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2024-01-07 · Capital One Arena

3 – 4Final

WSH beat LAK 4–3. WSH lost the expected-goals battle 2.4 to 4.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: John Carlson scored at 19:07 of the third, moving WSH’s win probability from 50% to 96%. Cam Talbot allowed 1.4 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
41 – 34
Expected goals
4.1 – 2.4
xG share
LAK 63%
Home-ice start
WSH 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.

LAK goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

LAKWSH

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.

LAK
2 G, 0 A · 16:27 TOI
On-ice +0.32 · Finishing +0.91
+1.23
WSH
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.01
+1.01
WSH
1 G, 2 A · 13:27 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing +0.90
+0.83

Rough nights

LAK
59:13 TOI
GSAx −1.43
−1.43
WSH
0 G, 0 A · 17:22 TOI
Finishing −0.62 · Penalties −0.19 · Faceoffs +0.06
−0.73
WSH
Ethan Bear
0 G, 0 A · 15:05 TOI
On-ice −0.30 · Penalties −0.19
−0.55

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalLAK–WSHWin prob.
P2 4:22 WSHNic Dowd
from Nicolas Aube-Kubel, John Carlson
0–153% → 72%
P2 7:12 LAKAdrian KempePP
from Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar
1–128% → 47%
P2 13:02 LAKKevin Fiala
from Phillip Danault, Mikey Anderson
2–147% → 69%
P2 15:35 WSHDylan Strome
from Alex Ovechkin, Max Pacioretty
2–230% → 53%
P3 1:01 LAKKevin FialaPP
from Quinton Byfield
3–249% → 73%
P3 8:36 WSHNicolas Aube-Kubel
from Nic Dowd
3–321% → 52%
P3 19:07 WSHJohn Carlson
from Beck Malenstyn, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
3–450% → 96%

Every player

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LAK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kevin Fiala L16:272+1.23+0.32+0.91+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Adrian Kempe R17:501+0.64−0.05+0.69+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Luc Dubois C15:18+0.32+0.12−0.00+0.03−0.01+0.19+0.00
Brandt Clarke D15:43+0.31+0.11+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Drew Doughty D27:131+0.20+0.44−0.22−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Carl Grundstrom R11:36+0.10+0.19−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Quinton Byfield R17:031+0.09+0.09−0.02−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Mikey Anderson D23:001+0.08+0.31−0.24−0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Trevor Lewis C10:55+0.05+0.11−0.03−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.01
Andreas Englund D16:13+0.04+0.05+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Roy D19:03+0.03+0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Phillip Danault C15:571+0.01+0.18−0.14−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Trevor Moore L17:16−0.02+0.13−0.16−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Anze Kopitar C18:311−0.10+0.10−0.25+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Arthur Kaliyev R15:31−0.15+0.32−0.65+0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Blake Lizotte C11:43−0.23+0.21−0.42−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.01
Vladislav Gavrikov D15:58−0.23−0.02−0.00−0.03+0.01−0.19+0.00
Alex Laferriere R13:30−0.32−0.13−0.21−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Cam Talbot G59:13−1.43

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R13:2712+0.83−0.06+0.90−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Nic Dowd C17:0711+0.80−0.04+0.79−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.07
John Carlson D24:1611+0.54−0.16+0.67+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Strome C14:281+0.39−0.09+0.56+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.08
Trevor van Riemsdyk D20:24+0.11+0.09−0.04+0.04+0.02+0.00+0.00
Nick Jensen D20:57+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C7:55−0.09−0.07−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Max Pacioretty L12:541−0.15−0.10−0.03+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Anthony Mantha R16:06−0.15+0.08−0.25+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Aliaksei Protas L16:30−0.18+0.10−0.28+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Beck Malenstyn L16:551−0.21−0.05−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Martin Fehérváry D21:28−0.31−0.28−0.00−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alex Ovechkin L17:291−0.31−0.30−0.00+0.04−0.06+0.00+0.00
Evgeny Kuznetsov C12:46−0.40−0.39−0.00+0.03−0.02+0.00−0.02
Tom Wilson R15:13−0.54−0.41−0.30−0.00−0.02+0.19+0.00
Joel Edmundson D16:24−0.55−0.26−0.10+0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Ethan Bear D15:05−0.55−0.30−0.02+0.01−0.04−0.19+0.00
Connor McMichael L17:22−0.73+0.01−0.62+0.00+0.00−0.19+0.06
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Darcy Kuemper G60:00+1.01

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.