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2025-02-22 · Prudential Center

4 – 2Final

DAL beat NJD 4–2. DAL lost the expected-goals battle 2.8 to 4.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Evgenii Dadonov scored at 3:58 of the first, moving DAL’s win probability from 47% to 63%. Casey DeSmith saved 2.0 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
26 – 33
Expected goals
2.8 – 4.1
xG share
NJD 60%
Home-ice start
NJD 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.

DAL goalNJD goal

Expected goals

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

DALNJD

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.

DAL
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.96
+1.96
NJD
2 G, 0 A · 24:53 TOI
On-ice +0.32 · Finishing +1.16 · Playmaking +0.08 · Faceoffs −0.05
+1.49
DAL
1 G, 0 A · 12:33 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing +0.62
+0.53

Rough nights

DAL
0 G, 0 A · 19:07 TOI
On-ice −0.26 · Finishing −0.06 · Penalties −0.40
−0.71
DAL
0 G, 0 A · 14:45 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.60
−0.67
NJD
0 G, 2 A · 22:58 TOI
On-ice +0.27 · Finishing −0.94
−0.65

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalDAL–NJDWin prob.
P1 3:58 DALEvgenii Dadonov
from Mathew Dumba, Mavrik Bourque
1–047% → 63%
P1 5:44 DALThomas HarleyPP
from Matt Duchene, Wyatt Johnston
2–063% → 76%
P3 10:00 NJDJack HughesPP
from Dougie Hamilton, Jesper Bratt
2–15% → 20%
P3 10:35 DALMatt Duchene
from Jamie Benn
3–181% → 96%
P3 11:40 NJDJack Hughes
from Jesper Bratt, Dougie Hamilton
3–23% → 18%
P3 19:51 DALWyatt JohnstonEN
unassisted
4–296% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Evgenii Dadonov L12:331+0.53−0.07+0.62−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Duchene C16:4711+0.53+0.06+0.46+0.03−0.00+0.00−0.01
Lian Bichsel D16:25+0.32+0.12+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.20+0.00
Thomas Harley D24:221+0.25−0.14+0.61+0.00−0.02−0.20+0.00
Mathew Dumba D14:451+0.18+0.17+0.01+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C12:27−0.07−0.04−0.03−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.02
Oskar Bäck C11:14−0.09−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jamie Benn L15:141−0.09−0.12−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Mason Marchment L15:02−0.12+0.03−0.18+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikael Granlund C16:54−0.13+0.02−0.18+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01
Roope Hintz C16:18−0.14−0.17−0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
Mavrik Bourque C14:441−0.17−0.15−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Sam Steel C13:59−0.22−0.04−0.15−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Esa Lindell D22:13−0.26−0.30−0.01+0.00+0.05+0.00+0.00
Cody Ceci D19:53−0.38−0.15−0.04−0.00+0.01−0.20+0.00
Wyatt Johnston C17:5211−0.58−0.16−0.35+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.06
Jason Robertson L14:45−0.67−0.08−0.60+0.04−0.03+0.00+0.00
Ilya Lyubushkin D19:07−0.71−0.26−0.06−0.01+0.01−0.40+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Casey DeSmith G60:00+1.96

NJD

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jack Hughes C24:532+1.49+0.32+1.16+0.08−0.02+0.00−0.05
Nico Hischier C20:15+0.40+0.20−0.11+0.02−0.01+0.20+0.09
Stefan Noesen R18:09+0.16+0.18−0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jesper Bratt L19:182+0.13+0.19−0.31+0.06−0.01+0.20+0.00
Timo Meier R18:32+0.02+0.09−0.48+0.02−0.00+0.40+0.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D19:12−0.02+0.05−0.07−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tomas Tatar L8:18−0.03−0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Luke Hughes D22:46−0.05−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Curtis Lazar C8:26−0.06−0.03−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.02
Simon Nemec D12:13−0.08−0.08+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nathan Bastian R9:30−0.10+0.02−0.09−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dawson Mercer C15:59−0.11−0.10−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Paul Cotter C13:24−0.12+0.05−0.17−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01
Brett Pesce D19:46−0.14+0.06−0.21+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brenden Dillon D18:04−0.16+0.07−0.02−0.01−0.01−0.20+0.00
Erik Haula L12:55−0.22−0.05−0.16−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ondrej Palat L12:06−0.30+0.05−0.39+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dougie Hamilton D22:582−0.65+0.27−0.94+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G59:01−0.08

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.