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2018-03-12 · Wells Fargo Center

3 – 2Final

VGK beat PHI 3–2. VGK lost the expected-goals battle 2.7 to 4.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Ryan Carpenter scored at 17:20 of the third, moving VGK’s win probability from 49% to 91%. Marc-Andre Fleury saved 1.9 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 40
Expected goals
2.7 – 4.1
xG share
PHI 60%
Home-ice start
PHI 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.

VGK goalPHI goal

Expected goals

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

VGKPHI

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
Marc-Andre Fleury
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.87
+1.87
PHI
1 G, 0 A · 22:41 TOI
On-ice +0.43 · Finishing +0.20 · Playmaking +0.05 · Penalties +0.18
+0.85
VGK
1 G, 0 A · 12:50 TOI
On-ice −0.20 · Finishing +0.69 · Penalties +0.18
+0.66

Rough nights

VGK
0 G, 1 A · 15:24 TOI
Finishing −0.47 · Penalties −0.18
−0.65
VGK
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
0 G, 1 A · 16:18 TOI
On-ice −0.40
−0.40
PHI
58:25 TOI
GSAx −0.39
−0.39

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVGK–PHIWin prob.
P1 6:17 VGKErik HaulaPP
from David Perron, Nate Schmidt
1–047% → 63%
P2 1:27 PHIClaude Giroux
from Sean Couturier, Travis Konecny
1–134% → 53%
P3 6:00 VGKWilliam KarlssonPP
from Tomas Hyka, Shea Theodore
2–149% → 76%
P3 7:06 PHIWayne SimmondsPP
from Jakub Voracek, Shayne Gostisbehere
2–224% → 52%
P3 17:20 VGKRyan Carpenter
from Cody Eakin, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
3–249% → 91%

Every player

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VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Erik Haula L12:501+0.66−0.20+0.69−0.01+0.00+0.18−0.01
William Karlsson C20:071+0.57+0.32+0.42−0.02+0.01−0.18+0.02
Ryan Carpenter C14:501+0.54−0.20+0.81−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.06
Alex Tuch R16:50+0.12+0.33−0.21+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Jon Merrill D15:21+0.11+0.11+0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Reaves R8:28−0.04−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Colin Miller D17:13−0.08−0.03−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tomas Hyka R10:011−0.09+0.12−0.21−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tomas Nosek L10:42−0.21−0.17−0.03−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
David Perron L14:121−0.27−0.21−0.10+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.04
Deryk Engelland D20:29−0.28−0.28+0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brayden McNabb D24:03−0.30−0.13+0.01−0.00+0.01−0.18+0.00
Cody Eakin C17:491−0.30−0.23−0.04−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
Nate Schmidt D26:191−0.31−0.34+0.01+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Marchessault C19:24−0.33+0.32−0.42−0.00−0.01−0.18−0.04
Tomas Tatar L13:05−0.34−0.18−0.15−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L16:181−0.40−0.40−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.02
Shea Theodore D15:241−0.65−0.01−0.47+0.00−0.00−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Marc-Andre Fleury G60:00+1.87

PHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Claude Giroux R22:411+0.85+0.43+0.20+0.05−0.01+0.18−0.01
Jakub Voracek R19:121+0.49+0.48−0.25+0.09−0.00+0.18−0.01
Wayne Simmonds R18:571+0.47+0.33+0.18−0.06+0.02+0.00+0.00
Shayne Gostisbehere D21:211+0.36+0.27−0.10+0.02−0.02+0.18+0.00
Radko Gudas D18:10+0.12+0.10+0.01+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ivan Provorov D23:25+0.11+0.06−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.18+0.00
Nolan Patrick C13:07−0.03+0.18−0.19−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Scott Laughton C9:07−0.04−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Valtteri Filppula C17:48−0.05−0.15−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.11
Matt Read R6:21−0.10−0.05−0.03−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jori Lehtera C8:41−0.12−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
Michael Raffl L14:46−0.13−0.07−0.05−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Travis Konecny R18:011−0.15+0.14−0.29+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Andrew MacDonald D16:48−0.16−0.12−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Oskar Lindblom L13:21−0.23+0.18−0.40−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Couturier C24:081−0.26+0.27−0.54+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01
Brandon Manning D18:05−0.28−0.17−0.09−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Travis Sanheim D14:16−0.28+0.04−0.13+0.00−0.01−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Petr Mrazek G58:25−0.39

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.