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2023-12-21 · Ball Arena

4 – 6Final

COL beat OTT 6–4. COL lost the expected-goals battle 3.5 to 4.0 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Nathan MacKinnon scored on the power play at 6:16 of the third, moving COL’s win probability from 24% to 53%. Joonas Korpisalo allowed 1.1 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
45 – 39
Expected goals
4.0 – 3.5
xG share
OTT 53%
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.

OTT goalCOL goal

Expected goals

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

OTTCOL

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
4 G, 1 A · 22:51 TOI
On-ice −0.05 · Finishing +1.87 · Playmaking +0.15
+1.97
COL
2 G, 0 A · 22:57 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing +0.95 · Playmaking +0.08 · Penalties +0.19
+1.15
OTT
1 G, 0 A · 20:42 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.67 · Penalties +0.37
+1.05

Rough nights

OTT
59:23 TOI
GSAx −1.06
−1.06
OTT
0 G, 1 A · 15:21 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing −0.82
−0.64
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 24:39 TOI
On-ice −0.38 · Finishing −0.23
−0.59

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalOTT–COLWin prob.
P1 2:43 COLNathan MacKinnonPP
from Jonathan Drouin, Cale Makar
0–154% → 69%
P1 15:13 OTTJosh NorrisPP
from Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle
1–130% → 47%
P1 15:28 OTTRidly Greig
from Dominik Kubalik, Jakob Chychrun
2–147% → 65%
P1 18:28 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Valeri Nichushkin
2–235% → 53%
P2 1:32 OTTJacob Bernard-Docker
from Jiri Smejkal, Mark Kastelic
3–247% → 66%
P2 14:47 OTTDrake Batherson
from Vladimir Tarasenko, Artem Zub
4–270% → 87%
P2 19:43 COLMikko RantanenPP
unassisted
4–311% → 28%
P3 6:16 COLNathan MacKinnonPP
from Devon Toews, Valeri Nichushkin
4–424% → 53%
P3 7:10 COLMikko RantanenPP
from Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar
4–553% → 81%
P3 19:37 COLNathan MacKinnonEN
from Valeri Nichushkin
4–697% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Josh Norris C20:421+1.05+0.07+0.67−0.01−0.00+0.37−0.04
Jacob Bernard-Docker D13:181+0.98+0.09+0.90−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Drake Batherson R20:3711+0.70+0.38+0.49+0.00+0.01−0.19+0.01
Ridly Greig C14:411+0.61−0.16+0.80+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.03
Jakob Chychrun D21:171+0.42+0.48−0.06+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Claude Giroux R20:48+0.09+0.09−0.02+0.04−0.01+0.00−0.02
Erik Brannstrom D15:06+0.03+0.04+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brady Tkachuk L20:08−0.03+0.32−0.74+0.01−0.01+0.37+0.01
Travis Hamonic D13:21−0.07+0.03−0.10−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dominik Kubalik L13:421−0.11−0.12−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Mark Kastelic C5:041−0.17+0.02−0.19−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Artem Zub D21:541−0.20−0.22+0.00−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Angus Crookshank C8:35−0.24−0.05−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Jiri Smejkal L11:031−0.24−0.05−0.17−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Tim Stützle C22:231−0.28+0.30−0.57+0.05−0.05+0.00−0.02
Parker Kelly C11:33−0.29−0.03−0.24−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jake Sanderson D24:39−0.59−0.38−0.23+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Vladimir Tarasenko R15:211−0.64+0.17−0.82+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joonas Korpisalo G59:23−1.06

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nathan MacKinnon C22:5141+1.97−0.05+1.87+0.15−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikko Rantanen R22:572+1.15−0.07+0.95+0.08−0.00+0.19+0.00
Devon Toews D25:151+0.07−0.00−0.18+0.04+0.03+0.19+0.00
Ross Colton C10:24+0.05+0.01−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.06
Kurtis MacDermid L3:08+0.04+0.06−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Meyers C5:52−0.02−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Cale Makar D28:262−0.05+0.09−0.24+0.06+0.05+0.00+0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R29:053−0.10−0.17−0.31−0.01+0.01+0.37+0.01
Ryan Johansen C10:15−0.10−0.03−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Jonathan Drouin L15:111−0.14+0.17−0.31+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Bowen Byram D20:04−0.25−0.23+0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Joel Kiviranta L10:28−0.26−0.01−0.05−0.01+0.01−0.19−0.01
Sam Malinski D11:00−0.30+0.09−0.04+0.00+0.01−0.37+0.00
Logan O'Connor R18:37−0.33−0.15−0.17−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01
Fredrik Olofsson L9:04−0.39−0.11−0.27−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Manson D17:32−0.41−0.01−0.03−0.01+0.01−0.37+0.00
Miles Wood L15:49−0.42−0.10−0.32−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Jack Johnson D14:01−0.54−0.36+0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alexandar Georgiev G59:22+0.40

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.