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2018-03-30 · T-Mobile Arena

3 – 4Final/OT

VGK beat STL 4–3 in overtime. VGK also won the expected-goals battle 2.0 to 1.6: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Jonathan Marchessault scored at 0:22 of overtime, moving VGK’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Jake Allen allowed 1.8 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
24 – 26
Expected goals
1.6 – 2.0
xG share
VGK 55%
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.

STL goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

STLVGK

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
2 G, 0 A · 22:20 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +1.57 · Penalties +0.18 · Faceoffs −0.07
+1.80
STL
Chris Thorburn
1 G, 0 A · 7:42 TOI
Finishing +0.70
+0.71
VGK
1 G, 2 A · 22:19 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing +0.42 · Faceoffs +0.05
+0.65

Rough nights

STL
60:22 TOI
GSAx −1.83
−1.83
VGK
Malcolm Subban
60:07 TOI
GSAx −1.21
−1.39
VGK
0 G, 1 A · 16:47 TOI
Finishing −0.08 · Penalties −0.18
−0.33

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSTL–VGKWin prob.
P1 2:54 STLPatrik Berglund
from Alexander Steen, Kyle Brodziak
1–047% → 62%
P1 6:18 VGKWilliam KarlssonSH
from Cody Eakin
1–136% → 53%
P1 13:31 VGKJonathan Marchessault
from Alex Tuch, William Karlsson
1–253% → 70%
P1 16:09 STLBrayden Schenn
from Jaden Schwartz, Vladimir Tarasenko
2–229% → 47%
P2 16:35 VGKJames Neal
from Erik Haula, Tomas Tatar
2–353% → 76%
P3 6:14 STLChris Thorburn
from Scottie Upshall, Oskar Sundqvist
3–320% → 48%
OT 0:22 VGKJonathan Marchessault
from Nate Schmidt, William Karlsson
3–452% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

STL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Chris Thorburn R7:421+0.71+0.02+0.70−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brayden Schenn C20:311+0.64−0.12+0.75−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.01
Patrik Berglund C17:071+0.57−0.04+0.77−0.02−0.00−0.18+0.04
Oskar Sundqvist C8:031+0.03+0.07−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Colton Parayko D25:59+0.03+0.13−0.12+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jordan Schmaltz D2:42−0.01−0.01+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Robert Bortuzzo D12:51−0.02−0.02+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Scottie Upshall R8:371−0.03+0.06−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kyle Brodziak C16:471−0.04−0.05−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.03
Alex Pietrangelo D28:39−0.09−0.12+0.01+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Vince Dunn D21:23−0.09−0.12+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dmitrij Jaskin R14:56−0.11−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Vladimir Tarasenko R18:451−0.11−0.05−0.08+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Steen L17:071−0.15−0.12−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Joel Edmundson D26:28−0.16−0.08−0.07−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jaden Schwartz C20:281−0.19−0.06−0.31+0.00+0.00+0.18−0.01
Vladimir Sobotka C16:09−0.22−0.07−0.18−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.04
Ivan Barbashev L14:52−0.22−0.09−0.15−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G60:22−1.83

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jonathan Marchessault C22:202+1.80+0.13+1.57+0.01−0.02+0.18−0.07
William Karlsson C22:1912+0.65+0.18+0.42+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.05
James Neal L15:501+0.53−0.02+0.55+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Shea Theodore D23:41+0.18+0.20−0.03+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Tuch R21:051+0.10+0.09−0.00+0.04−0.00+0.00−0.03
Deryk Engelland D22:35+0.10+0.16−0.06−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D19:311+0.03+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brayden McNabb D19:36+0.02+0.05−0.03−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Cody Eakin C13:241+0.02+0.09−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.04
Oscar Lindberg L8:01−0.00−0.00−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Tomas Nosek L9:17−0.05−0.04−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L12:20−0.06+0.07−0.13−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Tomas Tatar L14:351−0.07−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01
Ryan Carpenter C11:58−0.09−0.02−0.08−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Brad Hunt D15:08−0.10−0.07−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Colin Miller D18:58−0.17−0.06−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Reaves R9:56−0.23+0.02−0.25−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Haula L16:471−0.33−0.03−0.08−0.01+0.00−0.18−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Malcolm Subban G60:07−1.39

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.