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2019-12-23 · T-Mobile Arena

7 – 3Final

COL beat VGK 7–3. COL also won the expected-goals battle 3.3 to 2.7: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Matt Nieto scored at 14:28 of the first, moving COL’s win probability from 46% to 64%. Marc-Andre Fleury allowed 4.0 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
38 – 32
Expected goals
3.3 – 2.7
xG share
COL 55%
Home-ice start
VGK 54%

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.

COL goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

COLVGK

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.

COL
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
2 G, 0 A · 12:05 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +1.55 · Faceoffs +0.06
+1.70
COL
1 G, 0 A · 19:24 TOI
Finishing +0.46 · Penalties +0.35
+0.83
VGK
1 G, 0 A · 12:06 TOI
Finishing +0.80
+0.83

Rough nights

VGK
Marc-Andre Fleury
60:00 TOI
GSAx −3.96
−3.96
VGK
0 G, 1 A · 13:14 TOI
Finishing −0.30 · Faceoffs −0.07
−0.36
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 17:39 TOI
On-ice −0.18 · Penalties −0.18
−0.34

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–VGKWin prob.
P1 4:37 COLPierre-Edouard BellemarePP
from J.T. Compher, Ian Cole
1–047% → 62%
P1 10:23 VGKRyan Reaves
from Tomas Nosek, Brayden McNabb
1–136% → 53%
P1 14:28 COLMatt Nieto
from J.T. Compher
2–146% → 64%
P1 17:35 COLNazem Kadri
unassisted
3–165% → 79%
P2 11:57 VGKMax Pacioretty
from Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone
3–215% → 32%
P2 14:06 COLGabriel Landeskog
from Nathan MacKinnon, Samuel Girard
4–270% → 86%
P2 16:58 COLPierre-Edouard Bellemare
from Valeri Nichushkin
5–288% → 97%
P3 2:06 VGKWilliam Carrier
from Nate Schmidt, Reilly Smith
5–32% → 9%
P3 3:57 COLMikko RantanenPP
from Nathan MacKinnon
6–392% → 98%
P3 16:53 COLValeri Nichushkin
unassisted
7–3100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L12:052+1.70+0.09+1.55−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.06
Nazem Kadri C19:241+0.83−0.03+0.46+0.03+0.01+0.35+0.02
Matt Nieto L11:301+0.74+0.11+0.46−0.01+0.00+0.18+0.00
Mikko Rantanen R22:041+0.62−0.17+0.76+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R13:2211+0.60−0.00+0.59+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Gabriel Landeskog L21:591+0.33−0.17+0.46−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.03
Ian Cole D15:161+0.16+0.16−0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Anton Lindholm D12:02+0.08+0.09+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L12:122−0.01−0.02−0.01−0.01+0.04+0.00−0.02
Andre Burakovsky L11:25−0.03+0.00−0.20−0.00−0.01+0.18+0.00
Matt Calvert L13:32−0.08+0.11−0.17−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Tyson Jost C10:20−0.08−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Johnson D23:06−0.11+0.02−0.12−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Graves D19:56−0.13+0.03−0.17+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D24:181−0.14−0.16+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nikita Zadorov D17:55−0.17−0.18+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C23:342−0.27−0.21−0.07+0.08−0.00+0.00−0.06
Joonas Donskoi R14:57−0.34−0.02−0.14−0.01−0.00−0.18+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Pavel Francouz G60:00−0.08

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
William Carrier L12:061+0.83+0.04+0.80−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Reaves R11:301+0.67+0.04+0.65−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Max Pacioretty L11:201+0.48+0.05+0.46+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01
Brayden McNabb D24:471+0.23+0.22+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Deryk Engelland D20:45+0.07+0.08−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Paul Stastny C13:59+0.06+0.04−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.06
Chandler Stephenson C14:461−0.02+0.07−0.07+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.03
Reilly Smith R20:381−0.08−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
William Karlsson C19:58−0.11−0.04−0.11−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.03
Valentin Zykov L11:38−0.15−0.04−0.10−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D23:311−0.15+0.14−0.15+0.02+0.02−0.18+0.00
Alex Tuch R12:19−0.17−0.05−0.13+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Holden D18:48−0.18−0.00+0.01−0.01−0.00−0.18+0.00
Nicolas Hague D15:20−0.21−0.11−0.09+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mark Stone R15:341−0.26+0.04−0.37+0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Marchessault C15:36−0.31−0.09−0.20−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Shea Theodore D17:39−0.34−0.18+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.18+0.00
Tomas Nosek L13:141−0.36+0.02−0.30−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.07
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Marc-Andre Fleury G60:00−3.96

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.