MIN @ UTA 3–1 · 2026-10-27

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FinalOct 272026-10-27

Team	1	2	3	SOG
MIN	0	1	2	31
UTA	0	0	1	27

Delta Center

UtahUTAMammoth1

CallNo lean · 49% UTA

Star 1K. Kaprizov1G 1A
Star 2J. Wallstedt.963 SV%
Star 3J. Eriksson Ek1G 0A

Closing linesDraftKings

+102Moneyline-122+1.5 -250Puck line-1.5 +205O -102Total 6.5U -118+145RegulationTie +300 +135-1101st period-120+1801st · 3-wayTie +180 +170

Season odds

98%99%+1.2Playoffs90%84%−5.48.9%9.0%+0.1Cup3.4%2.0%−1.4

Story

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Result MIN 3–1Call No lean · MIN 51%Market UTA 53%xG 2.74–3.27 · deserved UTA 59%Swing Eriksson Ek +23 2nd 15:04Method

Goals and penalties with UTA win probability
Time	Event	UTA win before	UTA win after
1st 1:38	UTA penalty · L. Crouse · slashing · 2 min
1st 1:54	MIN penalty · J. Eriksson Ek · roughing · 2 min
1st 13:01	UTA penalty · L. O'Brien · fighting · 5 min
1st 13:01	MIN penalty · M. McCarron · fighting · 5 min
1st 14:29	UTA penalty · M. Sergachev · fighting · 5 min
1st 14:29	MIN penalty · M. Boldy · fighting · 5 min
2nd 0:10	UTA penalty · M. Weegar · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 3:11	MIN penalty · Y. Trenin · holding · 2 min
2nd 5:39	UTA penalty · A. Peeke · holding · 2 min
2nd 9:17	UTA penalty · C. Keller · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 13:44	UTA penalty · L. Crouse · tripping · 2 min
2nd 15:04	Goal MIN · J. Eriksson Ek (PP)	49%	26%
2nd 16:54	MIN penalty · N. Sturm · boarding · 2 min
2nd 17:47	UTA penalty · C. Keller · abuse of officials · 2 min
2nd 17:47	UTA penalty · C. Keller · tripping · 2 min
2nd 18:15	MIN penalty · D. Yurov · roughing · 2 min
2nd 18:15	UTA penalty · V. Trocheck · fighting · 5 min
2nd 18:15	MIN penalty · D. Yurov · fighting · 5 min
3rd 0:48	Goal MIN · K. Kaprizov (PP)	23%	8%
3rd 11:44	Goal MIN · M. Shabanov	3%	1%
3rd 18:39	Goal UTA · L. Cooley	1%	1%

On ice · final horn

MIN5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
12M. BoldyL	0:42	22:04	20	0	1	1	2	4	5	1	2	0-2
97K. KaprizovL	2:03	24:36	21	1	1	2	4	8	0	2	1	–
38R. HartmanR	0:18	12:59	18	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	2	7-5
3O. MaattaD	2:03	24:25	25	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	–
24Z. BogosianD	0:20	14:46	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	1	–
30J. WallstedtG		60:00	SA27GA1SV%.963xGA3.27GSAx+2.27

UTA6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
27B. HaytonC	0:19	13:13	23	0	0	3	4	0	0	1	6-2
67L. CrouseL	0:11	12:47	22	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	–
72A. LeeL	0:38	10:59	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–
11D. GuentherR	2:46	20:46	19	0	0	4	9	0	3	0	1-0
56K. YamamotoR	0:15	11:25	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1
98M. SergachevD	2:53	24:10	28	1	1	0	4	5	0	2	–

