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2018-12-31 · Rogers Place

4 – 3Final

WPG beat EDM 4–3. WPG also won the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Brendan Lemieux scored at 14:02 of the third, moving WPG’s win probability from 49% to 85%. Mikko Koskinen allowed 1.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
36 – 24
Expected goals
2.9 – 2.3
xG share
WPG 56%
Home-ice start
EDM 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.

WPG goalEDM goal

Expected goals

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

WPGEDM

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.

WPG
Brendan Lemieux
2 G, 0 A · 7:49 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +1.46
+1.63
EDM
2 G, 0 A · 21:45 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing +1.54 · Playmaking +0.05
+1.39
WPG
Blake Wheeler
1 G, 0 A · 19:38 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing +0.67
+0.90

Rough nights

EDM
Mikko Koskinen
58:09 TOI
GSAx −1.26
−1.26
WPG
59:53 TOI
GSAx −0.83
−0.83
EDM
0 G, 1 A · 25:23 TOI
On-ice −0.30 · Finishing −0.22
−0.53

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalWPG–EDMWin prob.
P1 14:50 EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins
from Connor McDavid, Alexander Petrovic
0–153% → 71%
P2 4:39 WPGBrandon Tanev
from Jacob Trouba, Josh Morrissey
1–128% → 47%
P2 6:02 WPGBrendan Lemieux
from Andrew Copp, Jack Roslovic
2–147% → 67%
P2 18:03 EDMLeon DraisaitlPP
from Darnell Nurse, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
2–229% → 53%
P2 18:32 WPGBlake Wheeler
unassisted
3–247% → 72%
P3 7:23 EDMLeon Draisaitl
from Connor McDavid
3–322% → 52%
P3 14:02 WPGBrendan Lemieux
from Joe Morrow, Andrew Copp
4–349% → 85%

Every player

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WPG

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brendan Lemieux L7:492+1.63+0.17+1.46+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Blake Wheeler R19:381+0.90+0.21+0.67+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Tanev L15:551+0.85+0.01+0.84−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Dmitry Kulikov D12:29+0.22+0.26−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joe Morrow D12:391+0.15+0.15+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Myers D23:02+0.14+0.15−0.02+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Roslovic C8:451+0.08+0.14−0.07+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Scheifele C20:05+0.05+0.13−0.09+0.04−0.00+0.00−0.02
Adam Lowry C16:50+0.05+0.03−0.00−0.05+0.03+0.00+0.04
Mathieu Perreault C14:10+0.04+0.00−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.18+0.00
Josh Morrissey D26:281+0.03+0.06−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jacob Trouba D22:401−0.04−0.05−0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrew Copp C12:122−0.06+0.24−0.34+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.03
Bryan Little C14:05−0.14−0.10−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Patrik Laine L17:20−0.24−0.12−0.10+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.02
Ben Chiarot D19:53−0.27−0.11−0.14−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kyle Connor L16:37−0.27−0.08−0.16−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Nikolaj Ehlers L18:52−0.31+0.13−0.46+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Connor Hellebuyck G59:53−0.83

EDM

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Leon Draisaitl C21:452+1.39−0.13+1.54+0.05−0.03+0.00−0.04
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C20:0511+0.69−0.17+0.83+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Adam Larsson D20:56+0.03+0.04+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Benning D15:53+0.01+0.03−0.02+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor McDavid C22:092−0.01+0.01−0.08+0.07−0.02+0.00+0.01
Brandon Manning D12:54−0.03+0.06−0.05−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Joseph Gambardella C5:57−0.04−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Caleb Jones D23:56−0.09−0.07−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ty Rattie R14:56−0.13+0.05−0.18−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Milan Lucic L12:22−0.16−0.11−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zack Kassian R11:51−0.16−0.07−0.05−0.00−0.03+0.00−0.01
Jujhar Khaira L15:01−0.20−0.05−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jesse Puljujarvi R13:11−0.26−0.25−0.02−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexander Petrovic D20:211−0.27−0.25+0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Ryan Spooner C14:05−0.27+0.07−0.35−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Kyle Brodziak C12:12−0.27−0.08−0.18−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Tobias Rieder L14:54−0.38+0.02−0.21−0.03+0.01−0.18+0.00
Darnell Nurse D25:231−0.53−0.30−0.22+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mikko Koskinen G58:09−1.26

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.