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2024-01-08 · Ball Arena

3 – 4Final/SO

COL beat BOS 4–3 in a shootout. COL also won the expected-goals battle 3.4 to 2.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Brad Marchand scored at 5:46 of the third, moving BOS’s win probability from 20% to 48%. Alexandar Georgiev saved 1.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
26 – 36
Expected goals
2.8 – 3.4
xG share
COL 55%
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.

BOS goalCOL goal

Expected goals

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

BOSCOL

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
Alexandar Georgiev
65:00 TOI
GSAx +1.14
+1.14
COL
1 G, 0 A · 15:20 TOI
Finishing +0.47 · Playmaking +0.10 · Penalties +0.19
+0.81
BOS
2 G, 0 A · 20:21 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing +0.85
+0.77

Rough nights

BOS
0 G, 1 A · 17:54 TOI
Finishing −0.38 · Playmaking +0.17 · Penalties −0.19 · Shootout −0.35
−0.80
BOS
0 G, 1 A · 21:52 TOI
Finishing −0.27 · Shootout −0.44
−0.71
BOS
0 G, 0 A · 15:34 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing −0.24 · Shootout −0.30
−0.60

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBOS–COLWin prob.
P1 11:21 BOSBrad MarchandPP
from Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak
1–047% → 64%
P1 16:13 COLMikko RantanenPP
from Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar
1–136% → 53%
P2 2:23 COLLogan O'Connor
unassisted
1–253% → 72%
P2 10:05 BOSJohn Beecher
from Danton Heinen, Brandon Carlo
2–226% → 47%
P2 17:56 COLSam Malinski
from Ryan Johansen
2–353% → 76%
P3 5:46 BOSBrad Marchand
from Charlie Coyle, Matt Grzelcyk
3–320% → 48%

Every player

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BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Brad Marchand L20:212+0.77−0.06+0.85−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.02+0.00
John Beecher C9:161+0.44+0.03+0.39−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.05+0.00
Parker Wotherspoon D20:48+0.19−0.03−0.01+0.02+0.02+0.19+0.00−0.00
Brandon Carlo D11:501+0.12−0.00+0.00+0.10+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Pavel Zacha C21:521+0.10+0.06−0.30+0.10−0.01+0.19+0.06+0.00
Jesper Boqvist C7:30+0.06+0.05−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00
Kevin Shattenkirk D13:46+0.03+0.15−0.06−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Oskar Steen C7:04−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Danton Heinen L14:481−0.11−0.05−0.03+0.14+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Trent Frederic C15:21−0.13−0.16−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.03+0.00
Matthew Poitras C12:38−0.17−0.15−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00
Matt Grzelcyk D21:081−0.20−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.02−0.19+0.00−0.00
Morgan Geekie C15:34−0.24−0.06−0.09−0.05−0.02+0.00−0.03+0.00
Hampus Lindholm D26:05−0.28−0.11+0.00+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00−0.00
Charlie McAvoy D30:50−0.41−0.12−0.06−0.07+0.03−0.19+0.00−0.00
Jake DeBrusk L15:34−0.60−0.06−0.24−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.30
David Pastrnak R21:521−0.71−0.03−0.27+0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.44
Charlie Coyle C17:541−0.80−0.03−0.38+0.17−0.00−0.19−0.03−0.35
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jeremy Swayman G65:00−0.34

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Sam Malinski D15:201+0.81+0.04+0.47+0.10+0.01+0.19+0.00−0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R26:55+0.69+0.02−0.32−0.05+0.00+0.00−0.01+1.06
Ryan Johansen C11:101+0.52+0.04−0.10+0.23+0.00+0.37−0.03+0.00
Ross Colton C13:17+0.38+0.17−0.02+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.03+0.00
Logan O'Connor R16:251+0.36+0.19+0.38−0.04+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D18:34+0.09+0.03−0.05+0.11−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Cale Makar D31:171+0.08+0.24−0.15−0.03+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.00
Caleb Jones D11:06+0.08+0.10+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Andrew Cogliano C10:29+0.04+0.10−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.02+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L28:16−0.03+0.13−0.08−0.06−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00
Fredrik Olofsson L4:43−0.04−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00
Jason Polin R4:22−0.05−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00
Joel Kiviranta L9:02−0.06+0.09−0.12−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kurtis MacDermid L4:53−0.11−0.08−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D29:50−0.16−0.10−0.02−0.07+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C30:221−0.24+0.01−0.20+0.10−0.00+0.19−0.03−0.30
Jack Johnson D13:37−0.46−0.13−0.12−0.04+0.01−0.19+0.00−0.00
Mikko Rantanen R30:231−0.47−0.27+0.26−0.09−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.35
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alexandar Georgiev G65:00+1.14

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.