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2024-12-31 · Little Caesars Arena

2 – 4Final

DET beat PIT 4–2. DET also won the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: J.T. Compher scored on the power play at 14:26 of the third, moving DET’s win probability from 53% to 88%.

Shots on goal
25 – 25
Expected goals
2.3 – 2.9
xG share
DET 56%
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.

PIT goalDET goal

Expected goals

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

PITDET

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.

PIT
2 G, 0 A · 14:02 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +1.28
+1.38
DET
1 G, 1 A · 17:50 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.58 · Penalties +0.20 · Faceoffs +0.05
+0.95
DET
1 G, 0 A · 14:27 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.83
+0.92

Rough nights

PIT
0 G, 0 A · 17:25 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.58
−0.71
PIT
0 G, 1 A · 21:06 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing −0.19 · Penalties −0.20
−0.54
PIT
0 G, 1 A · 11:09 TOI
Finishing −0.20 · Penalties −0.20
−0.44

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–DETWin prob.
P1 7:52 DETJonatan Berggren
from Vladimir Tarasenko, J.T. Compher
0–153% → 70%
P1 18:29 PITDrew O'Connor
from Cody Glass
1–129% → 47%
P2 3:41 DETPatrick KanePP
from Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond
1–254% → 72%
P3 3:18 PITDrew O'ConnorPP
from Erik Karlsson, Sidney Crosby
2–222% → 48%
P3 14:26 DETJ.T. CompherPP
from Erik Gustafsson, Jonatan Berggren
2–353% → 88%
P3 19:46 DETDylan LarkinEN
from Lucas Raymond, Joe Veleno
2–497% → 100%

Every player

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PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Drew O'Connor L14:022+1.38+0.13+1.28−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Sidney Crosby C21:151+0.19−0.03−0.00+0.05−0.00+0.20−0.02
Philip Tomasino C13:29+0.00+0.13−0.13−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D21:36−0.02−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Blake Lizotte C11:38−0.04−0.05−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Michael Bunting L16:55−0.05−0.24−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.20+0.00
Ryan Graves D14:56−0.05−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Shea D14:28−0.07−0.08+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Noel Acciari C15:09−0.13−0.14−0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.01
Matt Grzelcyk D21:37−0.15−0.18+0.01+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Matt Nieto L13:55−0.19−0.12−0.06−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D19:51−0.20−0.15−0.03−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Bryan Rust R18:52−0.27−0.16−0.10−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R11:25−0.29−0.12−0.18−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C18:17−0.32−0.11−0.19+0.04−0.02+0.00−0.04
Cody Glass C11:091−0.44+0.00−0.20−0.01−0.00−0.20−0.03
Erik Karlsson D21:061−0.54−0.10−0.19+0.00−0.05−0.20+0.00
Rickard Rakell R17:25−0.71−0.13−0.58−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alex Nedeljkovic G58:33−0.03

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
J.T. Compher L17:5011+0.95+0.10+0.58−0.02+0.03+0.20+0.05
Patrick Kane R14:271+0.92+0.06+0.83+0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jonatan Berggren R16:0011+0.78+0.05+0.73−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Moritz Seider D24:00+0.23+0.20+0.01+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Gustafsson D13:441+0.11+0.11+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Chiarot D23:17+0.07+0.13−0.05−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex DeBrincat R14:371+0.06+0.05−0.21+0.01+0.00+0.20+0.01
Tyler Motte C11:30+0.05+0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Vladimir Tarasenko R15:491+0.04+0.09−0.07+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Holl D14:17−0.09−0.09+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeff Petry D19:52−0.10+0.12+0.01−0.01−0.03−0.20+0.00
Marco Kasper C10:36−0.13−0.07−0.24−0.01+0.00+0.20−0.01
Joe Veleno C15:061−0.15+0.19−0.32−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Larkin C18:531−0.18+0.26−0.29+0.01−0.01−0.20+0.05
Lucas Raymond L18:232−0.20+0.20−0.40+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Andrew Copp C13:38−0.20−0.04−0.15−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.03
Michael Rasmussen C10:56−0.20−0.00−0.20−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Simon Edvinsson D21:32−0.26−0.01−0.04−0.00−0.01−0.20+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alex Lyon G60:00+0.50

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.