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2024-01-06 · T-Mobile Arena

2 – 5Final

VGK beat NYI 5–2. Expected goals were close to even (NYI 2.5, VGK 2.4), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Pavel Dorofeyev scored at 17:11 of the second, moving VGK’s win probability from 53% to 76%. Ilya Sorokin allowed 2.5 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 30
Expected goals
2.5 – 2.4
xG share
NYI 51%
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.

NYI goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

NYIVGK

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
2 G, 0 A · 13:07 TOI
Finishing +1.73
+1.73
VGK
2 G, 0 A · 18:20 TOI
On-ice −0.23 · Finishing +1.22
+1.01
NYI
Mathew Barzal
1 G, 0 A · 18:42 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing +0.85
+0.98

Rough nights

NYI
60:00 TOI
GSAx −2.53
−2.53
NYI
0 G, 1 A · 15:30 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing −0.61
−0.50
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 14:36 TOI
On-ice −0.17 · Finishing −0.13 · Penalties −0.19
−0.48

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNYI–VGKWin prob.
P1 6:25 VGKJack Eichel
from Jonathan Marchessault, Alex Pietrangelo
0–153% → 70%
P1 11:13 NYIMathew Barzal
from Bo Horvat, Anders Lee
1–130% → 47%
P2 17:11 VGKPavel Dorofeyev
from Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone
1–253% → 76%
P2 18:41 VGKNicolas Roy
from Brett Howden, Keegan Kolesar
1–377% → 92%
P3 0:31 VGKJack EichelPP
from Lukas Cormier
1–492% → 98%
P3 2:42 NYIMatt Martin
from Casey Cizikas
2–41% → 7%
P3 4:20 VGKNicolas Roy
from Keegan Kolesar
2–594% → 99%

Every player

Show both lineups

NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mathew Barzal C18:421+0.98+0.12+0.85+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
Matt Martin L14:021+0.88−0.06+0.76−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Julien Gauthier R11:56+0.13−0.05−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.01
Noah Dobson D26:24+0.10+0.12−0.02+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexander Romanov D22:00+0.08+0.09−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mike Reilly D16:30+0.02+0.03+0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Samuel Bolduc D17:08−0.02+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Scott Mayfield D18:58−0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sebastian Aho D15:57−0.04+0.01−0.03−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Cal Clutterbuck R14:37−0.05−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Pierre Engvall L15:10−0.10+0.08−0.16−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C13:05−0.12−0.05−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.06
Kyle Palmieri C16:39−0.21+0.11−0.33+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Simon Holmstrom R11:25−0.21−0.06−0.17−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Casey Cizikas C14:481−0.23−0.06−0.16−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock Nelson C16:47−0.34+0.07−0.47−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.06
Bo Horvat C18:321−0.37+0.15−0.50+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Anders Lee C15:301−0.50+0.12−0.61−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ilya Sorokin G60:00−2.53

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nicolas Roy C13:072+1.73−0.00+1.73−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jack Eichel C18:202+1.01−0.23+1.22+0.02+0.02+0.00−0.02
Pavel Dorofeyev L12:231+0.83+0.06+0.76−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01
Chandler Stephenson C16:281+0.13+0.09−0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.03
Brayden McNabb D22:02+0.13+0.12−0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mark Stone R16:111+0.08+0.09−0.06+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Lukas Cormier D19:461−0.03+0.11−0.13−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Howden C13:501−0.07−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Paul Cotter C14:57−0.08−0.01−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.01
Alec Martinez D19:22−0.13−0.15−0.02+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Michael Amadio R14:59−0.13+0.05−0.18−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R12:122−0.15+0.03−0.16−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Marchessault C16:191−0.18−0.15−0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alex Pietrangelo D19:131−0.20−0.07−0.16+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tobias Bjornfot D18:38−0.29−0.08+0.00−0.02−0.01−0.19+0.00
Nicolas Hague D19:43−0.32−0.12−0.20+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Grigori Denisenko L13:54−0.32−0.01−0.31−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ivan Barbashev L14:36−0.48−0.17−0.13−0.00−0.00−0.19+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Logan Thompson G60:00+0.85

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.