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2021-05-15 · Rogers Place

4 – 1Final

VAN beat EDM 4–1. VAN lost the expected-goals battle 2.1 to 3.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Matthew Highmore scored at 9:13 of the third, moving VAN’s win probability from 48% to 79%. Thatcher Demko saved 2.5 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
41 – 32
Expected goals
2.1 – 3.3
xG share
EDM 61%
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.

VAN goalEDM goal

Expected goals

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

VANEDM

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.

VAN
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.47
+2.47
VAN
Matthew Highmore
2 G, 0 A · 17:35 TOI
Finishing +1.63
+1.66
VAN
Travis Boyd
1 G, 0 A · 15:07 TOI
Finishing +0.78 · Penalties +0.18
+0.97

Rough nights

EDM
Mikko Koskinen
60:00 TOI
GSAx −1.26
−1.26
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 21:08 TOI
On-ice −0.17 · Penalties −0.18
−0.37
VAN
Tyler Graovac
0 G, 0 A · 12:17 TOI
Finishing −0.33
−0.36

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–EDMWin prob.
P1 12:45 EDMAdam Larsson
from Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl
0–153% → 70%
P2 1:27 VANBo HorvatSH
from Tanner Pearson
1–128% → 46%
P3 9:13 VANMatthew Highmore
from J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes
2–148% → 79%
P3 9:29 VANTravis Boyd
from Jimmy Vesey
3–179% → 95%
P3 13:27 VANMatthew Highmore
from Brock Boeser, J.T. Miller
4–198% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matthew Highmore C17:352+1.66+0.03+1.63−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.01
Travis Boyd C15:071+0.97−0.03+0.78+0.00−0.00+0.18+0.03
Bo Horvat C17:481+0.51−0.25+0.82−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.05
Travis Hamonic D22:54+0.01+0.03+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Marc Michaelis L11:17+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jimmy Vesey L14:551−0.06+0.05−0.10−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jalen Chatfield D14:44−0.08−0.01−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jayce Hawryluk R11:59−0.10+0.02−0.10−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Zack MacEwen C12:15−0.17+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.18+0.01
Alexander Edler D26:41−0.22−0.19−0.02+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tanner Pearson L16:271−0.25−0.22−0.18−0.02−0.01+0.18+0.00
Quinn Hughes D18:441−0.25−0.02−0.25+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Nils Hoglander L12:05−0.26−0.08−0.19−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brock Boeser R14:491−0.28+0.01−0.31+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack Rathbone D15:58−0.29−0.01−0.28−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
J.T. Miller C17:102−0.36−0.07−0.12+0.04−0.01−0.18−0.02
Tyler Graovac C12:17−0.36−0.02−0.33−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
Tyler Myers D21:08−0.37−0.17−0.02+0.00−0.00−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Thatcher Demko G60:00+2.47

EDM

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Adam Larsson D14:261+0.95+0.10+0.87−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joakim Nygard L13:23+0.24−0.05−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.36+0.00
Tyson Barrie D13:00+0.14+0.16−0.05+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jesse Puljujarvi R16:38−0.01+0.04−0.23−0.00+0.01+0.18+0.00
Ethan Bear D15:01−0.04+0.12−0.14+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Darnell Nurse D21:25−0.05−0.01−0.03−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dominik Kahun C16:28−0.05+0.02−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Leon Draisaitl C16:501−0.06+0.25−0.35+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.01
Alex Chiasson R17:11−0.09+0.08−0.13−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Slater Koekkoek D17:18−0.09+0.02−0.13+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C22:53−0.14+0.24−0.43+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.02
Connor McDavid C16:121−0.14+0.20−0.47+0.13−0.01+0.00+0.01
Dmitry Kulikov D16:18−0.15+0.02+0.01−0.01+0.01−0.18+0.00
Jujhar Khaira L14:41−0.20−0.01−0.17−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
James Neal L14:44−0.20−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.01−0.18+0.00
Gaetan Haas C12:52−0.28−0.03−0.26−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Evan Bouchard D17:57−0.30−0.10−0.15−0.01−0.05+0.00+0.00
Josh Archibald R18:43−0.35−0.03−0.30−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mikko Koskinen G60:00−1.26

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.