MIN @ VGK 4–2 · 2026-03-06

Team	1	2	3	SOG
MIN	0	3	1	24
VGK	0	0	2	31

Story

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Result MIN 4–2Call No lean · VGK 56%xG 3.72–3.12 · deserved MIN 60%Swing Zuccarello +22 2nd 5:18Method

Goals and penalties with VGK win probability
Time	Event	VGK win before	VGK win after
1st 14:58	VGK penalty · B. Bowman · holding · 2 min
2nd 3:00	MIN penalty · J. Middleton · fighting · 5 min
2nd 3:00	VGK penalty · K. Kolesar · fighting · 5 min
2nd 5:18	Goal MIN · M. Zuccarello	55%	34%
2nd 8:07	Goal MIN · Z. Bogosian	32%	16%
2nd 8:25	Goal MIN · M. McCarron	15%	6%
2nd 10:15	VGK penalty · J. Lauzon · boarding · 2 min
2nd 10:15	MIN penalty · B. Faber · instigator · 2 min
2nd 10:15	VGK penalty · J. Lauzon · fighting · 5 min
2nd 10:15	MIN penalty · B. Faber · fighting · 5 min
2nd 10:15	MIN penalty · B. Faber · instigator misconduct · 10 min
3rd 1:22	MIN penalty · Z. Bogosian · slashing · 2 min
3rd 2:17	Goal VGK · P. Dorofeyev (PP)	2%	8%
3rd 9:57	VGK penalty · J. Lauzon · roughing · 2 min
3rd 9:57	MIN penalty · M. McCarron · roughing · 2 min
3rd 15:42	Goal MIN · V. Tarasenko	1%	0%
3rd 16:55	Goal VGK · M. Marner	0%	1%

On ice · final horn

MIN5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
14J. Eriksson EkC	1:50	19:37	18	0	0	0	4	9	0	3	0	5-10
12M. BoldyL	1:21	20:21	19	0	0	0	3	7	0	2	0	0-1
97K. KaprizovL	1:21	22:46	21	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	–
7B. FaberD	0:09	16:41	21	0	1	1	0	1	17	0	0	–
46J. SpurgeonD	2:24	21:37	25	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	–
32F. GustavssonG		60:00	SA31GA2SV%.935xGA3.12GSAx+1.12

VGK6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
9J. EichelC	2:28	24:30	24	0	1	1	5	11	0	0	1	8-7
48T. HertlC	1:56	14:27	21	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	10-3
16P. DorofeyevR	2:17	18:01	20	1	1	2	3	6	0	0	0	–
42B. BowmanR	1:00	19:50	25	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	–
93M. MarnerR	1:58	15:55	20	1	0	1	2	5	0	0	2	3-1
15N. HanifinD	1:00	22:57	30	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	4	–

Goals

2nd
Mats Zuccarello(1)
Unassisted
xG 0.11wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 MIN2nd 05:18+21.666%
Zach Bogosian(1)
D. Yurov (1), Y. Trenin (1)
xG 0.04slapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 MIN2nd 08:07+16.984%
Michael McCarron(1)
B. Faber (1), Q. Hughes (1)
xG 0.12tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
3–0 MIN2nd 08:25+9.494%
3rd
Pavel Dorofeyev(1)PP
J. Eichel (1), B. Bowman (1)
xG 0.06wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 MIN3rd 02:17+6.28%
Vladimir Tarasenko(1)
J. Spurgeon (1), M. McCarron (1)
xG 0.10wristClip(opens nhl.com)
4–1 MIN3rd 15:42+0.5100%
Mitch Marner(1)
P. Dorofeyev (1), T. Hertl (1)
xG 0.19wristClip(opens nhl.com)
4–2 MIN3rd 16:55+0.01%

Shots

MIN3.72 xG41 unblocked · 18 blocked41 unblocked · 18 blocked

VGK3.12 xG50 unblocked · 12 blocked50 unblocked · 12 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

MINVGK4Goals23.72xG3.1224Shots3141Unblocked5059Attempts624High danger40/1Power play1/116Faceoffs3622Hits1412Blocks184Takeaways310Giveaways1326PIM16

Skaters

Player

Player
43Q. HughesQuinn HughesD	27:46	0	1	1	0	5	0.07	−0.07	0	1	0	2	—	0	+1
97K. KaprizovKirill KaprizovL	22:46	0	0	0	1	5	0.14	−0.14	1	0	0	0	—	0	0
46J. SpurgeonJared SpurgeonD	21:37	0	1	1	1	1	0.05	−0.05	1	1	0	1	—	0	+3
12M. BoldyMatt BoldyL	20:21	0	0	0	3	7	0.24	−0.24	2	0	0	0	0%	0	0
14J. Eriksson EkJoel Eriksson EkC	19:37	0	0	0	4	9	0.92	−0.92	3	0	1	0	33%	0	0
25J. BrodinJonas BrodinD	19:23	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	−0.08	0	2	0	0	—	0	+2
36M. ZuccarelloMats ZuccarelloR	17:52	1	0	1	1	2	0.18	+0.82	1	0	0	0	—	0	0
7B. FaberBrock FaberD	16:41	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	—	17	+1
38R. HartmanRyan HartmanR	16:40	0	0	0	4	4	0.47	−0.47	0	1	1	3	37%	0	+1
24Z. BogosianZach BogosianD	16:37	1	0	1	1	3	0.07	+0.93	0	1	0	0	—	2	0
5J. MiddletonJake MiddletonD	16:08	0	0	0	1	1	0.02	−0.02	0	0	0	0	—	5	-1
10B. BrinkBobby BrinkR	13:28	0	0	0	1	6	0.11	−0.11	0	1	0	0	—	0	0
91V. TarasenkoVladimir TarasenkoR	12:58	1	0	1	2	3	0.70	+0.30	1	0	0	1	—	0	+2
13Y. TreninYakov TreninC	11:53	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0.00	7	2	0	0	0%	0	+2
78N. SturmNico SturmC	10:59	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1	40%	0	+1
22D. YurovDanila YurovR	10:59	0	1	1	1	4	0.28	−0.28	2	1	0	1	17%	0	+1
47M. McCarronMichael McCarronC	10:41	1	1	2	1	1	0.12	+0.88	3	0	2	1	20%	2	+1
21R. FabbriRobby FabbriC	10:39	0	0	0	3	3	0.26	−0.26	1	0	0	0	—	0	+1
MIN total		4	6	10	24	59	3.72	+0.28	22	10	4	10	31%	26

