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2024-04-18 · Canada Life Centre

2 – 4Final

WPG beat VAN 4–2. WPG also won the expected-goals battle 2.3 to 2.0: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Nikita Chibrikov scored at 5:18 of the third, moving WPG’s win probability from 52% to 80%.

Shots on goal
20 – 26
Expected goals
2.0 – 2.3
xG share
WPG 54%
Home-ice start
WPG 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.

VAN goalWPG goal

Expected goals

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

VANWPG

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.

WPG
1 G, 0 A · 12:58 TOI
Finishing +0.81
+0.78
VAN
1 G, 1 A · 16:08 TOI
On-ice −0.16 · Finishing +0.77
+0.65
WPG
2 G, 0 A · 17:17 TOI
Finishing +0.68
+0.65

Rough nights

VAN
0 G, 0 A · 10:41 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing −0.23 · Penalties −0.19
−0.54
VAN
59:44 TOI
GSAx −0.46
−0.46
WPG
0 G, 0 A · 17:05 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing −0.50
−0.44

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–WPGWin prob.
P1 5:22 VANConor Garland
unassisted
1–047% → 63%
P1 11:26 WPGGabriel Vilardi
from Alex Iafallo, Brad Lambert
1–136% → 53%
P2 0:55 WPGCole Perfetti
from Mason Appleton, Nate Schmidt
1–252% → 72%
P2 17:11 VANElias LindholmPP
from Quinn Hughes, Conor Garland
2–225% → 47%
P3 5:18 WPGNikita Chibrikov
from Nino Niederreiter
2–352% → 80%
P3 17:55 WPGCole PerfettiEN
unassisted
2–493% → 100%

Every player

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VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Conor Garland R16:0811+0.65−0.16+0.77+0.01+0.04+0.00+0.00
Elias Lindholm C17:251+0.63−0.08+0.70−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Carson Soucy D18:52+0.13+0.11+0.01−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Elias Pettersson C18:22+0.10+0.08−0.00+0.04+0.00+0.00−0.02
Mark Friedman D15:55+0.08−0.11+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Sam Lafferty C10:45+0.03+0.04−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nils Hoglander L14:36−0.02−0.02−0.20−0.01+0.02+0.19+0.00
Phillip Di Giuseppe L14:16−0.03−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Juulsen D18:21−0.07−0.07−0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Myers D22:59−0.07−0.07−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Teddy Blueger C14:23−0.09−0.10−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Quinn Hughes D22:381−0.10−0.11+0.00+0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00
Nils Aman C13:44−0.16+0.05−0.21−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Nikita Zadorov D18:26−0.20+0.01−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Ilya Mikheyev R14:50−0.22+0.09−0.30−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Pius Suter C13:32−0.28+0.02−0.28−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Dakota Joshua C16:35−0.35−0.05−0.30−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Vasily Podkolzin R10:41−0.54−0.12−0.23−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Thatcher Demko G59:44−0.46

WPG

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Gabriel Vilardi C12:581+0.78−0.03+0.81−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Perfetti C17:172+0.65−0.03+0.68−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nikita Chibrikov R11:031+0.65+0.03+0.63−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Neal Pionk D21:17+0.14+0.14+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Samberg D22:31+0.11+0.11+0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan DeMelo D17:10+0.11+0.07+0.01+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D19:371+0.08+0.11−0.05+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nino Niederreiter R13:171−0.00+0.05−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.04
Nikolaj Ehlers L18:33−0.01+0.05−0.26+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Rasmus Kupari C14:26−0.03+0.06−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
David Gustafsson C11:58−0.04−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Alex Iafallo L15:381−0.07+0.09−0.14−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mason Appleton C16:431−0.15+0.03−0.17−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Sean Monahan C20:45−0.17+0.05−0.28−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.06
Colin Miller D15:19−0.19−0.19−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brad Lambert C13:511−0.25+0.00−0.23−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Logan Stanley D16:07−0.35−0.15−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
Tyler Toffoli C17:05−0.44+0.05−0.50+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Laurent Brossoit G60:00−0.09

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.