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2023-04-14 · Bridgestone Arena

4 – 3Final

COL beat NSH 4–3. COL also won the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 1.6: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Nathan MacKinnon scored at 18:18 of the third, moving COL’s win probability from 50% to 94%. Alexandar Georgiev allowed 1.6 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
34 – 21
Expected goals
2.9 – 1.6
xG share
COL 65%
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.

COL goalNSH goal

Expected goals

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

COLNSH

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.

COL
3 G, 1 A · 23:34 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +2.15 · Playmaking +0.06 · Penalties +0.19
+2.49
NSH
2 G, 0 A · 16:06 TOI
Finishing +1.70
+1.68
NSH
1 G, 0 A · 15:33 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing +0.84 · Penalties +0.19
+0.96

Rough nights

COL
Alexandar Georgiev
59:56 TOI
GSAx −1.59
−1.59
NSH
58:23 TOI
GSAx −1.01
−1.01
NSH
0 G, 1 A · 18:48 TOI
On-ice −0.24 · Penalties −0.19
−0.42

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–NSHWin prob.
P1 0:28 COLDevon Toews
from Nathan MacKinnon, Evan Rodrigues
1–047% → 62%
P1 3:20 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Devon Toews, Mikko Rantanen
2–062% → 75%
P1 5:42 NSHKiefer Sherwood
unassisted
2–124% → 37%
P1 13:14 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Samuel Girard
3–164% → 78%
P2 2:32 NSHLuke Evangelista
from Tommy Novak, Cal Foote
3–219% → 34%
P2 7:08 NSHKiefer SherwoodPP
from Yakov Trenin, Colton Sissons
3–333% → 53%
P3 18:18 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Mikko Rantanen
4–350% → 94%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nathan MacKinnon C23:3431+2.49+0.11+2.15+0.06−0.00+0.19−0.01
Devon Toews D24:5411+0.85+0.07+0.74+0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D25:231+0.15+0.14−0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Nieto L11:53+0.08+0.01−0.10−0.02+0.01+0.19+0.00
Ben Meyers C6:02−0.00+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Erik Johnson D16:29−0.01+0.03−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L20:24−0.03+0.01−0.00−0.04+0.02+0.00−0.03
Alex Galchenyuk C2:56−0.03−0.02−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Bowen Byram D25:11−0.04−0.02+0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Mikko Rantanen R19:022−0.04+0.04−0.29+0.04−0.00+0.19−0.02
Alex Newhook C10:47−0.08+0.00−0.09+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Johnson D17:39−0.10−0.00−0.09−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C12:23−0.12−0.04−0.25−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.01
Valeri Nichushkin R22:07−0.16+0.11−0.27−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kurtis MacDermid L5:16−0.19+0.02−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L18:22−0.28+0.06−0.34−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Logan O'Connor R12:38−0.32+0.01−0.32−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Evan Rodrigues C21:461−0.41−0.02−0.15−0.01−0.00−0.19−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alexandar Georgiev G59:56−1.59

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kiefer Sherwood L16:062+1.68−0.01+1.70−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Luke Evangelista R15:331+0.96−0.07+0.84+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Colton Sissons C19:361+0.16−0.10−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.19+0.08
Michael McCarron C10:14+0.08+0.10−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Ryan McDonagh D23:58+0.04+0.14−0.14+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Asplund C5:30+0.02+0.06−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cal Foote D18:361−0.07−0.05+0.01+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Mark Jankowski L11:12−0.11+0.08−0.19−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01
Tyson Barrie D19:52−0.15−0.15+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Philip Tomasino C16:27−0.16−0.07−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cody Glass C17:39−0.19−0.11−0.09−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.03
Zachary Sanford L15:44−0.20+0.06−0.25−0.02+0.02+0.00−0.01
Juuso Parssinen C13:24−0.21−0.20−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Livingstone D15:38−0.22−0.00−0.02−0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
Tommy Novak C15:211−0.24−0.11−0.15+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Spencer Stastney D18:49−0.29−0.07−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Dante Fabbro D21:10−0.34−0.01−0.15−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Yakov Trenin C18:481−0.42−0.24−0.01−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Kevin Lankinen G58:23−1.01

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.