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2017-12-19 · T-Mobile Arena

3 – 4Final

VGK beat TBL 4–3. VGK also won the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 1.7: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Shea Theodore scored on the power play at 19:57 of the third, moving VGK’s win probability from 53% to 98%.

Shots on goal
38 – 36
Expected goals
1.7 – 2.9
xG share
VGK 63%
Home-ice start
VGK 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

TBL goalVGK goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

TBLVGK

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

VGK
1 G, 3 A · 20:39 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.44 · Playmaking +0.36
+0.92
VGK
1 G, 1 A · 16:12 TOI
On-ice +0.23 · Finishing +0.32 · Playmaking +0.21
+0.77
TBL
1 G, 2 A · 27:44 TOI
On-ice −0.16 · Finishing +0.43 · Playmaking +0.23 · Penalties +0.18
+0.68

Rough nights

VGK
Marc-Andre Fleury
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.76
−0.76
TBL
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.71
−0.71
TBL
Braydon Coburn
0 G, 0 A · 16:50 TOI
On-ice −0.27 · Penalties −0.36
−0.61

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalTBL–VGKWin prob.
P1 7:43 TBLSteven StamkosPP
from Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov
1–047% → 63%
P1 19:13 TBLVladislav NamestnikovPP
from Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman
2–066% → 80%
P2 10:07 VGKJames NealPP
from David Perron, Shea Theodore
2–116% → 32%
P2 18:21 VGKJonathan MarchessaultPP
from David Perron, Shea Theodore
2–229% → 53%
P3 4:42 VGKErik HaulaPP
from Shea Theodore, David Perron
2–353% → 79%
P3 16:08 TBLVictor Hedman
from Steven Stamkos
3–310% → 49%
P3 19:57 VGKShea TheodorePP
from Jonathan Marchessault, Erik Haula
3–453% → 98%

Every player

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TBL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Victor Hedman D27:4412+0.68−0.16+0.43+0.23+0.00+0.18+0.00
Steven Stamkos C21:0211+0.47−0.04+0.33+0.22−0.01+0.00−0.03
Vladislav Namestnikov C20:211+0.33−0.02+0.26+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.07
Nikita Kucherov R23:312+0.13−0.06−0.17+0.37−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ondrej Palat L15:49−0.02−0.03−0.17−0.01+0.01+0.18+0.00
Andrej Sustr D10:05−0.03−0.04+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
JT Brown R9:10−0.10−0.05−0.01−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.02
Cedric Paquette C10:59−0.12−0.05−0.04−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.01
Anton Stralman D19:19−0.13−0.04−0.03−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brayden Point C20:56−0.17−0.27−0.00−0.05−0.00+0.18−0.02
Slater Koekkoek D8:50−0.23−0.01−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.18+0.00
Chris Kunitz L8:22−0.26−0.04−0.01−0.03+0.00−0.18+0.00
Cory Conacher C12:13−0.28−0.24−0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Killorn L17:57−0.31−0.18−0.09−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01
Mikhail Sergachev D14:11−0.32−0.10−0.02+0.00−0.01−0.18+0.00
Dan Girardi D17:06−0.46−0.42−0.03+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Yanni Gourde C21:33−0.50−0.45−0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00−0.01
Braydon Coburn D16:50−0.61−0.27+0.00+0.02−0.01−0.36+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Andrei Vasilevskiy G60:00−0.71

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Shea Theodore D20:3913+0.92+0.11+0.44+0.36+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Marchessault C16:1211+0.77+0.23+0.32+0.21−0.01+0.00+0.02
James Neal L19:441+0.68+0.12+0.31+0.06+0.01+0.18+0.00
David Perron L19:033+0.61+0.14−0.03+0.51−0.01+0.00+0.00
Erik Haula L18:3711+0.56+0.12+0.30+0.13+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tomas Nosek L11:00+0.25−0.03−0.05−0.02−0.00+0.36+0.00
Cody Eakin C13:58+0.22+0.33−0.00−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jon Merrill D14:40+0.15+0.31−0.03−0.13+0.00+0.00+0.00
Colin Miller D19:23+0.12+0.33−0.12−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brendan Leipsic L10:44+0.09+0.27−0.09−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L13:13+0.02+0.04−0.00−0.05+0.02+0.00+0.01
Alex Tuch R13:51−0.02+0.25−0.21−0.06−0.00+0.00−0.01
Nate Schmidt D22:20−0.11+0.08−0.15−0.05+0.02+0.00+0.00
Reilly Smith R14:47−0.11+0.02−0.06−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brayden McNabb D20:07−0.14+0.11−0.00−0.08+0.02−0.18+0.00
William Karlsson C16:54−0.19+0.00−0.16−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Deryk Engelland D19:32−0.23−0.02−0.01−0.03+0.01−0.18+0.00
Oscar Lindberg L9:53−0.23−0.00−0.01−0.03−0.01−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Marc-Andre Fleury G60:00−0.76

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.