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2025-01-28 · UBS Arena

2 – 5Final

NYI beat COL 5–2. NYI lost the expected-goals battle 2.2 to 3.7 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Simon Holmstrom scored at 1:54 of the third, moving NYI’s win probability from 52% to 78%. Mackenzie Blackwood allowed 2.0 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
32 – 28
Expected goals
3.7 – 2.2
xG share
COL 63%
Home-ice start
NYI 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 goalNYI goal

Expected goals

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

COLNYI

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.

NYI
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.90
+0.90
NYI
1 G, 0 A · 25:12 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing +0.81
+0.76
NYI
2 G, 1 A · 15:11 TOI
Finishing +0.67
+0.62

Rough nights

COL
58:51 TOI
GSAx −2.02
−2.02
NYI
0 G, 2 A · 15:38 TOI
Finishing −0.13 · Penalties −0.20
−0.33
NYI
0 G, 1 A · 18:11 TOI
On-ice −0.18 · Finishing −0.11
−0.32

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–NYIWin prob.
P2 4:11 NYIAnders Lee
from Brock Nelson, Tony DeAngelo
0–153% → 72%
P2 13:00 COLArtturi Lehkonen
from Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas
1–125% → 47%
P3 1:54 NYISimon Holmstrom
from Jean-Gabriel Pageau
1–252% → 78%
P3 11:23 NYIBo Horvat
from Anders Lee, Scott Perunovich
1–384% → 97%
P3 14:55 COLJack Drury
from Martin Necas, Josh Manson
2–31% → 12%
P3 17:31 NYIAlexander Romanov
from Simon Holmstrom, Casey Cizikas
2–493% → 100%
P3 18:50 NYISimon HolmstromEN
from Jean-Gabriel Pageau
2–5100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Artturi Lehkonen L17:371+0.58+0.02+0.55−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack Drury C12:201+0.55+0.04+0.52−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D24:58+0.38+0.11+0.01+0.04+0.03+0.20+0.00
Logan O'Connor R9:56+0.22+0.02−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.20+0.01
Sam Malinski D13:22+0.10+0.07+0.01+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Martin Necas C24:422+0.08+0.13−0.05+0.04−0.04+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D21:44+0.04+0.05−0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joel Kiviranta L10:55+0.01+0.02−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Calvin de Haan D14:12−0.04−0.02−0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ross Colton C14:39−0.04+0.16−0.18−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
Josh Manson D17:121−0.07+0.08−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C15:36−0.10−0.06−0.02+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Cale Makar D25:24−0.17−0.02−0.23+0.04+0.04+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L21:12−0.18+0.12−0.27+0.02−0.03+0.00−0.01
Miles Wood L13:02−0.20−0.03−0.15−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Juuso Parssinen C11:04−0.21+0.00−0.21−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Parker Kelly C9:21−0.25−0.02−0.20−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Nathan MacKinnon C23:531−0.27+0.21−0.63+0.12−0.00+0.00+0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mackenzie Blackwood G58:51−2.02

NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alexander Romanov D25:121+0.76−0.06+0.81−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Simon Holmstrom R15:1121+0.62−0.04+0.67−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Bo Horvat C18:181+0.61−0.05+0.63+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.04
Anders Lee C15:1311+0.55+0.04+0.72+0.01−0.01−0.20+0.00
Scott Perunovich D18:521+0.04+0.12−0.05−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Pelech D24:17+0.04+0.08−0.06−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Kyle MacLean C8:05+0.00−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Maxim Tsyplakov R10:29+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tony DeAngelo D22:111−0.01+0.01+0.01+0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00
Kyle Palmieri C16:06−0.10−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.02
Marc Gatcomb C7:31−0.11+0.03−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Casey Cizikas C18:221−0.15+0.08−0.19−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Mathew Barzal C19:15−0.16−0.02−0.15+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Isaiah George D12:26−0.16−0.15+0.01−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Scott Mayfield D17:07−0.27−0.28+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Duclair L13:36−0.29−0.19−0.09−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Brock Nelson C18:111−0.32−0.18−0.11−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.03
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C15:382−0.33+0.02−0.13−0.01+0.00−0.20−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ilya Sorokin G60:00+0.90

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.