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2025-01-26 · Madison Square Garden

5 – 4Final

COL beat NYR 5–4. COL lost the expected-goals battle 3.0 to 3.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Artturi Lehkonen scored at 19:45 of the third, moving COL’s win probability from 49% to 96%. Igor Shesterkin allowed 2.8 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
22 – 37
Expected goals
3.0 – 3.5
xG share
NYR 54%
Home-ice start
NYR 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 goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

COLNYR

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
2 G, 1 A · 25:36 TOI
Finishing +0.81 · Playmaking +0.21 · Suppression +0.07 · Penalties −0.20
+0.86
COL
1 G, 0 A · 17:37 TOI
On-ice +0.27 · Finishing +0.26 · Playmaking +0.07
+0.61
COL
Juuso Parssinen
1 G, 0 A · 13:37 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing +0.42
+0.44

Rough nights

NYR
59:45 TOI
GSAx −2.81
−2.81
COL
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.45
−0.45
COL
Miles Wood
0 G, 0 A · 10:10 TOI
On-ice −0.20 · Finishing −0.19
−0.41

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–NYRWin prob.
P1 5:43 COLJack Drury
from Keaton Middleton, Jonathan Drouin
1–047% → 63%
P1 6:26 COLCale Makar
from Martin Necas, Nathan MacKinnon
2–063% → 76%
P1 7:10 NYRSam Carrick
from Matt Rempe, Urho Vaakanainen
2–124% → 37%
P1 8:36 NYRVincent Trocheck
from Alexis Lafrenière, Artemi Panarin
2–237% → 53%
P1 14:36 COLCale MakarPP
from Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas
3–248% → 64%
P2 16:01 COLJuuso Parssinen
from Casey Mittelstadt
4–271% → 87%
P2 18:05 NYRWill Borgen
from Reilly Smith, Will Cuylle
4–312% → 28%
P3 15:02 NYRArtemi Panarin
from Vincent Trocheck, Reilly Smith
4–413% → 51%
P3 19:45 COLArtturi Lehkonen
from Cale Makar
5–449% → 96%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cale Makar D25:3621+0.86−0.03+0.81+0.21+0.07−0.20+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L17:371+0.61+0.27+0.26+0.07+0.02+0.00+0.00
Juuso Parssinen C13:371+0.44+0.05+0.42−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Martin Necas C19:342+0.32+0.07−0.17+0.26−0.03+0.20+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C18:352+0.25+0.05−0.02+0.29−0.00+0.00−0.07
Jack Drury C12:141+0.18−0.18+0.43−0.08+0.03+0.00−0.01
Keaton Middleton D8:041+0.15−0.06−0.01+0.23−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L19:301+0.12+0.02−0.00+0.12−0.02+0.00+0.00
Josh Manson D23:01+0.12+0.13−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D25:58+0.07+0.06−0.06+0.03+0.04+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C14:521+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.23−0.01−0.20+0.00
Joel Kiviranta L13:42−0.02−0.05−0.00+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Parker Kelly C13:46−0.07−0.25−0.02−0.02+0.01+0.20+0.02
Sam Malinski D12:14−0.09−0.15−0.00+0.04+0.02+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D22:45−0.17−0.16−0.03+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ross Colton C10:58−0.25−0.17−0.04−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01
Logan O'Connor R13:47−0.29−0.28−0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Miles Wood L10:10−0.41−0.20−0.19−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mackenzie Blackwood G60:00−0.45

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Sam Carrick C8:291+0.40+0.03+0.41−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.01
Will Borgen D17:121+0.35−0.00+0.41−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Reilly Smith R14:342+0.29+0.20−0.17+0.26+0.01+0.00+0.00
Vincent Trocheck C22:0611+0.24−0.06+0.19+0.10−0.01+0.00+0.01
Artemi Panarin L23:5711+0.22−0.05+0.26+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alexis Lafrenière L19:371+0.18−0.08−0.06+0.13−0.01+0.20+0.00
Matt Rempe C8:491+0.18+0.04−0.05+0.19+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mika Zibanejad C18:01+0.12+0.11−0.04−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.09
Will Cuylle L12:531+0.08+0.16−0.07+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.02
Urho Vaakanainen D16:351+0.07+0.06+0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Lindgren D18:57+0.06+0.11+0.00−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Braden Schneider D17:21+0.04+0.05+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Fox D22:30−0.05+0.18−0.24−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Arthur Kaliyev R11:04−0.14+0.07−0.14−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Filip Chytil C15:35−0.16+0.09−0.18−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Edstrom C9:07−0.21−0.02−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.20+0.00
Chris Kreider L17:54−0.25−0.00−0.11−0.14+0.01+0.00+0.00
K'Andre Miller D23:11−0.26−0.13−0.03−0.06−0.04+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G59:45−2.81

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.