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2023-01-12 · T-Mobile Arena

2 – 4Final

VGK beat FLA 4–2. VGK lost the expected-goals battle 3.4 to 3.8 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: William Carrier scored at 17:24 of the third, moving VGK’s win probability from 51% to 93%. Adin Hill saved 1.8 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
40 – 33
Expected goals
3.8 – 3.4
xG share
FLA 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.

FLA goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

FLAVGK

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.79
+1.79
VGK
0 G, 2 A · 11:43 TOI
Playmaking +0.47
+0.46
VGK
1 G, 0 A · 13:57 TOI
Finishing +0.34
+0.37

Rough nights

FLA
58:53 TOI
GSAx −1.63
−1.44
FLA
0 G, 0 A · 16:02 TOI
On-ice −0.27 · Finishing −0.15 · Playmaking −0.08 · Penalties +0.19
−0.30
VGK
Alex Pietrangelo
0 G, 0 A · 23:42 TOI
Finishing −0.08 · Penalties −0.19
−0.29

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalFLA–VGKWin prob.
P1 2:02 FLANick Cousins
from Aaron Ekblad, Eetu Luostarinen
1–047% → 62%
P2 4:08 VGKNicolas Roy
from Keegan Kolesar
1–133% → 53%
P2 12:47 FLASam ReinhartPP
from Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov
2–148% → 69%
P3 8:37 VGKJack Eichel
from Kaedan Korczak
2–221% → 52%
P3 17:24 VGKWilliam Carrier
from Keegan Kolesar
2–351% → 93%
P3 18:53 VGKWilliam KarlssonEN
unassisted
2–495% → 100%

Every player

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FLA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matthew Tkachuk L17:231+0.12+0.19−0.19+0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00
Aaron Ekblad D23:551+0.09+0.06−0.05+0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Cousins C15:361+0.06−0.17+0.26−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Eetu Luostarinen C14:411−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Sam Reinhart C21:561−0.04−0.19+0.25−0.12+0.04+0.00−0.02
Eric Staal C15:29−0.07+0.01−0.04+0.00−0.02+0.00−0.03
Givani Smith R8:23−0.08+0.09−0.11−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sam Bennett C16:12−0.08+0.17−0.21−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.04
Colin White C8:20−0.09+0.08−0.06−0.08+0.00+0.00−0.03
Ryan Lomberg L8:52−0.10+0.07−0.11−0.06−0.00+0.00−0.01
Marc Staal D17:36−0.11−0.00+0.00−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joshua Mahura D15:53−0.16−0.12+0.00−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Aleksander Barkov C21:031−0.17−0.25−0.08−0.00+0.02+0.19−0.05
Carter Verhaeghe C16:09−0.22−0.01−0.14−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.02
Radko Gudas D16:06−0.22−0.20−0.02−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brandon Montour D22:49−0.26−0.02−0.13−0.12+0.01+0.00+0.00
Gustav Forsling D23:05−0.26−0.06−0.07−0.11−0.03+0.00+0.00
Anton Lundell C16:02−0.30−0.27−0.15−0.08+0.00+0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Sergei Bobrovsky G58:53−1.44

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Keegan Kolesar R11:432+0.46+0.04−0.05+0.47−0.01+0.00+0.01
William Carrier L13:571+0.37+0.02+0.34+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Roy C14:491+0.25−0.00+0.39+0.02−0.00−0.19+0.03
Ben Hutton D14:39+0.19+0.17−0.01+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brayden McNabb D20:42+0.08+0.13+0.00−0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mark Stone R3:57+0.05+0.05−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kaedan Korczak D17:541+0.05+0.11−0.00−0.09+0.02+0.00+0.00
Alec Martinez D20:24+0.04+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Chandler Stephenson C22:20+0.01+0.07−0.00−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Phil Kessel R13:35−0.05+0.03−0.05−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Amadio R10:02−0.07+0.03−0.06−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Paul Cotter C12:17−0.16−0.06−0.00−0.10+0.00+0.00+0.00
William Karlsson C16:351−0.18+0.03−0.04−0.05+0.01−0.19+0.06
Nicolas Hague D23:00−0.20−0.19−0.02+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack Eichel C20:461−0.20−0.01−0.18−0.04+0.02+0.00+0.01
Reilly Smith R15:26−0.23−0.07−0.12−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Marchessault C18:34−0.24+0.04−0.23−0.02−0.03+0.00−0.01
Alex Pietrangelo D23:42−0.29−0.04−0.08+0.02−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Adin Hill G60:00+1.79

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.