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2024-02-29 · Little Caesars Arena

5 – 3Final

NYI beat DET 5–3. Expected goals were close to even (NYI 2.4, DET 2.6), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Mathew Barzal scored at 13:58 of the third, moving NYI’s win probability from 49% to 85%. Alex Lyon allowed 1.6 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
27 – 25
Expected goals
2.4 – 2.6
xG share
DET 53%
Home-ice start
DET 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 goalDET goal

Expected goals

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

NYIDET

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.

DET
2 G, 0 A · 20:14 TOI
Finishing +1.76
+1.77
NYI
2 G, 0 A · 17:54 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing +1.49
+1.61
NYI
Mathew Barzal
1 G, 1 A · 19:18 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.76
+0.88

Rough nights

DET
58:58 TOI
GSAx −1.56
−1.56
NYI
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.75
−0.75
NYI
0 G, 0 A · 13:53 TOI
Finishing −0.37
−0.42

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNYI–DETWin prob.
P1 12:11 NYIBrock Nelson
unassisted
1–047% → 64%
P1 16:18 NYICasey Cizikas
from Adam Pelech, Noah Dobson
2–065% → 79%
P2 5:04 DETOlli Maatta
from David Perron, Joe Veleno
2–118% → 33%
P3 0:10 DETPatrick Kane
from Dylan Larkin, Jeff Petry
2–227% → 52%
P3 5:04 NYIBrock NelsonPP
from Mathew Barzal, Kyle Palmieri
3–249% → 76%
P3 10:49 DETOlli Maatta
from Shayne Gostisbehere, Daniel Sprong
3–319% → 52%
P3 13:58 NYIMathew Barzal
unassisted
4–349% → 85%
P3 19:24 NYIPierre EngvallEN
from Simon Holmstrom, Casey Cizikas
5–395% → 100%

Every player

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NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brock Nelson C17:542+1.61+0.14+1.49−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Mathew Barzal C19:1811+0.88+0.11+0.76+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Casey Cizikas C15:3011+0.62−0.13+0.79−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
Kyle MacLean C10:18+0.14+0.06−0.12−0.02+0.00+0.19+0.02
Bo Horvat C19:05+0.14+0.10−0.23−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.11
Adam Pelech D22:021+0.05+0.02+0.01−0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00
Alexander Romanov D17:24+0.04+0.03+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Martin L10:12−0.00+0.01−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sebastian Aho D14:55−0.08−0.07+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Noah Dobson D24:111−0.09−0.08−0.03+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C14:58−0.13−0.08−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.03
Mike Reilly D16:37−0.14−0.02−0.10−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pierre Engvall L15:441−0.14−0.03−0.09−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Ryan Pulock D22:29−0.19+0.09−0.12+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Cal Clutterbuck R10:05−0.19−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Simon Holmstrom R14:241−0.22−0.09−0.12−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kyle Palmieri C17:011−0.40−0.05−0.35+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anders Lee C13:53−0.42−0.03−0.37−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ilya Sorokin G60:00−0.75

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Olli Maatta D20:142+1.77+0.01+1.76+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Patrick Kane R20:491+0.76−0.00+0.70+0.09−0.03+0.00+0.00
Jeff Petry D16:491+0.11+0.12+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Lucas Raymond L17:04+0.10−0.09−0.00+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Daniel Sprong R9:201−0.02+0.03−0.05+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Joe Veleno C14:081−0.03+0.01−0.01−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrew Copp C15:05−0.04−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.05
Shayne Gostisbehere D19:191−0.08−0.04−0.04+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Robby Fabbri C9:24−0.10+0.03−0.12−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Moritz Seider D23:02−0.11−0.10−0.03+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L20:58−0.12−0.14−0.01−0.02+0.03+0.00+0.02
Ben Chiarot D14:30−0.13+0.06+0.00−0.02+0.01−0.19+0.00
Dylan Larkin C21:151−0.13+0.05−0.20+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.01
Michael Rasmussen C15:16−0.18−0.01−0.15−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.02
Alex DeBrincat R20:40−0.21+0.01−0.26+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Walman D21:07−0.24−0.12−0.09+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Christian Fischer R4:34−0.24−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19−0.02
David Perron L12:581−0.39+0.11−0.68−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alex Lyon G58:58−1.56

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.