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2024-12-16 · American Airlines Center

1 – 3Final

DAL beat WSH 3–1. DAL lost the expected-goals battle 2.3 to 2.9 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Lian Bichsel scored at 17:35 of the second, moving DAL’s win probability from 53% to 76%. Jake Oettinger saved 1.7 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
26 – 24
Expected goals
2.9 – 2.3
xG share
WSH 55%
Home-ice start
DAL 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.

WSH goalDAL goal

Expected goals

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

WSHDAL

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.

DAL
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.55
+1.75
DAL
2 G, 0 A · 14:06 TOI
Finishing +1.49 · Penalties +0.20
+1.63
DAL
Lian Bichsel
1 G, 0 A · 16:31 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing +0.91
+0.80

Rough nights

WSH
Taylor Raddysh
0 G, 1 A · 13:41 TOI
Finishing −0.46
−0.48
WSH
0 G, 1 A · 24:21 TOI
On-ice −0.11 · Finishing −0.27
−0.39
DAL
Oskar Bäck
0 G, 0 A · 11:48 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing −0.21 · Penalties −0.20
−0.35

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalWSH–DALWin prob.
P1 15:39 WSHDylan Strome
from Jakob Chychrun, Taylor Raddysh
1–047% → 65%
P2 13:28 DALRoope HintzPP
from Jamie Benn, Wyatt Johnston
1–131% → 53%
P2 17:35 DALLian Bichsel
from Jason Robertson, Mavrik Bourque
1–253% → 76%
P3 14:58 DALRoope Hintz
from Jason Robertson
1–388% → 99%

Every player

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WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dylan Strome C22:231+0.56−0.00+0.53+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.02
Tom Wilson R22:11+0.24+0.04−0.21+0.02−0.00+0.40+0.00
Aliaksei Protas L17:53+0.23+0.03−0.00+0.01−0.02+0.20+0.00
Martin Fehérváry D16:31+0.12+0.15−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Luc Dubois C19:37+0.07+0.01−0.06+0.02−0.01+0.20−0.09
Trevor van Riemsdyk D16:01−0.01−0.06+0.00+0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Jakub Vrana L9:32−0.04−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Hendrix Lapierre C7:02−0.04−0.04−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Lars Eller C14:10−0.08−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Brandon Duhaime R10:36−0.10−0.09−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Connor McMichael L20:39−0.20−0.02−0.19+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Nic Dowd C12:21−0.23−0.11−0.12−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.02
Matt Roy D16:11−0.26+0.13−0.20+0.01+0.00−0.20+0.00
Ivan Miroshnichenko L13:03−0.28−0.08−0.19−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Sandin D19:25−0.30−0.14−0.15+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
John Carlson D24:19−0.31−0.13+0.01+0.02−0.01−0.20+0.00
Jakob Chychrun D24:211−0.39−0.11−0.27+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Taylor Raddysh R13:411−0.48−0.03−0.46−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Charlie Lindgren G57:42−0.21

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Roope Hintz C14:062+1.63−0.05+1.49−0.00+0.00+0.20−0.01
Lian Bichsel D16:311+0.80−0.10+0.91+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Esa Lindell D30:37+0.14+0.22−0.14+0.01+0.05+0.00+0.00
Jamie Benn L14:241+0.12+0.04−0.11+0.01+0.00+0.20−0.02
Evgenii Dadonov L12:34+0.04+0.06−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Miro Heiskanen D27:42+0.01+0.07−0.06−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nils Lundkvist D10:21−0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C15:43−0.06+0.05−0.10−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.01
Colin Blackwell C9:52−0.07−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Mavrik Bourque C13:481−0.11−0.10−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jason Robertson L13:212−0.22−0.06−0.16+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01
Mason Marchment L16:47−0.27−0.00−0.28+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sam Steel C16:08−0.27−0.03−0.25−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.03
Wyatt Johnston C17:541−0.29+0.10−0.40−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.01
Matt Duchene C17:33−0.31+0.01−0.18+0.02−0.01−0.20+0.04
Ilya Lyubushkin D21:57−0.31+0.05−0.16−0.01+0.01−0.20+0.00
Brendan Smith D10:54−0.33+0.08+0.01−0.01−0.01−0.40+0.00
Oskar Bäck C11:48−0.35+0.07−0.21−0.01+0.01−0.20−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Oettinger G60:00+1.75

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.