Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.
Shot quality
Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken,
the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works
MIN 61%Deserve to win39% COL
MIN
COL
5.59
Expected goals
3.28
5
Goals (no shootout)
2
1.98
Expected goals, 5 on 5
2.40
64
Shot attempts
82
52
Unblocked attempts
67
36
Shots on goal
47
Game notes
What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is
counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the
shots' expected goals (xG).
2nd Period
7:48
MIN
Deserve to win
Deserve to win · MIN takes the lead, 64–36%
COL had led since 3:25 of the 1st, by as much as 72%
7:50
MIN
xG swing
xG swing · Out-chanced COL 1.36–0.26
In xG over 10 minutes, 17:50 of the 1st to 7:50 of the 2nd; goals 1–0
16:36
COL
Goalie
Goalie · Blackwood +2.0 goals saved
1 goal on 3.01 xG, 25 shots on goal
17:50
MIN
xG swing
xG swing · Out-chanced COL 1.36–0.33
In xG over 10 minutes, 7:50 to 17:50 of the 2nd; goals 1–1
3rd Period
1:50
COL
No shift
No shift · Brindley, 13:04 on the bench
No shift from 5:03 of the 2nd to 2:28 of the 3rd; 4 shifts (4:22) before that
3:00
COL
No shift
No shift · Kiviranta, 21:35 on the bench
No shift after 9:33 of the 2nd; 7 shifts (5:12) before that
16:12
COL
Pulled goalie
Pulled goalie · Pulled Blackwood, down 3–1
With 3:48 left; MIN scored at 16:38 of the 3rd (4–1)
17:22
MIN
Goalie
Goalie · Gustavsson +2.0 goals saved
1 goal on 3.02 xG, 45 shots on goal
18:56
MIN
Goalie change
Goalie change · Wallstedt in for Gustavsson
18:56 of the 3rd; Gustavsson had allowed 1 goal on 45 shots (3.02 xG)
19:08
COL
Pulled goalie
Pulled goalie · Pulled Blackwood, down 4–2
With 0:52 left; MIN scored at 19:28 of the 3rd (5–2)
Shot map
MIN shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ COL shoots
About these numbers
xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot
from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the
share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how
often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count
as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map
leaves them out.
An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a
player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays,
all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.
