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2025-02-27 · Capital One Arena

5 – 2Final

STL beat WSH 5–2. STL also won the expected-goals battle 2.3 to 1.9: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Dylan Holloway scored at 17:23 of the second, moving STL’s win probability from 47% to 71%. Charlie Lindgren allowed 1.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
19 – 18
Expected goals
2.3 – 1.9
xG share
STL 54%
Home-ice start
WSH 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.

STL goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

STLWSH

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.

STL
2 G, 0 A · 21:24 TOI
Finishing +1.63
+1.63
STL
1 G, 0 A · 19:13 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing +0.55
+0.77
STL
1 G, 0 A · 15:52 TOI
Finishing +0.65
+0.69

Rough nights

WSH
58:36 TOI
GSAx −1.66
−1.66
STL
0 G, 2 A · 19:21 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing −0.56 · Penalties −0.20
−0.61
STL
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.59
−0.59

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSTL–WSHWin prob.
P1 11:14 STLPhilip Broberg
from Mathieu Joseph
1–047% → 64%
P1 15:04 WSHPierre-Luc Dubois
from Taylor Raddysh, Connor McMichael
1–135% → 53%
P1 17:45 STLPhilip Broberg
from Jake Neighbours, Pavel Buchnevich
2–147% → 65%
P2 16:55 WSHConnor McMichael
from Matt Roy, Ethen Frank
2–230% → 53%
P2 17:23 STLDylan Holloway
from Ryan Suter, Brayden Schenn
3–247% → 71%
P2 17:58 STLColton Parayko
from Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas
4–272% → 88%
P3 18:05 STLJake NeighboursEN
from Brayden Schenn, Radek Faksa
5–2100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

STL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Philip Broberg D21:242+1.63−0.03+1.63+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Colton Parayko D19:131+0.77+0.21+0.55+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Holloway L15:521+0.69+0.03+0.65+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Robert Thomas C20:491+0.20+0.09−0.00+0.06+0.00+0.00+0.05
Jake Neighbours L17:3511+0.18+0.21−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mathieu Joseph R11:071+0.11+0.02−0.11−0.00+0.01+0.20+0.00
Cam Fowler D19:10+0.10+0.11+0.01−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Radek Faksa C13:151+0.09+0.05−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.05
Brayden Schenn C15:392+0.09+0.05−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.04
Ryan Suter D19:061+0.07+0.04+0.01−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Nick Leddy D18:05+0.03+0.03+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Faulk D21:13−0.03−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Oskar Sundqvist C12:42−0.06−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Alexey Toropchenko R12:51−0.10+0.06−0.16−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R11:43−0.16+0.01−0.17−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nathan Walker L12:48−0.19−0.04−0.16−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jordan Kyrou R14:07−0.31−0.00−0.12+0.00−0.00−0.20+0.00
Pavel Buchnevich L19:212−0.61+0.11−0.56+0.03+0.00−0.20+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joel Hofer G60:00−0.59

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Connor McMichael L18:2511+0.68−0.06+0.74+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Luc Dubois C20:021+0.68−0.00+0.75+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.07
John Carlson D23:21+0.17−0.04−0.00+0.02−0.01+0.20+0.00
Rasmus Sandin D18:39+0.00−0.17−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.20+0.00
Ethen Frank R13:141+0.00−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D17:18−0.01−0.04+0.01+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jakub Vrana L9:22−0.03+0.03−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Taylor Raddysh R16:451−0.05−0.04−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jakob Chychrun D21:22−0.05−0.04−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Martin Fehérváry D16:12−0.07−0.06+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Roy D19:241−0.09−0.01−0.08+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nic Dowd C14:39−0.11+0.00−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Brandon Duhaime R13:53−0.12+0.02−0.14−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C11:31−0.13−0.09−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Aliaksei Protas L14:30−0.21−0.07−0.14+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Andrew Mangiapane L11:38−0.23−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.20+0.00
Dylan Strome C18:25−0.26−0.18−0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.06
Alex Ovechkin L20:44−0.51−0.16−0.37+0.04−0.03+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Charlie Lindgren G58:36−1.66

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.