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2025-02-08 · Wells Fargo Center

2 – 3Final

PHI beat PIT 3–2. PHI lost the expected-goals battle 2.0 to 4.0 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Garnet Hathaway scored at 12:26 of the second, moving PHI’s win probability from 53% to 74%. Samuel Ersson saved 1.9 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
33 – 20
Expected goals
4.0 – 2.0
xG share
PIT 67%
Home-ice start
PHI 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 goalPHI goal

Expected goals

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

PITPHI

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.

PHI
59:48 TOI
GSAx +1.95
+1.95
PHI
1 G, 1 A · 20:02 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing +0.76 · Playmaking +0.18
+0.80
PHI
1 G, 0 A · 10:52 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing +0.41 · Penalties +0.20
+0.46

Rough nights

PIT
Joel Blomqvist
58:18 TOI
GSAx −1.44
−1.44
PHI
0 G, 0 A · 23:00 TOI
On-ice −0.27 · Penalties −0.20
−0.44
PHI
0 G, 1 A · 26:15 TOI
On-ice −0.37
−0.41

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–PHIWin prob.
P1 1:44 PHIScott Laughton
from Travis Konecny, Andrei Kuzmenko
0–153% → 69%
P2 4:19 PITErik Karlsson
from Matt Grzelcyk, Rickard Rakell
1–128% → 47%
P2 12:26 PHIGarnet Hathaway
unassisted
1–253% → 74%
P3 4:27 PHITravis KonecnyPP
from Cam York, Travis Sanheim
1–379% → 94%
P3 5:42 PITAnthony Beauvillier
from Kevin Hayes, Danton Heinen
2–36% → 20%

Every player

Show both lineups

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Danton Heinen L15:281+0.39+0.44−0.16−0.09+0.00+0.20+0.00
Erik Karlsson D25:031+0.32+0.03+0.42−0.09−0.04+0.00+0.00
Matt Grzelcyk D20:001+0.28+0.21+0.00+0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Noel Acciari C13:02+0.22+0.19−0.17−0.03+0.01+0.20+0.02
Vincent Desharnais D16:22+0.19+0.27+0.00−0.09+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Graves D16:42+0.16+0.27−0.02−0.10+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R19:151+0.02+0.13−0.10−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D17:41+0.01+0.07+0.00−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Hayes R20:161−0.04+0.15−0.28+0.16−0.00+0.00−0.06
Matt Nieto L11:35−0.05+0.04−0.08−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rickard Rakell R20:281−0.05+0.01−0.04−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Philip Tomasino C12:44−0.06+0.05−0.00−0.11+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cody Glass C13:30−0.11+0.04−0.08−0.03−0.00+0.00−0.04
Vasily Ponomarev C9:16−0.14−0.10−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Michael Bunting L18:41−0.16+0.14−0.14−0.16−0.01+0.00+0.00
Emil Bemstrom C11:48−0.18−0.02−0.12−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D23:16−0.19−0.05−0.11−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Blake Lizotte C14:35−0.24+0.03−0.00−0.08−0.00−0.20+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joel Blomqvist G58:18−1.44

PHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Travis Konecny R20:0211+0.80−0.12+0.76+0.18−0.01+0.00−0.01
Garnet Hathaway R10:521+0.46−0.13+0.41−0.04+0.02+0.20+0.00
Scott Laughton C16:331+0.27−0.05+0.32−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.04
Emil Andrae D16:57+0.21+0.13+0.00+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob Gaucher C6:53+0.09+0.01−0.00+0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Deslauriers L5:14+0.07+0.00−0.00+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Johnson D12:15+0.03+0.09−0.06+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Bobby Brink R13:54+0.00+0.05−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.01
Tyson Foerster R17:28−0.16−0.14−0.01−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Rodrigo Abols C11:48−0.17−0.12−0.00−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrei Kuzmenko L18:531−0.18−0.20−0.05+0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Couturier C19:27−0.23−0.00−0.02−0.04−0.00−0.20+0.03
Nick Seeler D19:07−0.23−0.13−0.10−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Cam York D21:111−0.29−0.29−0.03+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Cates L18:03−0.34−0.37−0.01−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.05
Matvei Michkov R18:20−0.36−0.23−0.09−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Travis Sanheim D26:151−0.41−0.37−0.05+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jamie Drysdale D23:00−0.44−0.27+0.00+0.04−0.02−0.20+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Ersson G59:48+1.95

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.