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2023-03-19 · T-Mobile Arena

2 – 7Final

VGK beat CBJ 7–2. VGK lost the expected-goals battle 3.4 to 4.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Jack Eichel scored at 10:35 of the second, moving VGK’s win probability from 53% to 74%. Jiri Patera saved 2.6 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
37 – 41
Expected goals
4.3 – 3.4
xG share
CBJ 55%
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.

CBJ goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

CBJVGK

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
Jiri Patera
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.60
+2.60
VGK
3 G, 0 A · 15:07 TOI
Finishing +2.34
+2.41
VGK
Phil Kessel
1 G, 1 A · 13:50 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.72
+0.78

Rough nights

CBJ
36:57 TOI
GSAx −2.41
−2.41
VGK
0 G, 1 A · 14:29 TOI
Finishing −0.58 · Penalties −0.19
−0.76
CBJ
Michael Hutchinson
23:03 TOI
GSAx −0.74
−0.74

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCBJ–VGKWin prob.
P1 5:15 VGKPhil KesselPP
from Pavel Dorofeyev, Reilly Smith
0–154% → 69%
P2 0:37 CBJKirill Marchenko
from Erik Gudbranson, Patrik Laine
1–128% → 47%
P2 10:35 VGKJack Eichel
from Alec Martinez, Alex Pietrangelo
1–253% → 74%
P2 12:09 VGKPavel DorofeyevPP
from Phil Kessel, Alex Pietrangelo
1–375% → 89%
P2 16:24 VGKZach Whitecloud
from Brett Howden, Shea Theodore
1–490% → 98%
P2 16:57 VGKJack Eichel
from Alex Pietrangelo
1–598% → 100%
P3 4:18 VGKPaul Cotter
from Chandler Stephenson, Alex Pietrangelo
1–6100% → 100%
P3 11:27 VGKJack Eichel
from Jonathan Marchessault, Brayden McNabb
1–7100% → 100%
P3 17:45 CBJLiam Foudy
from Kirill Marchenko, Patrik Laine
2–70% → 0%

Every player

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CBJ

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Liam Foudy C14:131+0.44+0.10+0.34−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.01
Kirill Marchenko R18:1711+0.31+0.09+0.22+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Gavin Bayreuther D13:36+0.07+0.06+0.01+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tim Berni D20:09+0.02+0.03+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Blankenburg D18:07+0.02+0.02+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Andrew Peeke D23:36−0.01+0.05−0.03−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Johnny Gaudreau L17:17−0.04+0.11−0.39+0.06−0.00+0.19+0.00
Lane Pederson C13:13−0.05−0.05−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.02
Erik Gudbranson D20:161−0.07+0.02−0.08−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Boqvist D20:20−0.15+0.11−0.24+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jack Roslovic C13:53−0.16−0.00−0.11+0.00−0.02+0.00−0.03
Kent Johnson C16:42−0.19−0.01−0.17−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Mathieu Olivier R13:21−0.21−0.11−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Patrik Laine L17:322−0.31+0.09−0.31+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.11
Eric Robinson L10:00−0.34−0.02−0.30−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Emil Bemstrom C14:27−0.36+0.20−0.56−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Cole Sillinger C14:21−0.43+0.19−0.57−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.03
Boone Jenner C17:48−0.63−0.09−0.14−0.02−0.01−0.38+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Michael Hutchinson G23:03−0.74
Daniil Tarasov G36:57−2.41

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jack Eichel C15:073+2.41−0.01+2.34+0.05+0.01+0.00+0.03
Phil Kessel R13:5011+0.78+0.06+0.72+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zach Whitecloud D19:071+0.76+0.05+0.71−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Pavel Dorofeyev L14:3211+0.66−0.06+0.72−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Paul Cotter C13:291+0.60−0.10+0.71−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Amadio R13:51+0.03−0.02−0.16−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.01
William Karlsson C15:17−0.00−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.10
Nicolas Hague D20:00−0.03+0.05−0.10+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Reilly Smith R15:381−0.12−0.13−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Pietrangelo D18:084−0.13−0.08−0.08+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alec Martinez D18:361−0.16−0.15−0.05+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ivan Barbashev L16:04−0.17+0.02−0.38+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Brayden McNabb D20:421−0.18−0.09−0.10−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Chandler Stephenson C16:351−0.19−0.02−0.12+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.05
Jonathan Marchessault C14:431−0.23−0.01−0.22+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Teddy Blueger C15:08−0.27−0.06−0.24−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.03
Shea Theodore D20:471−0.38−0.11−0.28+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Howden C14:291−0.76+0.02−0.58−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jiri Patera G60:00+2.60

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.