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2021-11-18 · T-Mobile Arena

2 – 5Final

VGK beat DET 5–2. VGK lost the expected-goals battle 2.8 to 3.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Nicolas Hague scored at 3:31 of the second, moving VGK’s win probability from 53% to 72%. Thomas Greiss allowed 1.9 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
28 – 32
Expected goals
3.2 – 2.8
xG share
DET 53%
Home-ice start
VGK 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.

DET goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

DETVGK

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.

VGK
2 G, 0 A · 20:48 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +1.74
+1.80
VGK
Robin Lehner
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.16
+1.16
VGK
1 G, 0 A · 16:19 TOI
Finishing +0.79
+0.82

Rough nights

DET
Thomas Greiss
40:00 TOI
GSAx −1.92
−1.92
DET
0 G, 1 A · 15:58 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.76
−0.69
DET
Filip Zadina
0 G, 0 A · 15:52 TOI
Finishing −0.40
−0.41

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalDET–VGKWin prob.
P2 3:31 VGKNicolas Hague
from Evgenii Dadonov, Alex Pietrangelo
0–153% → 72%
P2 5:56 VGKZach Whitecloud
from Mark Stone, Brett Howden
0–273% → 87%
P2 10:19 DETGivani Smith
from Dylan Larkin, Robby Fabbri
1–212% → 26%
P2 12:32 VGKZach Whitecloud
from Nicolas Roy
1–374% → 89%
P2 19:06 VGKPaul Cotter
from Keegan Kolesar
1–492% → 98%
P3 5:19 VGKReilly Smith
from Mattias Janmark, Jake Leschyshyn
1–599% → 100%
P3 18:34 DETJoe Veleno
from Sam Gagner
2–50% → 0%

Every player

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DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Givani Smith R11:541+0.56+0.16+0.42−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Joe Veleno C14:591+0.53+0.01+0.56−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.03
Jordan Oesterle D18:54+0.24+0.25+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Gustav Lindstrom D19:37+0.06+0.07+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Filip Hronek D22:06+0.05+0.20−0.15+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Erne L10:37+0.02+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Leddy D20:44−0.02−0.02+0.01+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Robby Fabbri C16:361−0.03+0.05−0.05−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.01
Moritz Seider D18:59−0.06−0.07+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sam Gagner C14:241−0.13+0.04−0.17+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Vladislav Namestnikov C13:07−0.14+0.02−0.16−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tyler Bertuzzi L16:44−0.14−0.00−0.14+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Pius Suter C17:19−0.16+0.05−0.20−0.02+0.02+0.00−0.01
Lucas Raymond L16:23−0.21−0.02−0.00−0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
Danny DeKeyser D19:04−0.22−0.06+0.01−0.00+0.02−0.19+0.00
Michael Rasmussen C12:49−0.28−0.07−0.13−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.07
Filip Zadina R15:52−0.41+0.01−0.40−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Larkin C15:581−0.69+0.06−0.76+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alex Nedeljkovic G20:00+0.06
Thomas Greiss G40:00−1.92

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Zach Whitecloud D20:482+1.80+0.06+1.74−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Reilly Smith R16:191+0.82+0.02+0.79+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Hague D21:451+0.72−0.16+0.69+0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Paul Cotter C10:481+0.71−0.02+0.75−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Stone R17:531−0.00+0.05−0.11+0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ben Hutton D16:42−0.06−0.05−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Chandler Stephenson C17:41−0.07+0.04−0.15+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Brayden McNabb D20:28−0.13+0.10−0.05−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Alex Pietrangelo D22:111−0.15−0.13−0.05+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonas Rondbjerg R13:29−0.15−0.03−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Coghlan D15:49−0.15−0.06−0.07−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Mattias Janmark C15:221−0.20−0.03−0.17−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Evgenii Dadonov L16:401−0.21+0.05−0.45+0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Jake Leschyshyn C14:391−0.26−0.21−0.04−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.03
Sven Baertschi L13:54−0.27−0.24−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Roy C17:131−0.30−0.00−0.28−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Brett Howden C11:151−0.36+0.00−0.37−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Keegan Kolesar R14:561−0.40−0.21−0.19−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Robin Lehner G60:00+1.16

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.