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2023-03-02 · SAP Center at San Jose

6 – 3Final

STL beat SJS 6–3. Expected goals were close to even (STL 2.5, SJS 2.5), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Logan Brown scored at 9:30 of the second, moving STL’s win probability from 47% to 68%. James Reimer allowed 2.1 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
23 – 25
Expected goals
2.5 – 2.5
xG share
STL 51%
Home-ice start
SJS 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.

STL goalSJS goal

Expected goals

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

STLSJS

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.

STL
Tyler Pitlick
1 G, 0 A · 13:41 TOI
Finishing +0.81 · Penalties +0.19
+0.98
STL
1 G, 1 A · 22:36 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing +0.61
+0.83
STL
Logan Brown
1 G, 0 A · 13:55 TOI
Finishing +0.82 · Faceoffs −0.06
+0.80

Rough nights

SJS
59:09 TOI
GSAx −2.11
−2.11
STL
Thomas Greiss
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.56
−0.56
SJS
0 G, 0 A · 20:32 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Finishing −0.45 · Faceoffs +0.06
−0.49

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSTL–SJSWin prob.
P1 3:50 SJSAlexander Barabanov
from Andreas Johnsson, Mario Ferraro
0–153% → 69%
P1 6:31 SJSLogan Couture
from Erik Karlsson, Alexander Barabanov
0–270% → 83%
P2 2:35 STLColton Parayko
from Nikita Alexandrov, Josh Leivo
1–214% → 28%
P2 5:21 STLJordan KyrouPP
from Pavel Buchnevich, Torey Krug
2–228% → 47%
P2 9:30 STLLogan Brown
from Pavel Buchnevich, Colton Parayko
3–247% → 68%
P2 19:00 STLBrayden SchennPP
from Jordan Kyrou, Pavel Buchnevich
4–273% → 89%
P3 6:36 SJSSteven LorentzSH
from Matt Benning
4–36% → 22%
P3 14:52 STLTyler Pitlick
from Nikita Alexandrov
5–386% → 98%
P3 17:03 STLKasperi KapanenEN
from Pavel Buchnevich, Brayden Schenn
6–399% → 100%

Every player

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STL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tyler Pitlick C13:411+0.98−0.01+0.81−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Colton Parayko D22:3611+0.83+0.21+0.61+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Logan Brown C13:551+0.80+0.04+0.82−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.06
Brayden Schenn C18:0811+0.74−0.05+0.77−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.02
Jordan Kyrou R16:2811+0.49+0.10+0.38+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Leddy D23:37+0.41+0.21+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Torey Krug D17:351+0.13+0.11+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kasperi Kapanen R16:351+0.06+0.08−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Robert Thomas C12:05+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Robert Bortuzzo D11:05−0.02−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nikita Alexandrov C14:232−0.08+0.06−0.28−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.04
Justin Faulk D21:49−0.10−0.06−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Pavel Buchnevich L17:594−0.11+0.03−0.15+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sammy Blais L15:26−0.11+0.09−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Alexey Toropchenko R14:23−0.12+0.04−0.16−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marco Scandella D20:00−0.20−0.18−0.02−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandon Saad L16:19−0.22+0.07−0.28−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Josh Leivo L11:561−0.25+0.06−0.31+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Thomas Greiss G60:00−0.56

SJS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Steven Lorentz C12:491+0.69−0.01+0.67−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Alexander Barabanov L15:2111+0.66+0.07+0.79−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Logan Couture C17:101+0.43+0.05+0.41+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.04
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D16:49+0.20+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Oskar Lindblom L10:48+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Gregor L12:44−0.04−0.03−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nico Sturm C12:00−0.06−0.02−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.05
Matt Benning D20:581−0.08−0.02−0.07+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Evgeny Svechnikov L12:20−0.10−0.03−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Karlsson D25:471−0.10−0.03−0.04+0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00
Mario Ferraro D24:141−0.13−0.07−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob MacDonald D15:29−0.14−0.14+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Bonino C17:17−0.20+0.09−0.29−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Labanc R10:33−0.22−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Andreas Johnsson L18:291−0.26−0.21−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Radim Simek D14:04−0.30−0.11+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Fabian Zetterlund L19:48−0.40−0.19−0.21−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tomas Hertl C20:32−0.49−0.09−0.45−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.06
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
James Reimer G59:09−2.11

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.