chances
Expected goals (xG) score every shot by how often shots like it go in: distance, angle, type, rebound, rush. Adding them up shows who created the better chances, whatever the scoreboard says.
The Wild created the better chances: 5.1 expected goals to 1.2, on 39 and 18 shots on goal.
MIN 5.1 xG · 39 shots
NYR 1.2 xG · 18 shots
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1st
1.8 · 0.6
2nd
1.2 · 0.3
3rd · the swing
1.8 · 0.3
OT
0.4 · 0.0
Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.
1
Jimmy Vesey · 1st 03:36 · 0–1 · deflected shot, a good chance (12%)
2
Artemi Panarin · 1st 05:52 · 0–2 · wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (2%) that found a way in
3
Erik Gustafsson · 1st 06:53 · 0–3 · wrist shot, a good chance (10%)
4
Ryan Hartman · 2nd 05:57 · 1–3 · poke shot, a good chance (19%)
5
Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 06:26 · 2–3 · wrist shot, a good chance (17%)
6
Mats Zuccarello · 3rd 01:41 · 3–3 · tip in shot, a good chance (12%)
7
Marco Rossi · 3rd 05:20 · 4–3 · wrist shot, a good chance (13%)
8
Chris Kreider · 3rd 06:40 · 4–4 · tip in shot, a low-percentage shot (9%) that found a way in
Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Wild win 95.
MIN 95%NYR 5%
Goals and penalties
8 goals · 0 penalties← Wild shoot this way
Rangers shoot this way →
On net
Missed
Bigger = better chance
1Goal, numbered to the list
1
Jimmy Vesey · 1st 03:36 · 0–1
Deflected shot, a good chance (12%)
2
Artemi Panarin · 1st 05:52 · 0–2
Wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (2%) that found a way in
3
Erik Gustafsson · 1st 06:53 · 0–3
Wrist shot, a good chance (10%)
4
Ryan Hartman · 2nd 05:57 · 1–3
Poke shot, a good chance (19%)
5
Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 06:26 · 2–3
Wrist shot, a good chance (17%)
6
Mats Zuccarello · 3rd 01:41 · 3–3
Tip in shot, a good chance (12%)
7
Marco Rossi · 3rd 05:20 · 4–3
Wrist shot, a good chance (13%)
8
Chris Kreider · 3rd 06:40 · 4–4
Tip in shot, a low-percentage shot (9%) that found a way in
1st period
2
Vincent Trocheck, Alexis Lafrenière · wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (2%) that found a way in
0–2
2nd period
3rd period
No penalties
Shootout
Decided in a shootout — Wild
Goaltending
13/14 saves · 1 GA · 0.7 xGA
Gave up about what the shots he faced would predict.
1/4 saves · 3 GA · 0.5 xGA
Allowed 2.5 more goals than expected from the shots he faced.
