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Mon, Apr 13, 2026·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Minnesota Wild 3, St. Louis Blues 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 51% of the time.

STL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN2141809331
STL173728622

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 1:22STLColton ParaykoAssists: Robert Thomas, Jimmy Snuggerud · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:46MINNick FolignoAssists: Yakov Trenin, Daemon Hunt · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:13MINDanila YurovPPAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Marcus Johansson · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:59MINMichael McCarronSHAssists: Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:04STLOtto StenbergAssists: Tyler Tucker, Alexey Toropchenko · Snap, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P2 4:31STLPavel BuchnevichAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Cam Fowler · Snap, 0.24 xG3–3
  7. P2 16:41STLTheo LindsteinGWGAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Dalibor Dvorsky · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 3:05STLJake NeighboursUnassisted · Snap, 0.18 xG3–5
  9. P3 16:56STLJimmy SnuggerudENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.28 xG3–6
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:51MINRobby Fabbri: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:37STLDalibor Dvorsky: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 18:00STLColton Parayko: Boarding2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:00STLColton Parayko: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 18:00MINYakov Trenin: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 1:30MINHunter Haight: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 5:45MINNico Sturm: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 12:54STLJimmy Snuggerud: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 0:54STLJake Neighbours: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 4:17MINDanila Yurov: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 11:06STLDylan Holloway: Tripping2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
47% to win53% to win
← MIN attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Suter won the faceoff against Yurov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINSTL
31Shots on goal22
3.5Expected goals3.5
53Shot attempts46
21Faceoffs won30
5Power plays4
13Penalty minutes15
23Hits15
8Blocked shots6
15Giveaways18
2Takeaways5

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – McCarron – Sturm6:19

    xG 0.51–0.14 (78%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Fabbri – Aube-Kubel – Jones7:57

    xG 0.22–0.21 (51%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Johansson – Brink – Haight7:06

    xG 0.06–0.27 (19%)attempts 3–7goals 0–2

  4. Tarasenko – Trenin – Yurov6:33

    xG 0.19–0.77 (20%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Middleton10:27

    xG 0.82–0.52 (61%)attempts 11–9goals 0–2

  2. Hunt – Gustafsson Nyberg2:42

    xG 0.37–0.18 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

  3. Petry – Hunt2:21

    xG 0.19–0.03 (84%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Thomas – Holloway – Snuggerud11:22

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Suter8:42

    xG 0.32–0.45 (42%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  3. Toropchenko – Finley – Stenberg4:59

    xG 0.11–0.25 (30%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  4. Drouin – Neighbours – Dvorsky8:56

    xG 0.33–0.49 (40%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestParayko – Lindstein11:16

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  2. Fowler – Tucker12:34

    xG 0.71–0.80 (47%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

  3. Broberg – Mailloux13:31

    xG 0.18–0.44 (29%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

STL 3.5 xGMIN 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

STL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line STL is favoured, below it MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #207 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 51% of the time.

STL winsMIN wins

Simulated goal difference (STL − MIN), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).