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2024-12-08 · Prudential Center

4 – 0Final

COL beat NJD 4–0. COL lost the expected-goals battle 1.8 to 2.7 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Ross Colton scored at 4:07 of the first, moving COL’s win probability from 47% to 63%. Scott Wedgewood saved 3.0 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
24 – 25
Expected goals
1.8 – 2.7
xG share
NJD 59%
Home-ice start
NJD 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.

COL goalNJD goal

Expected goals

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

COLNJD

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +3.00
+3.00
COL
1 G, 0 A · 13:17 TOI
Finishing +0.78
+0.74
COL
1 G, 0 A · 14:40 TOI
Finishing +0.74
+0.68

Rough nights

NJD
57:04 TOI
GSAx −1.12
−1.12
NJD
0 G, 0 A · 19:48 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing −0.66
−0.59
NJD
0 G, 0 A · 20:16 TOI
Finishing −0.44
−0.39

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–NJDWin prob.
P1 4:07 COLRoss Colton
from Casey Mittelstadt, Valeri Nichushkin
1–047% → 63%
P1 14:52 COLLogan O'Connor
from Calvin de Haan, Joel Kiviranta
2–064% → 78%
P2 14:36 COLArtturi Lehkonen
from Casey Mittelstadt
3–086% → 96%
P3 16:05 COLParker KellyEN
from Mikko Rantanen, Calvin de Haan
4–0100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Logan O'Connor R13:171+0.74−0.03+0.78−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Ross Colton C14:401+0.68−0.03+0.74−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Artturi Lehkonen L24:511+0.46−0.07+0.51−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.01
Mikko Rantanen R22:121+0.28+0.04−0.00+0.06+0.00+0.20−0.02
Keaton Middleton D13:24+0.05+0.05−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Calvin de Haan D14:532+0.03+0.03+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C14:552+0.02−0.01−0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.04
Ivan Ivan C6:22+0.02+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Joel Kiviranta L12:181−0.00+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nikita Prishchepov C6:35−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Chris Wagner R7:11−0.02−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Parker Kelly C13:021−0.06−0.05−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cale Makar D25:20−0.11−0.03−0.31+0.02+0.01+0.20+0.00
Devon Toews D22:32−0.12−0.12−0.03+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sam Malinski D19:24−0.24−0.03−0.04+0.01+0.02−0.20+0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R20:181−0.26−0.14−0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D21:04−0.37−0.13−0.04+0.00−0.01−0.20+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C21:46−0.38−0.06−0.43+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Scott Wedgewood G60:00+3.00

NJD

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jesper Bratt L21:56+0.09+0.09−0.22+0.03−0.01+0.20+0.00
Dougie Hamilton D21:08+0.07+0.09−0.03+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D17:02+0.05+0.05+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonas Siegenthaler D15:42+0.03+0.02+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tomas Tatar L10:36−0.02−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Dowling C8:11−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Pesce D20:01−0.03−0.01−0.04+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Paul Cotter C12:02−0.03−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brenden Dillon D17:13−0.04−0.02+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nathan Légaré R10:02−0.06−0.05−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Luke Hughes D21:02−0.07+0.01−0.04−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Dawson Mercer C14:12−0.12−0.02−0.30−0.02+0.00+0.20+0.01
Erik Haula L12:17−0.13−0.03−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Stefan Noesen R19:11−0.26+0.13−0.16−0.02+0.00−0.20−0.01
Jack Hughes C24:36−0.34+0.13−0.40+0.03−0.02+0.00−0.07
Ondrej Palat L13:41−0.37+0.01−0.22+0.02+0.01−0.20+0.00
Nico Hischier C20:16−0.39+0.04−0.44−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.02
Timo Meier R19:48−0.59+0.05−0.66+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G57:04−1.12

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.