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2025-02-24 · Crypto.com Arena

2 – 5Final

LAK beat VGK 5–2. Expected goals were close to even (VGK 2.0, LAK 2.3), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Warren Foegele scored at 8:31 of the third, moving LAK’s win probability from 53% to 82%. Ilya Samsonov allowed 3.5 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
23 – 19
Expected goals
2.0 – 2.3
xG share
LAK 53%
Home-ice start
LAK 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.

VGK goalLAK goal

Expected goals

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

VGKLAK

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.

LAK
Warren Foegele
1 G, 1 A · 15:21 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing +0.35 · Playmaking +0.23
+0.79
LAK
2 G, 0 A · 15:53 TOI
Finishing +0.74
+0.73
VGK
0 G, 1 A · 16:34 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Playmaking +0.16 · Penalties +0.20 · Faceoffs +0.06
+0.53

Rough nights

VGK
Ilya Samsonov
59:43 TOI
GSAx −3.50
−3.50
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 12:17 TOI
On-ice −0.17 · Finishing −0.15
−0.36
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 17:31 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Playmaking −0.07 · Penalties −0.20
−0.36

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVGK–LAKWin prob.
P1 10:30 LAKTrevor MoorePP
from Quinton Byfield, Jordan Spence
0–154% → 70%
P2 10:26 VGKBrayden McNabb
from Tomas Hertl, Kaedan Korczak
1–126% → 47%
P2 16:41 VGKMark Stone
from Noah Hanifin, Brett Howden
2–147% → 71%
P3 0:42 LAKTrevor Moore
from Warren Foegele, Darcy Kuemper
2–227% → 52%
P3 8:31 LAKWarren Foegele
from Quinton Byfield
2–353% → 82%
P3 15:28 LAKJoel Edmundson
from Adrian Kempe, Quinton Byfield
2–489% → 99%
P3 17:41 LAKKevin Fiala
from Adrian Kempe, Quinton Byfield
2–5100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tomas Hertl C16:341+0.53+0.13−0.00+0.16−0.01+0.20+0.06
Noah Hanifin D22:161+0.38+0.20−0.02+0.20−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brayden McNabb D19:121+0.31−0.14+0.44+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Raphael Lavoie C12:19+0.21+0.08−0.11+0.04+0.00+0.20+0.00
Mark Stone R14:401+0.03+0.02+0.21−0.02+0.01−0.20+0.01
Zach Whitecloud D16:45−0.03−0.03+0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brett Howden C11:571−0.05−0.01−0.07+0.06−0.00+0.00−0.03
Brandon Saad L11:34−0.06−0.02−0.05+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ivan Barbashev L14:24−0.08−0.02−0.00−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Victor Olofsson R14:13−0.09−0.01−0.02−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Pietrangelo D23:24−0.12−0.05−0.01−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Eichel C21:05−0.14+0.00−0.07−0.04+0.01+0.00−0.04
Pavel Dorofeyev L16:48−0.15+0.08−0.01−0.03+0.02−0.20+0.00
Kaedan Korczak D17:121−0.17−0.14−0.06+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R15:04−0.25−0.17−0.00−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Roy C15:20−0.33−0.17−0.10−0.05−0.01+0.00−0.01
Nicolas Hague D17:31−0.36−0.09+0.00−0.07−0.00−0.20+0.00
Tanner Pearson L12:17−0.36−0.17−0.15−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ilya Samsonov G59:43−3.50

LAK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Warren Foegele L15:2111+0.79+0.21+0.35+0.23+0.00+0.00−0.01
Trevor Moore L15:532+0.73+0.01+0.74−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Adrian Kempe R20:562+0.51−0.07−0.04+0.42−0.00+0.20+0.00
Joel Edmundson D22:311+0.50+0.00+0.47+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kevin Fiala L21:521+0.34−0.07+0.41+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Jordan Spence D9:321+0.17+0.05+0.00+0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Turcotte C7:54+0.16−0.03−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.20+0.01
Phillip Danault C18:17+0.16+0.10−0.02+0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandt Clarke D8:13+0.14+0.10+0.00+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikey Anderson D19:20+0.12+0.05+0.00+0.03+0.03+0.00+0.00
Quinton Byfield R20:284+0.10−0.02−0.08+0.62+0.02−0.40−0.04
Jacob Moverare D12:42+0.08+0.09+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Anze Kopitar C18:27+0.04+0.00−0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.06
Tanner Jeannot L10:19+0.04+0.06−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Trevor Lewis C10:16−0.00+0.02−0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Vladislav Gavrikov D18:07−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Drew Doughty D23:55−0.01−0.03−0.06+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Laferriere R19:57−0.07+0.06−0.09−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Darcy Kuemper G60:00+0.07

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.