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2025-03-01 · Ohio Stadium

3 – 5Final

CBJ beat DET 5–3. CBJ lost the expected-goals battle 2.0 to 3.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Justin Danforth scored at 17:43 of the third, moving CBJ’s win probability from 50% to 93%. Elvis Merzlikins saved 1.7 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
46 – 21
Expected goals
3.5 – 2.0
xG share
DET 63%
Home-ice start
CBJ 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.

DET goalCBJ goal

Expected goals

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

DETCBJ

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.

CBJ
Elvis Merzlikins
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.71
+1.71
DET
2 G, 0 A · 21:11 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing +0.61 · Penalties +0.20
+0.64
CBJ
1 G, 0 A · 17:46 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +0.42
+0.57

Rough nights

DET
59:27 TOI
GSAx −1.52
−1.52
DET
0 G, 0 A · 19:06 TOI
On-ice −0.18 · Finishing −0.24 · Playmaking −0.06
−0.47
CBJ
0 G, 0 A · 25:20 TOI
On-ice −0.22 · Playmaking −0.07 · Penalties −0.20
−0.46

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalDET–CBJWin prob.
P2 5:31 CBJDenton Mateychuk
from Boone Jenner, James van Riemsdyk
0–153% → 73%
P2 13:06 DETAlex DeBrincatPP
from Patrick Kane, Moritz Seider
1–126% → 47%
P2 17:23 CBJDmitri VoronkovPP
from Kent Johnson, Zach Werenski
1–253% → 76%
P2 17:55 CBJMathieu Olivier
from Justin Danforth
1–376% → 91%
P3 3:34 DETPatrick Kane
from Simon Edvinsson, Albert Johansson
2–37% → 21%
P3 16:36 DETAlex DeBrincat
from Erik Gustafsson, Patrick Kane
3–39% → 49%
P3 17:43 CBJJustin Danforth
from Zachary Aston-Reese, Ivan Provorov
3–450% → 93%
P3 18:52 CBJAdam FantilliEN
from Zach Werenski, Boone Jenner
3–595% → 100%

Every player

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DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alex DeBrincat R21:112+0.64−0.12+0.61−0.05+0.00+0.20+0.00
Patrick Kane R20:1612+0.37−0.12+0.27+0.24−0.02+0.00+0.00
Erik Gustafsson D15:571+0.29+0.25−0.00+0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Albert Johansson D19:191+0.01−0.09−0.04−0.05−0.00+0.20+0.00
Simon Edvinsson D20:361+0.01−0.05−0.06+0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Holl D14:14−0.01+0.16−0.04−0.13−0.00+0.00+0.00
Christian Fischer R5:09−0.01+0.02−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marco Kasper C19:37−0.02+0.15−0.01−0.17+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonatan Berggren R10:51−0.03+0.18−0.12−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Elmer Soderblom L9:30−0.05−0.01−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Motte C6:06−0.06−0.02−0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.03
Dylan Larkin C21:58−0.10+0.19−0.21−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joe Veleno C13:23−0.11+0.11−0.09−0.12−0.00+0.00−0.01
Vladimir Tarasenko R15:44−0.16+0.15−0.26−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Chiarot D20:53−0.17−0.04−0.02−0.12+0.01+0.00+0.00
Lucas Raymond L21:29−0.20+0.19−0.36−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Moritz Seider D25:061−0.25+0.04−0.08−0.02+0.00−0.20+0.00
J.T. Compher L19:06−0.47−0.18−0.24−0.06+0.04+0.00−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Cam Talbot G59:27−1.52

CBJ

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Denton Mateychuk D17:461+0.57+0.17+0.42−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Danforth R14:2211+0.55+0.17+0.20+0.21−0.00+0.00−0.02
Mathieu Olivier R14:511+0.53+0.15+0.41−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Zachary Aston-Reese C15:331+0.36+0.22−0.09+0.20+0.03+0.00+0.00
Dmitri Voronkov L17:571+0.22+0.02+0.23−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ivan Provorov D20:441+0.19+0.14+0.00+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kent Johnson C14:081−0.05−0.20−0.00+0.18−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jake Christiansen D13:49−0.10−0.13+0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Damon Severson D12:34−0.10−0.11+0.00+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Kirill Marchenko R17:51−0.10+0.01−0.08−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Kuraly C14:25−0.10−0.09−0.00−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.02
Joseph LaBate C10:24−0.12−0.11−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Mikael Pyyhtia L12:24−0.12−0.12−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Boone Jenner C15:032−0.17−0.28−0.05+0.18−0.01+0.00−0.01
Adam Fantilli C17:431−0.19−0.06−0.09−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.02
Zach Werenski D29:532−0.24−0.22−0.05+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
James van Riemsdyk L12:251−0.25−0.22−0.12+0.08−0.01+0.00+0.01
Dante Fabbro D25:20−0.46−0.22+0.00−0.07+0.02−0.20+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Elvis Merzlikins G60:00+1.71

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.