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2023-03-03 · T-Mobile Arena

3 – 4Final/SO

VGK beat NJD 4–3 in a shootout. VGK lost the expected-goals battle 3.0 to 6.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Miles Wood scored at 12:53 of the third, moving NJD’s win probability from 14% to 49%. Adin Hill saved 4.8 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
50 – 27
Expected goals
6.3 – 3.0
xG share
NJD 68%
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.

NJD goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

NJDVGK

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
65:00 TOI
GSAx +4.76
+4.76
NJD
Damon Severson
0 G, 0 A · 18:11 TOI
On-ice +1.14 · Finishing −0.13 · Playmaking −0.07
+0.92
NJD
Miles Wood
1 G, 0 A · 14:06 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing +0.55
+0.66

Rough nights

VGK
1 G, 1 A · 23:03 TOI
On-ice −1.11 · Finishing +0.60 · Faceoffs −0.09 · Shootout −0.39
−0.94
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 16:56 TOI
On-ice −0.05 · Finishing −0.75
−0.76
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 19:43 TOI
On-ice −0.61 · Finishing −0.08
−0.70

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNJD–VGKWin prob.
P1 7:48 VGKJonathan Marchessault
from Brayden McNabb, Ivan Barbashev
0–153% → 70%
P1 15:16 NJDJesper BrattPP
from Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton
1–130% → 47%
P1 19:32 NJDDawson Mercer
unassisted
2–147% → 65%
P2 12:50 VGKJonathan Marchessault
from Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel
2–231% → 53%
P3 3:47 VGKJack Eichel
from Jonathan Marchessault
2–352% → 79%
P3 12:53 NJDMiles Wood
from Jesper Boqvist
3–314% → 49%

Every player

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NJD

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Damon Severson D18:11+0.92+1.14−0.13−0.07−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Miles Wood L14:061+0.66+0.12+0.55−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
John Marino D25:23+0.51+0.51+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael McLeod C14:54+0.48+0.24−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.06−0.00
Ryan Graves D24:01+0.37+0.40−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jesper Bratt L17:471+0.24+0.56+0.16+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.51
Jesper Boqvist C12:151+0.23+0.34−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nico Hischier C21:40+0.06+0.74−0.89+0.03−0.01+0.19+0.00−0.00
Jonas Siegenthaler D17:39−0.01−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kevin Bahl D15:07−0.06−0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Hughes C21:521−0.07+0.62−0.71+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00
Ondrej Palat L15:15−0.08−0.08−0.01+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Yegor Sharangovich C10:00−0.15−0.12−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Tomas Tatar L16:46−0.17+0.62−0.47+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.33
Erik Haula L11:31−0.24+0.00−0.23−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Dougie Hamilton D22:071−0.28+0.29+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00−0.39
Dawson Mercer C20:071−0.44+0.75−0.65−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.51
Nathan Bastian R14:31−0.51−0.04−0.42−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Akira Schmid G64:48+0.57

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Shea Theodore D19:56+0.53−0.59−0.08+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00+0.99
Jonathan Marchessault C22:4421−0.04−0.88+1.22−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.33
Keegan Kolesar R13:43−0.08−0.05−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Brayden McNabb D18:471−0.09−0.10+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zach Whitecloud D16:35−0.09−0.06−0.04−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
William Carrier L5:08−0.11−0.10−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Phil Kessel R14:47−0.19+0.04−0.27+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Michael Amadio R9:35−0.31−0.13−0.00−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00−0.00
Alec Martinez D20:03−0.44−0.50+0.01+0.02+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Hague D21:27−0.45−0.46+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ivan Barbashev L20:512−0.51−0.01−0.47−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02−0.00
Brett Howden C9:53−0.52−0.33−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.01−0.00
Teddy Blueger C15:42−0.53−0.33−0.23−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.04−0.00
Alex Pietrangelo D26:31−0.65−0.59−0.09+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Reilly Smith R17:31−0.68−0.19−0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.51
Chandler Stephenson C19:43−0.70−0.61−0.08+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
William Karlsson C16:56−0.76−0.05−0.75+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.03−0.00
Jack Eichel C23:0311−0.94−1.11+0.60+0.02+0.02+0.00−0.09−0.39
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Adin Hill G65:00+4.76

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.