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2023-12-01 · Prudential Center

6 – 3Final

SJS beat NJD 6–3. SJS lost the expected-goals battle 1.6 to 5.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Jacob MacDonald scored at 2:51 of the second, moving SJS’s win probability from 47% to 66%. Akira Schmid allowed 3.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
18 – 47
Expected goals
1.6 – 5.1
xG share
NJD 76%
Home-ice start
NJD 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.

SJS goalNJD goal

Expected goals

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

SJSNJD

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.

SJS
Kaapo Kahkonen
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.27
+2.27
SJS
2 G, 0 A · 18:18 TOI
On-ice −0.05 · Finishing +1.63
+1.60
SJS
Jacob MacDonald
2 G, 0 A · 12:06 TOI
Finishing +1.51
+1.48

Rough nights

NJD
56:16 TOI
GSAx −3.30
−3.30
SJS
Nikita Okhotiuk
0 G, 0 A · 18:51 TOI
On-ice −0.35 · Finishing −0.14 · Penalties −0.19
−0.70
NJD
0 G, 0 A · 21:30 TOI
Finishing −0.47
−0.45

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSJS–NJDWin prob.
P1 2:10 SJSJacob MacDonald
from Mario Ferraro, Ty Emberson
1–047% → 62%
P1 13:21 NJDDawson MercerPP
from Simon Nemec, Alexander Holtz
1–136% → 53%
P2 2:51 SJSJacob MacDonald
from Matt Benning, Justin Bailey
2–147% → 66%
P2 9:47 SJSAnthony Duclair
from Mikael Granlund
3–168% → 84%
P3 2:56 NJDJack Hughes
unassisted
3–29% → 26%
P3 5:07 SJSAnthony Duclair
from Mikael Granlund
4–276% → 92%
P3 12:58 NJDOndrej Palat
from Jesper Bratt, Simon Nemec
4–33% → 16%
P3 13:38 SJSMikael Granlund
unassisted
5–385% → 98%
P3 19:42 SJSWilliam EklundEN
from Ryan Carpenter, Tomas Hertl
6–3100% → 100%

Every player

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SJS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Anthony Duclair L18:182+1.60−0.05+1.63+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02
Jacob MacDonald D12:062+1.48−0.02+1.51−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mikael Granlund C20:3212+0.57−0.09+0.71+0.00+0.03+0.00−0.09
Nico Sturm C14:01+0.03+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Justin Bailey R6:481+0.00+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Calen Addison D17:44−0.03−0.01+0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Mike Hoffman C17:27−0.05−0.06−0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Benning D18:221−0.09+0.08+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Givani Smith R4:58−0.10−0.09−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mario Ferraro D26:081−0.13−0.09−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ty Emberson D23:251−0.17−0.16+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Carpenter C12:101−0.28−0.18−0.08−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
William Eklund L19:341−0.30−0.14−0.16−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.01
Kyle Burroughs D15:53−0.30−0.27+0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Tomas Hertl C19:091−0.32−0.25−0.05+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Kevin Labanc R9:49−0.32−0.16−0.12−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.02
Fabian Zetterlund L20:47−0.39−0.21−0.17+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Nikita Okhotiuk D18:51−0.70−0.35−0.14+0.00−0.03−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Kaapo Kahkonen G60:00+2.27

NJD

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dawson Mercer C16:271+0.68+0.10+0.60−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Hughes C27:161+0.40+0.17+0.24+0.05−0.01+0.00−0.04
Ondrej Palat L17:221+0.35+0.30−0.01+0.04+0.01+0.00+0.01
Alexander Holtz R18:241+0.31+0.12−0.00+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Jonas Siegenthaler D18:35+0.04+0.08−0.03−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Bahl D15:37+0.02+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Samuel Laberge L2:11+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jesper Bratt L19:471−0.00+0.34−0.40+0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Luke Hughes D22:32−0.02+0.33−0.30−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Colin Miller D15:22−0.02+0.16−0.18−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nico Hischier C19:31−0.06+0.36−0.57+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.12
Simon Nemec D22:382−0.06+0.15−0.20−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael McLeod C10:09−0.06−0.08−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02
Nathan Bastian R4:53−0.07−0.06−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Curtis Lazar C10:47−0.11+0.07−0.13−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.04
John Marino D17:23−0.19+0.03−0.21−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Toffoli C23:20−0.25+0.10−0.37+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Timo Meier R21:30−0.45+0.03−0.47+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Akira Schmid G56:16−3.30

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.