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2023-01-02 · Ball Arena

3 – 2Final

VGK beat COL 3–2. VGK also won the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 2.6: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Nicolas Roy scored at 7:14 of the second, moving VGK’s win probability from 47% to 67%.

Shots on goal
28 – 29
Expected goals
3.1 – 2.6
xG share
VGK 54%
Home-ice start
COL 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 goalCOL goal

Expected goals

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

VGKCOL

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 · 15:50 TOI
Finishing +1.67 · Faceoffs −0.05
+1.63
VGK
1 G, 0 A · 14:02 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing +0.78
+0.90
COL
1 G, 1 A · 27:13 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing +0.64 · Playmaking +0.07
+0.63

Rough nights

COL
Alexandar Georgiev
57:50 TOI
GSAx −0.62
−0.62
COL
Andrew Cogliano
0 G, 0 A · 11:16 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.19 · Penalties −0.19
−0.46
COL
0 G, 0 A · 22:39 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing −0.22 · Faceoffs −0.08
−0.40

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVGK–COLWin prob.
P1 0:25 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Mikko Rantanen, Artturi Lehkonen
0–153% → 69%
P1 17:02 VGKMichael Amadio
from Nicolas Hague, Mark Stone
1–129% → 47%
P2 7:14 VGKNicolas Roy
from Keegan Kolesar, Kaedan Korczak
2–147% → 67%
P2 14:46 VGKNicolas Roy
from William Carrier, Alex Pietrangelo
3–170% → 87%
P3 11:07 COLMikko Rantanen
from Artturi Lehkonen, Nathan MacKinnon
3–24% → 19%

Every player

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VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nicolas Roy C15:502+1.63+0.02+1.67−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.05
Michael Amadio R14:021+0.90+0.12+0.78−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kaedan Korczak D15:301+0.43+0.29−0.06+0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Brayden McNabb D24:29+0.33+0.34−0.02−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Hague D21:441+0.08+0.07+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Chandler Stephenson C21:32+0.02+0.22−0.28+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.06
Jake Leschyshyn C8:21+0.00+0.00−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Alex Pietrangelo D28:291−0.00+0.06−0.10+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonas Rondbjerg R10:04−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brayden Pachal D15:40−0.08+0.11+0.01−0.02+0.01−0.19+0.00
Ben Hutton D12:32−0.09+0.10−0.18−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R8:561−0.11+0.09−0.18−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Phil Kessel R12:46−0.14+0.04−0.00+0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Byron Froese C7:22−0.22−0.05−0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.02
Reilly Smith R17:32−0.23+0.09−0.14+0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
William Karlsson C19:20−0.26+0.01−0.29+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
William Carrier L12:581−0.27−0.00−0.06−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Mark Stone R20:591−0.32+0.22−0.62+0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Logan Thompson G59:54+0.51

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mikko Rantanen R27:1311+0.63−0.10+0.64+0.07−0.01+0.00+0.02
Nathan MacKinnon C27:0711+0.31−0.24+0.27+0.09−0.01+0.19+0.00
Martin Kaut R7:00+0.10−0.07−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Andreas Englund D7:47−0.01−0.02+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D27:55−0.02−0.26−0.00+0.02+0.03+0.19+0.00
Kurtis MacDermid L4:31−0.07−0.05−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D20:58−0.07−0.22−0.04+0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Darren Helm C8:55−0.09−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Cale Makar D27:54−0.09−0.04−0.13+0.04+0.04+0.00+0.00
Logan O'Connor R10:19−0.11−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L23:572−0.12−0.10−0.03−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brad Hunt D9:07−0.13−0.03−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Denis Malgin C15:20−0.17+0.05−0.21−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Meyers C11:53−0.18−0.02−0.16−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Alex Newhook C17:12−0.28−0.23−0.06+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Erik Johnson D17:07−0.34−0.19−0.14−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L22:39−0.40−0.12−0.22−0.02+0.04+0.00−0.08
Andrew Cogliano C11:16−0.46−0.08−0.19−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alexandar Georgiev G57:50−0.62

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.