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2020-03-06 · Prudential Center

2 – 4Final

NJD beat STL 4–2. Expected goals were close to even (STL 2.7, NJD 2.9), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Dakota Mermis scored at 6:50 of the second, moving NJD’s win probability from 53% to 73%.

Shots on goal
33 – 32
Expected goals
2.7 – 2.9
xG share
NJD 51%
Home-ice start
NJD 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 goalNJD goal

Expected goals

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

STLNJD

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.

STL
1 G, 0 A · 19:39 TOI
Finishing +0.69 · Penalties +0.18
+0.92
NJD
Dakota Mermis
1 G, 0 A · 20:41 TOI
Finishing +0.86
+0.88
NJD
Connor Carrick
1 G, 0 A · 14:42 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +0.74
+0.83

Rough nights

NJD
Damon Severson
0 G, 1 A · 25:26 TOI
Finishing −0.52 · Penalties −0.18
−0.77
NJD
0 G, 0 A · 14:07 TOI
Finishing −0.46 · Penalties −0.18
−0.65
NJD
Miles Wood
0 G, 0 A · 16:53 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing −0.54 · Penalties −0.18
−0.62

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSTL–NJDWin prob.
P1 8:38 NJDJesper Bratt
from P.K. Subban
0–153% → 70%
P1 12:31 STLVince DunnPP
from Tyler Bozak, Robert Thomas
1–130% → 47%
P2 6:50 NJDDakota Mermis
from Damon Severson, Cory Schneider
1–253% → 73%
P2 17:58 NJDConnor Carrick
from Fredrik Claesson, Travis Zajac
1–376% → 91%
P3 16:49 STLJaden Schwartz
from Brayden Schenn
2–31% → 9%
P3 19:03 NJDJoey AndersonEN
from Pavel Zacha, Mirco Mueller
2–495% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

STL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Vince Dunn D19:391+0.92+0.04+0.69+0.01+0.00+0.18+0.00
Jaden Schwartz C19:371+0.59−0.12+0.71−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Robert Thomas C17:061+0.13+0.07−0.00+0.09+0.00+0.00−0.03
Robert Bortuzzo D11:21−0.02+0.00−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Kyrou R8:10−0.05+0.01−0.07+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Ivan Barbashev L11:17−0.07−0.04−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.02
Carl Gunnarsson D17:08−0.08−0.10+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Oskar Sundqvist C13:57−0.09−0.05−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Zachary Sanford L16:49−0.10+0.04−0.13−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Sammy Blais L12:42−0.11+0.03−0.12−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Marco Scandella D18:04−0.12−0.09−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
David Perron L20:34−0.16−0.05−0.29+0.01−0.01+0.18+0.00
Alex Pietrangelo D23:47−0.18−0.07−0.31+0.03−0.00+0.18+0.00
Brayden Schenn C17:481−0.19−0.13−0.07−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Alexander Steen L10:22−0.21−0.04−0.17−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Colton Parayko D22:26−0.38−0.02−0.20+0.01+0.02−0.18+0.00
Tyler Bozak C14:191−0.38+0.04−0.38−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.04
Ryan O'Reilly C19:03−0.50−0.14−0.39−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jordan Binnington G58:10+0.25

NJD

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dakota Mermis D20:411+0.88+0.03+0.86−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor Carrick D14:421+0.83+0.09+0.74+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jesper Bratt L11:401+0.71+0.01+0.69+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Nico Hischier C17:31+0.19+0.15−0.11+0.02−0.00+0.18−0.03
Kyle Palmieri C17:06+0.19+0.17−0.00+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Fredrik Claesson D14:121+0.03+0.03+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Joey Anderson R16:101+0.02+0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael McLeod C10:34−0.00−0.02−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02
Pavel Zacha C17:081−0.03−0.07−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.05
Mirco Mueller D21:321−0.03−0.01+0.01−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
John Hayden C10:06−0.03−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Nikita Gusev L12:48−0.08−0.00−0.04−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Jack Hughes C14:27−0.09+0.08−0.34+0.01−0.01+0.18−0.01
Travis Zajac C15:461−0.24+0.02−0.29−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.04
P.K. Subban D21:171−0.34+0.04−0.20−0.00−0.01−0.18+0.00
Miles Wood L16:53−0.62+0.11−0.54−0.01−0.00−0.18+0.00
Kevin Rooney C14:07−0.65−0.02−0.46−0.01+0.01−0.18+0.00
Damon Severson D25:261−0.77−0.01−0.52−0.02−0.03−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Cory Schneider G60:00+0.75

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.