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2021-12-17 · Madison Square Garden

3 – 2Final/SO

VGK beat NYR 3–2 in a shootout. VGK also won the expected-goals battle 3.5 to 2.9: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Dylan Coghlan scored at 14:44 of the third, moving VGK’s win probability from 12% to 49%. Laurent Brossoit saved 1.6 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
30 – 29
Expected goals
3.5 – 2.9
xG share
VGK 54%
Home-ice start
NYR 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.

VGK goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

VGKNYR

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
65:00 TOI
GSAx +1.64
+1.64
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 16:01 TOI
Shootout +1.05
+1.07
VGK
Dylan Coghlan
1 G, 0 A · 16:28 TOI
Finishing +0.84
+0.86

Rough nights

NYR
0 G, 1 A · 18:45 TOI
On-ice −0.23 · Finishing −0.22 · Shootout −0.45
−0.88
VGK
Max Pacioretty
0 G, 0 A · 18:47 TOI
Finishing −0.69
−0.70
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 14:08 TOI
Finishing −0.21 · Penalties −0.19 · Shootout −0.30
−0.67

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVGK–NYRWin prob.
P1 6:49 VGKBrett Howden
from William Carrier, Keegan Kolesar
1–047% → 63%
P2 0:17 NYRMika Zibanejad
from Chris Kreider, K'Andre Miller
1–134% → 53%
P2 10:25 NYRChris KreiderPP
from Mika Zibanejad, Ryan Strome
1–254% → 75%
P3 14:44 VGKDylan Coghlan
from Nicolas Hague, Brett Howden
2–212% → 49%

Every player

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VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Jonathan Marchessault C16:01+1.07+0.05−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.02+1.05
Dylan Coghlan D16:281+0.86+0.04+0.84−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Howden C12:1711+0.61+0.01+0.59−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02−0.00
Nicolas Hague D15:271+0.18+0.17+0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R12:351+0.04+0.09−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.03−0.00
Zach Whitecloud D19:29−0.03−0.03+0.01−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Stone R20:26−0.04+0.04−0.14+0.06+0.02+0.00−0.02−0.00
Mattias Janmark C12:52−0.07−0.02−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Reilly Smith R15:50−0.07+0.15−0.23+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Shea Theodore D27:39−0.12−0.05−0.08+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
William Carrier L13:131−0.12+0.11−0.22−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Brayden McNabb D18:06−0.16−0.01−0.15−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
William Karlsson C18:19−0.20+0.03−0.18−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.05−0.00
Alex Pietrangelo D26:18−0.21+0.18−0.25+0.04+0.00−0.19+0.00+0.00
Evgenii Dadonov L14:45−0.25−0.08−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00−0.36
Chandler Stephenson C18:49−0.38−0.12−0.25+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02−0.00
Nicolas Roy C14:08−0.67+0.03−0.21−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.01−0.30
Max Pacioretty L18:47−0.70+0.01−0.69+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Laurent Brossoit G65:00+1.64

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Chris Kreider L20:3511+0.50+0.06+0.43−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00
Mika Zibanejad C21:5011+0.29−0.03+0.37+0.01+0.01+0.19+0.11−0.36
Adam Fox D27:55+0.11+0.17−0.09+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Lindgren D22:41+0.00+0.03−0.02−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
K'Andre Miller D21:421−0.03+0.01+0.01−0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kevin Rooney C13:00−0.05−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
Alexis Lafrenière L15:11−0.06−0.06−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Dryden Hunt L14:12−0.10−0.10−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Greg McKegg C10:24−0.10−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Libor Hajek D13:16−0.11−0.12+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Reaves R10:33−0.12−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Barclay Goodrow C15:53−0.13−0.01−0.11−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Patrik Nemeth D12:45−0.16−0.09−0.08−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Julien Gauthier R13:06−0.21+0.15−0.34−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Filip Chytil C15:18−0.29−0.01−0.27−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Kaapo Kakko R21:57−0.35−0.04−0.00−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.30
Jacob Trouba D23:59−0.43−0.25−0.20+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Strome C18:451−0.88−0.23−0.22+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.02−0.45
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alexandar Georgiev G64:58+0.58

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.