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2025-01-09 · Nationwide Arena

2 – 6Final

CBJ beat SEA 6–2. CBJ lost the expected-goals battle 1.7 to 2.8 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Luca Del Bel Belluz scored at 3:29 of the second, moving CBJ’s win probability from 53% to 72%. Philipp Grubauer allowed 3.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
31 – 24
Expected goals
2.8 – 1.7
xG share
SEA 62%
Home-ice start
CBJ 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.

SEA goalCBJ goal

Expected goals

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

SEACBJ

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.

SEA
2 G, 0 A · 15:40 TOI
On-ice −0.05 · Finishing +1.67
+1.61
CBJ
1 G, 0 A · 12:39 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.90
+0.96
CBJ
Elvis Merzlikins
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.82
+0.82

Rough nights

SEA
35:45 TOI
GSAx −3.27
−3.27
SEA
0 G, 1 A · 16:57 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.47
−0.52
CBJ
0 G, 1 A · 17:52 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing −0.33
−0.37

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSEA–CBJWin prob.
P1 11:58 CBJSean Kuraly
from Ivan Provorov, Mathieu Olivier
0–153% → 70%
P1 12:08 SEAEeli Tolvanen
from Shane Wright, Jared McCann
1–130% → 47%
P2 3:29 CBJLuca Del Bel Belluz
from James van Riemsdyk, Damon Severson
1–253% → 72%
P2 10:53 CBJZach Werenski
from Adam Fantilli, Dmitri Voronkov
1–374% → 89%
P2 12:27 CBJDenton Mateychuk
from James van Riemsdyk, Luca Del Bel Belluz
1–489% → 97%
P2 15:45 CBJKent Johnson
from Zach Werenski, Dante Fabbro
1–598% → 100%
P3 8:44 SEAEeli Tolvanen
from Chandler Stephenson, Brandon Montour
2–50% → 0%
P3 19:31 CBJKirill MarchenkoEN
from Denton Mateychuk
2–6100% → 100%

Every player

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SEA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Eeli Tolvanen R15:402+1.61−0.05+1.67−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jaden Schwartz C19:54+0.09+0.08−0.19−0.01+0.00+0.20+0.00
Jamie Oleksiak D14:25+0.03+0.04+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mitchell Stephens C9:11+0.00−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Ryker Evans D19:12−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matty Beniers C20:17−0.02+0.09−0.11−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Oliver Bjorkstrand R16:28−0.03−0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joshua Mahura D13:53−0.06−0.03−0.03−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Larsson D18:29−0.08+0.01−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandon Tanev L12:21−0.11+0.05−0.15−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Shane Wright C15:311−0.11−0.07−0.05−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Vince Dunn D25:40−0.12−0.01−0.13+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Chandler Stephenson C18:281−0.16−0.00−0.23+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.05
Tye Kartye L8:52−0.19−0.05−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Montour D24:161−0.19+0.04−0.42−0.02+0.01+0.20+0.00
Kaapo Kakko R18:00−0.19+0.06−0.23−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Andre Burakovsky L13:44−0.29−0.03−0.25−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jared McCann L16:571−0.52−0.08−0.47+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joey Daccord G20:57+0.28
Philipp Grubauer G35:45−3.27

CBJ

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kent Johnson C12:391+0.96+0.06+0.90+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Denton Mateychuk D19:1411+0.79+0.05+0.73−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Kuraly C16:271+0.79+0.04+0.80−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.03
Luca Del Bel Belluz C11:1611+0.77+0.05+0.71−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
Zach Werenski D25:3411+0.61−0.10+0.69+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mathieu Olivier R16:161+0.10+0.03−0.14−0.01+0.01+0.20+0.00
James van Riemsdyk L11:182+0.07+0.06−0.00+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Christiansen D13:26+0.07+0.06+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ivan Provorov D22:081+0.01+0.01+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Labanc R10:52−0.03−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kirill Marchenko R17:151−0.11−0.08−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Zachary Aston-Reese C16:01−0.15+0.02−0.20−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Adam Fantilli C18:411−0.17−0.09−0.03+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.03
Damon Severson D14:351−0.20+0.06−0.24−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Owen Sillinger C13:09−0.21+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.20−0.01
Mikael Pyyhtia L13:32−0.26−0.02−0.04−0.01+0.00−0.20+0.00
Dante Fabbro D23:451−0.28−0.04−0.04−0.02+0.02−0.20+0.00
Dmitri Voronkov L17:521−0.37−0.06−0.33+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Elvis Merzlikins G60:00+0.82

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.