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2024-12-27 · Delta Center

4 – 1Final

COL beat UTA 4–1. Expected goals were close to even (COL 3.6, UTA 3.4), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Artturi Lehkonen scored at 14:44 of the third, moving COL’s win probability from 49% to 86%. Mackenzie Blackwood saved 2.9 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
37 – 35
Expected goals
3.6 – 3.4
xG share
COL 52%
Home-ice start
UTA 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 goalUTA goal

Expected goals

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

COLUTA

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 +2.67
+2.87
UTA
58:28 TOI
GSAx +1.78
+1.78
COL
3 G, 0 A · 18:48 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing +1.27
+1.18

Rough nights

UTA
0 G, 0 A · 14:29 TOI
On-ice −0.16 · Finishing −0.76
−0.92
UTA
0 G, 0 A · 16:16 TOI
Finishing −0.60
−0.61
UTA
0 G, 0 A · 14:17 TOI
On-ice −0.25 · Finishing −0.07 · Penalties −0.20
−0.56

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–UTAWin prob.
P2 11:52 COLArtturi Lehkonen
from Nathan MacKinnon, Sam Malinski
1–047% → 69%
P3 3:42 UTANick SchmaltzPP
from Mikhail Sergachev, Logan Cooley
1–126% → 52%
P3 14:44 COLArtturi Lehkonen
from Valeri Nichushkin, Nathan MacKinnon
2–149% → 86%
P3 18:10 COLMikko RantanenEN
from Nathan MacKinnon
3–192% → 100%
P3 19:34 COLArtturi LehkonenEN
unassisted
4–1100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Artturi Lehkonen L18:483+1.18−0.13+1.27+0.00+0.04+0.00−0.01
Josh Manson D19:42+0.26+0.37−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C17:42+0.18−0.03−0.00+0.01−0.02+0.20+0.02
Logan O'Connor R16:47+0.18+0.18−0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.01
Samuel Girard D21:35+0.09+0.17−0.08+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Kiviranta L15:10+0.02+0.22−0.20−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Sam Malinski D10:351+0.02+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Calvin de Haan D14:39−0.04−0.03+0.01+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Ivan Ivan C5:07−0.06−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Ross Colton C17:06−0.18+0.22−0.37−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.01
Parker Kelly C16:23−0.18+0.20−0.36−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Valeri Nichushkin R21:051−0.20−0.05−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Cale Makar D25:17−0.20+0.02−0.28+0.03+0.03+0.00+0.00
Givani Smith R4:38−0.28−0.06−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.20+0.00
Mikko Rantanen R20:031−0.32+0.14−0.30+0.05−0.00−0.20−0.01
Devon Toews D25:12−0.35−0.22−0.19+0.02+0.04+0.00+0.00
Jere Innala L5:57−0.41−0.02−0.19−0.01+0.00−0.20+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C19:083−0.42+0.10−0.57+0.10−0.00+0.00−0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mackenzie Blackwood G60:00+2.87

UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nick Schmaltz C17:571+0.65−0.03+0.68+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Juuso Välimäki D16:59+0.26−0.16+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.40+0.00
Olli Maatta D18:36+0.16−0.05+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.20+0.00
Vladislav Kolyachonok D11:44−0.02−0.03+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kevin Stenlund C15:33−0.07+0.15−0.24−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.05
Logan Cooley C19:111−0.09−0.06−0.09+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.04
Lawson Crouse L13:15−0.15−0.02−0.11−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Clayton Keller R17:42−0.15+0.02−0.17+0.03−0.02+0.00−0.01
Ian Cole D19:40−0.17−0.07−0.11+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D24:541−0.17−0.08−0.10+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Carcone L14:25−0.22+0.00−0.21−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matias Maccelli L13:40−0.22−0.03−0.19+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Kerfoot C14:18−0.33+0.01−0.14−0.01+0.00−0.20+0.01
Nick Bjugstad C12:48−0.34−0.00−0.30−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Michael Kesselring D21:48−0.35−0.23−0.11−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Barrett Hayton C14:17−0.56−0.25−0.07−0.01−0.00−0.20−0.04
Dylan Guenther R16:16−0.61−0.01−0.60−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Jack McBain C14:29−0.92−0.16−0.76−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G58:28+1.78

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.