GRIT & GF

Monday, October 12, 2026

Vegas Golden Knights

Minnesota Wild

Expected goals, VGK–MIN
3.3–3.8
all situations, empty nets out
MIN share of xG
53.4%
50% is even
Shots on goal
23–28
VGK–MIN
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Wild won 4-2 and earned it, out-chancing the Golden Knights 3.8 to 3.2 in expected goals. The Wild scored three straight at one stage. One of the goals went into an empty net. Kirill Kaprizov generated 1.4 expected goals on four shots and did not score. Rasmus Andersson scored for the first time in 29 games.

  • Kirill Kaprizov generated 1.4 expected goals on four shots and did not score. He has 9 points in 6 games this season. It finished 4-2 for the Wild.

  • Rasmus AnderssonDrought over

    Rasmus Andersson scored for the first time in 29 games. That was his first goal of the season. The Golden Knights lost 4-2 to the Wild.

  • Quinn Hughes has a point in 6 straight games. He has 9 points in 6 games this season. He played 22:36 and had two shots on goal. It finished 4-2 for the Wild.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

VGKMIN

Where the shots came from

6 goals from 92 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
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Vegas Golden Knights

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Shea Theodore D22:240010.160156
Noah Hanifin D22:040000.140435
Mitch Marner R21:300120.091155
Jack Eichel C21:240020.070162
Mark Stone R20:030020.390052
Tomas Hertl C18:530100.283030
Trevor Connelly L18:320000.150031
Brayden McNabb D17:370020.103162
Rasmus Andersson D17:231040.101138
Ivan Barbashev L17:170010.460262
William Karlsson C17:111030.570263
Brett Howden C15:180130.541053
Braeden Bowman R14:200000.021028
Jeremy Lauzon D13:090020.010025
Dylan Coghlan D12:080000.001235
Nic Dowd C11:380000.05407
Raphael Lavoie C10:530110.131031
Marc Gatcomb C9:430000.003126

Minnesota Wild

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Olli Maatta D25:160120.280438
Jared Spurgeon D23:320010.060363
Quinn Hughes D22:360220.070160
Joel Eriksson Ek C21:231031.563165
Jonas Brodin D21:020010.021145
Kirill Kaprizov L19:400141.370070
Matt Boldy L19:341030.370059
Blake Coleman L17:340010.232339
Michael McCarron C16:580030.044344
Zach Bogosian D15:410000.010051
Ryan Hartman R15:190020.272043
Maxim Shabanov R14:071030.320152
Yakov Trenin C12:340020.445051
Daemon Hunt D12:280000.000071
Danila Yurov R10:411010.350157
Bobby Brink R10:200100.001170
Rieger Lorenz L9:000100.050049
Nico Sturm C3:200000.000087

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.