Goals

2nd
Joel Eriksson Ek(4)PP
Q. Hughes (14), K. Kaprizov (9)
xG 0.09snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 MIN2nd 15:04+23.274%
3rd
Kirill Kaprizov(14)PP
M. Boldy (7), Q. Hughes (15)
xG 0.04wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 MIN3rd 00:48+15.292%
Maxim Shabanov(4)
Unassisted
xG 0.25snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–0 MIN3rd 11:44+2.299%
Logan Cooley(4)6v5
N. Schmaltz (7), M. Sergachev (12)
xG 0.64wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 MIN3rd 18:39+0.01%

Shots

Shooters

MIN2.74 xG44 unblocked · 20 blocked44 unblocked · 20 blocked

UTA3.27 xG43 unblocked · 20 blocked43 unblocked · 20 blocked

Goal, taller = higher xGSavedMissedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

MINUTA3Goals12.74xG3.2731Shots2744Unblocked4364Attempts632High danger42/6Power play0/427Faceoffs4424Hits2220Blocks205Takeaways111Giveaways1023PIM29

Skaters

Player

Player
43Q. HughesQuinn HughesD	29:54	0	2	2	2	11	0.07	−0.07	0	3	0	0	—	0	0
97K. KaprizovKirill KaprizovL	24:36	1	1	2	4	8	0.74	+0.26	2	1	0	1	—	0	-1
3O. MaattaOlli MaattaD	24:25	0	0	0	1	2	0.02	−0.02	0	2	1	1	—	0	0
25J. BrodinJonas BrodinD	23:21	0	0	0	2	5	0.09	−0.09	0	1	0	1	—	0	0
12M. BoldyMatt BoldyL	22:04	0	1	1	2	4	0.17	−0.17	1	2	1	0	0%	5	-1
14J. Eriksson EkJoel Eriksson EkC	21:21	1	0	1	4	4	0.25	+0.75	0	1	0	0	33%	2	-1
20B. ColemanBlake ColemanL	15:29	0	0	0	5	6	0.30	−0.30	1	1	0	0	0%	0	0
24Z. BogosianZach BogosianD	14:46	0	0	0	1	1	0.02	−0.02	5	1	0	1	—	0	0
49M. ShabanovMaxim ShabanovR	13:45	1	0	1	2	3	0.39	+0.61	0	0	1	2	—	0	+1
22D. YurovDanila YurovR	13:31	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	−0.07	1	1	0	0	40%	7	+1
38R. HartmanRyan HartmanR	12:59	0	0	0	4	4	0.11	−0.11	1	2	1	0	58%	0	0
47M. McCarronMichael McCarronC	12:49	0	0	0	2	2	0.19	−0.19	2	0	0	0	37%	5	0
13Y. TreninYakov TreninC	12:45	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	5	0	0	2	0%	2	+1
10B. BrinkBobby BrinkR	12:34	0	0	0	1	4	0.08	−0.08	0	1	0	1	—	0	0
78N. SturmNico SturmC	11:15	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	−0.05	3	0	0	1	100%	2	0
46J. SpurgeonJared SpurgeonD	10:01	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	2	1	0	—	0	0
26M. KierstedMatt KierstedD	9:42	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	—	0	0
19T. PitlickTyler PitlickC	6:43	0	0	0	1	4	0.18	−0.18	1	1	0	1	—	0	0
MIN total		3	4	7	31	64	2.74	+0.26	24	20	5	11	38%	23

