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2023-02-21 · Bridgestone Arena

4 – 5Final/SO

NSH beat VAN 5–4 in a shootout. NSH lost the expected-goals battle 3.5 to 4.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Andrei Kuzmenko scored on the power play at 19:44 of the third, moving VAN’s win probability from 3% to 49%. Juuse Saros saved 1.6 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
39 – 26
Expected goals
4.3 – 3.5
xG share
VAN 55%
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.

VAN goalNSH goal

Expected goals

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

VANNSH

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.

NSH
64:39 TOI
GSAx +1.56
+1.56
NSH
Philip Tomasino
1 G, 0 A · 13:02 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing +0.72
+0.86
VAN
2 G, 0 A · 22:06 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +1.11 · Shootout −0.33
+0.84

Rough nights

VAN
0 G, 1 A · 25:58 TOI
Finishing −0.60 · Shootout −0.39
−0.94
NSH
0 G, 1 A · 25:31 TOI
Finishing −0.56 · Penalties −0.19 · Shootout −0.17
−0.92
VAN
Collin Delia
61:17 TOI
GSAx −1.10
−0.90

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–NSHWin prob.
P1 4:38 NSHCole Smith
from Colton Sissons, Jeremy Lauzon
0–153% → 70%
P2 7:57 NSHPhilip TomasinoPP
from Juuso Parssinen
0–274% → 88%
P2 12:47 VANAndrei Kuzmenko
from Ethan Bear, Quinn Hughes
1–211% → 25%
P2 19:38 VANSheldon DriesPP
from Brock Boeser, Conor Garland
2–224% → 48%
P2 19:50 NSHNino Niederreiter
from Tommy Novak, Roman Josi
2–352% → 77%
P3 7:44 NSHMikael Granlund
from Cody Glass, Juuso Parssinen
2–481% → 95%
P3 18:53 VANConor GarlandPP
from Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson
3–40% → 4%
P3 19:44 VANAndrei KuzmenkoPP
from J.T. Miller, Anthony Beauvillier
4–43% → 49%

Every player

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VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Andrei Kuzmenko L22:062+0.84+0.06+1.11+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.33
Sheldon Dries C11:021+0.75+0.04+0.72−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Conor Garland R19:4411+0.44−0.02+0.23+0.02+0.02+0.19+0.00−0.00
Vasily Podkolzin R7:59+0.21+0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19−0.01−0.00
Christian Wolanin D18:30+0.09+0.13−0.03+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Riley Stillman D12:01−0.02−0.03+0.01+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kyle Burroughs D12:19−0.08−0.07+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00
Ethan Bear D24:201−0.11+0.20−0.32+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Myers D20:09−0.21−0.19−0.02+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nils Aman C12:30−0.22−0.20−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
Jack Studnicka C6:17−0.22+0.01−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00−0.00
Dakota Joshua C10:08−0.27−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00−0.00
Quinn Hughes D30:112−0.37−0.24−0.15+0.04−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R22:451−0.46−0.15−0.31−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Phillip Di Giuseppe L12:32−0.47−0.09−0.36−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Brock Boeser R19:211−0.64+0.12−0.57+0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00−0.00
Elias Pettersson C25:171−0.71−0.19−0.18+0.04+0.00+0.19−0.07−0.51
J.T. Miller C25:581−0.94+0.03−0.60+0.04−0.02+0.00+0.01−0.39
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Collin Delia G61:17−0.90

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Philip Tomasino C13:021+0.86+0.14+0.72−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Cole Smith L14:551+0.74+0.15+0.60−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nino Niederreiter R19:151+0.56+0.07+0.30−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Mikael Granlund C18:021+0.52+0.07+0.76+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.33
Matt Duchene C19:02+0.44−0.24−0.10+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.02+0.77
Mattias Ekholm D23:26+0.14+0.17−0.05+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Juuso Parssinen C16:282+0.11+0.09−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.03−0.00
Cody Glass C14:031+0.08+0.03−0.29−0.02+0.00+0.38−0.02−0.00
Ryan McDonagh D24:54+0.06+0.14−0.13+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tommy Novak C16:551+0.03+0.12−0.10+0.03−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Yakov Trenin C11:13+0.02+0.04−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Kevin Gravel D13:57−0.03−0.05+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeremy Lauzon D20:041−0.06−0.04+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Johansen C11:07−0.15−0.16−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Colton Sissons C18:091−0.30−0.00−0.35−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.07−0.00
Tanner Jeannot L15:33−0.32+0.02−0.15−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00−0.00
Dante Fabbro D12:03−0.38−0.01+0.01−0.01+0.01−0.38+0.00+0.00
Roman Josi D25:311−0.92−0.02−0.56+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00−0.17
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Juuse Saros G64:39+1.56

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.