Do you remember the period breakdown of the scoring chances? Just off memory, I thought most of Ottawa's were in the 3rd, mostly due to us pressing being down 3-0.
1st
OTT 4
MIN 3
2nd
OTT 3
MIN 5
3rd
OTT 6
MIN 4
I defined a scoring chance as a shot on goal from good scoring position, including posts hit. I didn't count weaker shots from the perimeter unless tipped on goal, uncontested shots from the blue line, or swats at the puck while the goalie had control.
For whatever reason, I felt a post was indicative of a good scoring chance because the team let the shot through and the goalie didn't make a save, although I didn't count missed shots. Goalies might change how they play a puck they believe is going wide but they aren't saying "yeah that will hit the post I won't get over all the way".
I saw a lot of little tips and deflections from the Wild where shots were from the perimeter, but they came through with almost no speed on them.
Ottawa was loving dangling with the puck, trying to make moves, the Wild did a great job of killing most of those plays defensively. But when Ottawa had a clear shooting lane, they almost always took it, while the Wild weren't getting those looks.
A big part of the above discrepancy was due to the Wild coasting into the offensive zone while the Sens kept skating as they were crossing the blue line.
At the end of the day, only one of the Sens goals was on one of those rushes (trickled through Backstrom's pads), but that's one more than what the Wild had.
I'd be curious to see if anyone else could track scoring chances.