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2023-11-22 · Ball Arena

2 – 5Final

COL beat VAN 5–2. COL lost the expected-goals battle 1.8 to 2.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Riley Tufte scored at 1:24 of the third, moving COL’s win probability from 52% to 78%. Thatcher Demko allowed 1.8 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 25
Expected goals
2.5 – 1.8
xG share
VAN 59%
Home-ice start
COL 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 goalCOL goal

Expected goals

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

VANCOL

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.

COL
1 G, 1 A · 24:36 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing +0.67
+0.93
VAN
1 G, 0 A · 20:09 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing +0.81 · Faceoffs +0.09
+0.80
VAN
1 G, 0 A · 11:42 TOI
Finishing +0.76
+0.74

Rough nights

VAN
59:25 TOI
GSAx −2.01
−1.83
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 18:59 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing −0.34
−0.37
VAN
0 G, 1 A · 16:27 TOI
Finishing −0.19 · Penalties −0.19
−0.36

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–COLWin prob.
P1 16:23 VANNils Hoglander
from Anthony Beauvillier, Sam Lafferty
1–047% → 65%
P1 17:37 COLValeri NichushkinPP
from Mikko Rantanen, Jonathan Drouin
1–136% → 53%
P1 18:43 COLJonathan Drouin
from Cale Makar, Bowen Byram
1–253% → 71%
P2 9:04 VANJ.T. Miller
from Quinn Hughes, Filip Hronek
2–227% → 47%
P3 1:24 COLRiley Tufte
from Miles Wood, Ross Colton
2–352% → 78%
P3 12:38 COLCale Makar
unassisted
2–485% → 98%
P3 16:38 COLMikko RantanenEN
from Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin
2–599% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
J.T. Miller C20:091+0.80−0.10+0.81+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.09
Nils Hoglander L11:421+0.74−0.04+0.76−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Dakota Joshua C11:10+0.15+0.17−0.20−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Teddy Blueger C14:31+0.12+0.16−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Mark Friedman D5:59+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sam Lafferty C14:481−0.04−0.04−0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.01
Ian Cole D20:44−0.04+0.18−0.05+0.02−0.00−0.19+0.00
Andrei Kuzmenko L14:33−0.07−0.04−0.04+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Filip Hronek D26:511−0.10−0.03−0.06+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Noah Juulsen D15:20−0.11+0.04−0.16+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock Boeser R17:52−0.15−0.15−0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Conor Garland R10:34−0.18+0.07−0.08+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Phillip Di Giuseppe L12:11−0.18−0.04−0.13−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tyler Myers D18:13−0.23−0.05+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Quinn Hughes D27:531−0.24−0.01−0.24+0.04−0.03+0.00+0.00
Ilya Mikheyev R14:03−0.34+0.02−0.38+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
Anthony Beauvillier R16:271−0.36+0.01−0.19−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Elias Pettersson C18:59−0.37−0.06−0.34+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Thatcher Demko G59:25−1.83

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cale Makar D24:3611+0.93+0.21+0.67+0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L13:4211+0.73+0.06+0.68+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Riley Tufte L9:031+0.72−0.19+0.73−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R19:4511+0.46+0.12+0.51+0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Tomas Tatar L10:40+0.04+0.05−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Johnson D18:02+0.03+0.04+0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Johansen C11:13+0.01−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Andrew Cogliano C12:24−0.00+0.04−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.04
Joel Kiviranta L14:22−0.02−0.02−0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Caleb Jones D15:59−0.06−0.05+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D25:43−0.06−0.04−0.05+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Mikko Rantanen R20:0911−0.07+0.05−0.04+0.05−0.00−0.19+0.06
Fredrik Olofsson L13:50−0.08+0.03−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Ross Colton C11:421−0.11−0.25−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.03
Bowen Byram D22:461−0.15−0.09−0.03−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Josh Manson D9:38−0.16−0.11−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Miles Wood L13:201−0.18−0.16−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C22:061−0.23+0.08−0.49+0.07−0.00+0.19−0.07
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alexandar Georgiev G60:00+0.36

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.