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2022-02-12 · Bridgestone Arena

5 – 2Final

WPG beat NSH 5–2. WPG also won the expected-goals battle 3.8 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Blake Wheeler scored on the power play at 10:53 of the third, moving WPG’s win probability from 50% to 82%.

Shots on goal
43 – 36
Expected goals
3.8 – 2.3
xG share
WPG 63%
Home-ice start
NSH 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.

WPG goalNSH goal

Expected goals

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

WPGNSH

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.

WPG
Blake Wheeler
2 G, 3 A · 21:55 TOI
On-ice +0.26 · Finishing +0.08 · Playmaking +0.40 · Penalties +0.19
+0.91
WPG
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.62
+0.62
WPG
1 G, 2 A · 22:41 TOI
On-ice +0.23 · Finishing +0.37 · Playmaking +0.12 · Penalties −0.19 · Faceoffs −0.05
+0.46

Rough nights

NSH
0 G, 0 A · 14:22 TOI
On-ice −0.18 · Finishing −0.07 · Penalties −0.19
−0.47
NSH
0 G, 0 A · 18:04 TOI
On-ice −0.30
−0.33
NSH
0 G, 0 A · 15:32 TOI
On-ice −0.16 · Finishing −0.14
−0.32

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalWPG–NSHWin prob.
P1 3:26 NSHMikael Granlund
from Filip Forsberg, Alexandre Carrier
0–153% → 69%
P1 6:19 NSHMatt DuchenePP
from Roman Josi, Ryan Johansen
0–270% → 83%
P1 7:44 WPGMark Scheifele
from Ville Heinola, Blake Wheeler
1–217% → 30%
P2 9:58 WPGKyle ConnorPP
from Blake Wheeler, Josh Morrissey
2–227% → 47%
P3 10:53 WPGBlake WheelerPP
from Mark Scheifele, Josh Morrissey
3–250% → 82%
P3 11:52 WPGPierre-Luc DuboisPP
from Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor
4–283% → 97%
P3 16:46 WPGBlake WheelerEN
from Mark Scheifele
5–299% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

WPG

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Blake Wheeler R21:5523+0.91+0.26+0.08+0.40−0.01+0.19+0.00
Mark Scheifele C22:4112+0.46+0.23+0.37+0.12−0.01−0.19−0.05
Ville Heinola D13:281+0.44+0.06−0.04+0.23+0.00+0.19+0.00
Kyle Connor L25:4611+0.38+0.25+0.14+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Josh Morrissey D23:312+0.30+0.40−0.12+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Luc Dubois C21:421+0.27+0.28+0.25−0.08−0.01−0.19+0.02
Evgeny Svechnikov L4:05+0.19+0.06−0.01−0.05+0.00+0.19+0.00
Nate Schmidt D19:49+0.18−0.05−0.02+0.03+0.03+0.19+0.00
Kristian Reichel C10:21+0.17+0.04−0.04−0.02+0.01+0.19+0.00
Dylan DeMelo D17:24+0.05+0.08+0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dominic Toninato C7:14−0.01+0.06−0.02−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Lowry C11:35−0.02+0.07−0.02−0.07+0.01+0.00−0.02
Cole Perfetti C14:58−0.05+0.05−0.05−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jansen Harkins C6:46−0.10+0.06−0.14−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Paul Stastny C15:32−0.11−0.01−0.02−0.08+0.00+0.00−0.01
Brenden Dillon D18:43−0.14−0.06−0.05−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Neal Pionk D18:41−0.15+0.13−0.02−0.08−0.00−0.19+0.00
Andrew Copp C18:11−0.17+0.04−0.18−0.05+0.02+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Connor Hellebuyck G60:00+0.62

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mikael Granlund C20:281+0.24−0.11+0.38−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Duchene C16:131+0.24+0.07+0.22−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mattias Ekholm D22:50+0.12+0.02−0.08+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Filip Forsberg L19:201+0.10+0.01−0.13+0.23−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D20:511−0.02−0.11+0.00+0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Cousins C6:29−0.05−0.02−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dante Fabbro D17:02−0.12−0.04−0.03−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Philip Tomasino C10:25−0.12+0.00−0.06−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Johansen C16:311−0.12−0.06−0.15+0.06+0.00+0.00+0.02
Roman Josi D22:551−0.21−0.05−0.08+0.09+0.01−0.19+0.00
Colton Sissons C15:52−0.21−0.21−0.00−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.05
Eeli Tolvanen R12:41−0.23−0.11−0.08−0.06+0.02+0.00+0.00
Michael McCarron C12:02−0.26−0.04−0.14−0.05+0.01+0.00−0.03
Mark Borowiecki D15:06−0.26−0.28+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Luke Kunin C9:21−0.27−0.05−0.00−0.04+0.00−0.19+0.01
Yakov Trenin C15:32−0.32−0.16−0.14−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Matt Benning D18:04−0.33−0.30+0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tanner Jeannot L14:22−0.47−0.18−0.07−0.04+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Juuse Saros G59:05−0.24

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.