Pony score

Incredible9.0+Great7.5+Good6.0+Average4.0+Below avg2.5+HorribleMethod

Forwards

Kaprizov7.5

Shabanov7.2

Eriksson Ek6.4

Coleman6.4

Boldy6.2

Pitlick5.8

Hartman5.2

Brink4.9

Yurov4.4

McCarron4.0

Sturm2.9

Trenin2.3

Defence

Hughes8.4

Spurgeon5.7

Maatta4.7

Brodin4.4

Bogosian4.2

Kiersted3.5

Goalie

Wallstedt8.1

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Boldy·Kaprizov·Eriksson Ek	10:10	14	11	13	45.8%	6	6	0	0	0.30	0.56	34.9%	−0.26	4	2	67%
Coleman·McCarron·Brink	5:34	10	4	5	44.4%	4	3	0	0	0.34	0.10	77.0%	+0.24	0	2	0%
Trenin·Yurov·Shabanov	4:40	6	4	3	57.1%	1	2	1	0	0.25	0.26	48.9%	−0.01	0	1	0%
Pitlick·Sturm·Hartman	4:37	8	7	5	58.3%	4	2	0	0	0.23	0.07	76.6%	+0.16	2	1	67%
Occasional · 10 groups
Trenin·Hartman·Shabanov	1:46	3	1	2	33.3%	1	1	0	0	0.07	0.22	24.8%	−0.15	0	0	—
Trenin·McCarron·Sturm	1:21	2	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.09	0.0%	−0.09	0	1	0%
Kaprizov·Eriksson Ek·Brink	1:14	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	0	0	—
Coleman·McCarron·Sturm	1:03	2	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.07	0.0%	−0.07	1	1	50%
Brink·Yurov·Hartman	0:59	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Pitlick·Sturm·Brink	0:41	2	2	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Coleman·Brink·Hartman	0:37	5	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.01	0.00	100.0%	+0.01	0	0	—
Trenin·Sturm·Hartman	0:36	2	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	1	0%
Coleman·Yurov·Shabanov	0:34	1	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.05	0.00	100.0%	+0.05	0	0	—
Kaprizov·Trenin·Hartman	0:33	2	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.05	0.0%	−0.05	1	0	100%
Other 40 brief groups	7:27		10	7	58.8%	5	3	0	0	0.24	0.22	52.1%	+0.02
MIN 5v5	41:52		44	42	51.2%	23	19	1	0	1.54	1.65	48.3%	−0.11

Goalies

Jesper Wallstedt

MIN · 60:00

Saves: 26/27
SV%: .963
GAA: 1.00
xGA: 3.27
GSAx: +2.27

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	25/26	.962	2.88	+1.88
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.39	+0.39
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	3/4	.750	1.21	+0.21

Karel Vejmelka

UTA · 57:35

Saves: 28/31
SV%: .903
GAA: 3.13
xGA: 2.74
GSAx: −0.26

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	23/24	.958	1.62	+0.62
Power play	5/7	.714	1.12	−0.88
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/1	.000	0.41	−0.59

Lines

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

Minnesota Wild

Minutes

29:54Hughes
24:25Maatta
23:21Brodin
14:46Bogosian
10:01Spurgeon
9:42Kiersted

24:36Kaprizov
22:04Boldy
21:21Eriksson Ek
15:29Coleman
13:45Shabanov
13:31Yurov
12:59Hartman
12:49McCarron
12:45Trenin
12:34Brink
11:15Sturm
6:43Pitlick

Matchups

Full game

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareMINUTAGoalHard matchEdge bars = skater 5v5 total

Faceoffs

Both teams · pick a taker to focus

27–4438%

D 27%7–19N 42%8–11O 46%12–14 6 won into a shot

UTA attacks719MIN DZ 27% UTA OZ

Neutral811MIN NZ 42% UTA NZ

MIN attacks1214MIN OZ 46% UTA DZ

44–2762%

D 54%14–12N 58%11–8O 73%19–7 15 won into a shot

Bead = draw, winner’s colourClockwise from the top in game order Shot attempt within 10sHover a zone for its draws · click a taker to focus

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

HughesD1 O4
BogosianD1 O0
KierstedD1 O0
SpurgeonD3 O1
BrodinD9 O2
MaattaD8 O1
KaprizovD3 O7
BoldyD2 O6
ShabanovD1 O5
YurovD1 O3
PitlickD1 O2
HartmanD3 O4
Eriksson EkD4 O5
BrinkD2 O3
SturmD3 O3
ColemanD4 O3
TreninD2 O1
McCarronD5 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period