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

McCarron+0.60

Yurov+0.45

Tarasenko+0.40

Zuccarello+0.29

Trenin−0.06

Fabbri−0.15

Sturm−0.16

Brink−0.18

Hartman−0.31

Boldy−0.37

Kaprizov−0.49

Eriksson Ek−0.50

Defence

Spurgeon+0.33

Bogosian+0.20

Brodin+0.07

Hughes−0.04

Faber−0.13

Middleton−0.39

Goalie

Gustavsson+1.14

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Kaprizov·Zuccarello·Hartman	13:15	16	12	20	37.5%	5	6	1	1	0.81	1.01	44.6%	−0.20	3	1	75%
Boldy·Eriksson Ek·Brink	9:49	16	12	12	50.0%	3	6	0	0	0.38	0.79	32.8%	−0.40	2	2	50%
Trenin·Yurov·Tarasenko	6:12	9	6	6	50.0%	2	4	1	0	0.34	0.39	46.4%	−0.05	2	0	100%
Fabbri·McCarron·Sturm	5:35	8	7	3	70.0%	4	3	1	0	0.34	0.11	75.0%	+0.23	0	1	0%
Occasional · 14 groups
Boldy·Kaprizov·Eriksson Ek	2:01	3	3	3	50.0%	3	3	0	0	0.27	0.14	65.3%	+0.13	2	1	67%
Trenin·McCarron·Tarasenko	1:49	6	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	1	0	100%
Fabbri·Sturm·Yurov	1:49	3	3	1	75.0%	3	0	0	0	0.21	0.00	100.0%	+0.21	0	0	—
Kaprizov·Eriksson Ek·Zuccarello	1:15	6	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
Kaprizov·Eriksson Ek·Brink	0:57	4	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Boldy·Fabbri·McCarron	0:56	1	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.14	0.0%	−0.14	0	0	—
Boldy·Eriksson Ek·Tarasenko	0:50	2	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.23	0.0%	−0.23	0	0	—
McCarron·Brink·Tarasenko	0:47	1	1	2	33.3%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.02	0.0%	−0.02	0	0	—
Trenin·McCarron·Sturm	0:44	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Kaprizov·Yurov·Tarasenko	0:40	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Trenin·Hartman·Tarasenko	0:37	5	1	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0	0.10	0.00	100.0%	+0.10	0	0	—
Fabbri·Sturm·Hartman	0:36	4	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.03	0.0%	−0.03	0	0	—
Boldy·Brink·Yurov	0:35	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Boldy·Eriksson Ek·Fabbri	0:31	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.03	0.00	100.0%	+0.03	0	0	—
MIN 5v5	53:30		48	57	45.7%	22	29	4	1	2.50	2.96	45.7%	−0.46

Goalies

Filip Gustavsson

MIN · 60:00

Saves: 29/31
SV%: .935
xGA: 3.12
GSAx: +1.12

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	29/30	.967	3.01	+2.01
Power play	0/1	.000	0.12	−0.88
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/3	.667	0.69	−0.31

Akira Schmid

VGK · 58:25

Saves: 20/24
SV%: .833
xGA: 2.74
GSAx: −1.26

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	18/22	.818	2.50	−1.50
Power play	2/2	1.000	0.24	+0.24
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	1/1	1.000	0.38	+0.38

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Minnesota Wild

Minutes

27:46Hughes
21:37Spurgeon
19:23Brodin
16:41Faber
16:37Bogosian
16:08Middleton

22:46Kaprizov
20:21Boldy
19:37Eriksson Ek
17:52Zuccarello
16:40Hartman
13:28Brink
12:58Tarasenko
11:53Trenin
10:59Sturm
10:59Yurov
10:41McCarron
10:39Fabbri

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareMINVGK

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

FaberD1 O3
BogosianD0 O1
HughesD2 O3
MiddletonD2 O2
BrodinD4 O1
SpurgeonD4 O0
ZuccarelloD1 O4
TarasenkoD0 O3
HartmanD0 O3
KaprizovD2 O5
TreninD1 O3
YurovD0 O2
BoldyD2 O3
McCarronD1 O1
Eriksson EkD2 O2
BrinkD2 O2
FabbriD1 O0
SturmD3 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period