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2021-04-03 · Ball Arena

1 – 2Final

COL beat STL 2–1. COL also won the expected-goals battle 3.8 to 2.1: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Cale Makar scored at 19:19 of the third, moving COL’s win probability from 51% to 97%. Ville Husso saved 1.6 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
28 – 34
Expected goals
2.1 – 3.8
xG share
COL 64%
Home-ice start
COL 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 goalCOL goal

Expected goals

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

STLCOL

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
59:42 TOI
GSAx +1.39
+1.57
COL
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.25
+1.43
COL
1 G, 0 A · 26:43 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +0.77 · Penalties +0.18
+1.18

Rough nights

COL
Joonas Donskoi
0 G, 0 A · 17:15 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing −0.86
−0.76
COL
0 G, 0 A · 21:51 TOI
Finishing −0.63
−0.59
COL
0 G, 0 A · 15:45 TOI
Finishing −0.39 · Penalties −0.18
−0.55

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSTL–COLWin prob.
P1 11:27 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Gabriel Landeskog, Devon Toews
0–153% → 70%
P1 18:04 STLRyan O'Reilly
from Brayden Schenn, David Perron
1–129% → 47%
P3 19:19 COLCale Makar
unassisted
1–251% → 97%

Every player

Show both lineups

STL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ryan O'Reilly C20:361+0.55−0.11+0.61+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.03
Jake Walman D15:33+0.23+0.08−0.01+0.01−0.02+0.18+0.00
Robert Bortuzzo D11:07+0.19+0.19+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Robert Thomas C12:16−0.00+0.13−0.18+0.07+0.00+0.00−0.02
Zachary Sanford L14:29−0.06−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jordan Kyrou R10:32−0.15+0.04−0.21+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marco Scandella D21:20−0.16−0.16−0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Vince Dunn D17:50−0.22−0.09−0.13+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mike Hoffman C13:28−0.23−0.18−0.05+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brayden Schenn C19:251−0.23−0.08−0.00−0.00+0.02−0.18+0.02
Kyle Clifford L9:02−0.27+0.04−0.28−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Torey Krug D25:27−0.28−0.28−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ivan Barbashev L14:35−0.29−0.06−0.22−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
David Perron L17:491−0.37−0.15−0.21+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Vladimir Tarasenko R15:31−0.40−0.27−0.15+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Bozak C14:23−0.42−0.04−0.17−0.01+0.00−0.18−0.03
Jaden Schwartz C16:28−0.45−0.12−0.15−0.00+0.01−0.18+0.00
Justin Faulk D22:23−0.45−0.20−0.06−0.00−0.01−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ville Husso G59:42+1.57

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cale Makar D26:431+1.18+0.17+0.77+0.03+0.03+0.18+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C21:051+0.91+0.15+0.67+0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Graves D21:17+0.20+0.19+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob MacDonald D10:12+0.19+0.21−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Andre Burakovsky L14:57+0.17+0.16−0.16−0.00−0.01+0.18+0.00
Dan Renouf D5:18+0.13+0.12+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L11:23+0.09+0.10−0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Gabriel Landeskog L23:141−0.02−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.03+0.00−0.01
Liam O'Brien C6:03−0.02+0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Saad L11:15−0.03+0.06−0.08−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D23:03−0.07−0.08+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R12:37−0.10+0.17−0.29+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L10:27−0.25−0.09−0.19−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.01
Devon Toews D28:441−0.26−0.14+0.00+0.03+0.04−0.18+0.00
Tyson Jost C12:51−0.35+0.13−0.47−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nazem Kadri C15:45−0.55+0.00−0.39+0.01+0.00−0.18+0.01
Mikko Rantanen R21:51−0.59−0.01−0.63+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.01
Joonas Donskoi R17:15−0.76+0.11−0.86−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Philipp Grubauer G60:00+1.43

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.