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2025-03-04 · Little Caesars Arena

2 – 1Final

CAR beat DET 2–1. CAR also won the expected-goals battle 4.0 to 3.1: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Jordan Martinook scored at 18:59 of the first, moving CAR’s win probability from 47% to 65%. Frederik Andersen saved 2.2 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
30 – 25
Expected goals
4.0 – 3.1
xG share
CAR 56%
Home-ice start
DET 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.

CAR goalDET goal

Expected goals

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

CARDET

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.

CAR
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.18
+2.18
DET
57:22 TOI
GSAx +1.66
+1.66
DET
Elmer Soderblom
1 G, 0 A · 16:19 TOI
Finishing +0.75 · Penalties +0.20
+0.92

Rough nights

DET
0 G, 0 A · 15:44 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing −0.35 · Penalties −0.20
−0.64
DET
0 G, 0 A · 17:03 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing −0.45
−0.52
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 9:10 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.22 · Penalties −0.20
−0.52

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCAR–DETWin prob.
P1 18:59 CARJordan Martinook
from Jalen Chatfield
1–047% → 65%
P2 1:29 CARJordan Staal
from Jordan Martinook, Shayne Gostisbehere
2–066% → 81%
P3 10:05 DETElmer Soderblom
unassisted
2–14% → 20%

Every player

Show both lineups

CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jordan Martinook L15:5111+0.77−0.03+0.80−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.02
Jordan Staal C15:561+0.75+0.02+0.76−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
Jaccob Slavin D23:24+0.41+0.18+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.20+0.00
Brent Burns D21:50+0.14+0.13−0.02+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C15:24+0.07+0.04−0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.06
Jalen Chatfield D19:331+0.05+0.10−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack Roslovic C9:23+0.04+0.01−0.16−0.00−0.01+0.20+0.00
Dmitry Orlov D19:41+0.03+0.03+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sebastian Aho C19:45−0.02+0.19−0.24+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.02
Mikko Rantanen R17:50−0.03+0.18−0.25+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Walker D16:50−0.10+0.02−0.09−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Tyson Jost C7:59−0.14−0.03−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Shayne Gostisbehere D16:471−0.18+0.02−0.20+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Seth Jarvis R19:56−0.30+0.12−0.41−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Andrei Svechnikov R14:50−0.47+0.05−0.13+0.02−0.01−0.40+0.00
Taylor Hall L14:07−0.48+0.07−0.58+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jackson Blake R15:44−0.49+0.10−0.59+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Eric Robinson L9:10−0.52−0.08−0.22−0.01−0.01−0.20+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Frederik Andersen G60:00+2.18

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Elmer Soderblom L16:191+0.92−0.02+0.75−0.00+0.00+0.20−0.01
Jonatan Berggren R10:52+0.01−0.01−0.17−0.00+0.00+0.20−0.01
Tyler Motte C7:02−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Christian Fischer R10:08−0.05−0.03−0.24−0.01+0.01+0.20+0.01
Albert Johansson D17:51−0.06−0.03−0.01−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Holl D14:02−0.06−0.05−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Chiarot D19:16−0.11−0.07−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex DeBrincat R19:58−0.12−0.14−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joe Veleno C13:48−0.14−0.06−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.06
Simon Edvinsson D22:17−0.15−0.14−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Moritz Seider D21:36−0.22+0.00−0.25+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Patrick Kane R20:28−0.34−0.13−0.08+0.09−0.03−0.20+0.00
Marco Kasper C16:22−0.37−0.11−0.23−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.03
Erik Gustafsson D19:13−0.39−0.14−0.25−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L17:35−0.42−0.12−0.28−0.03+0.05+0.00−0.04
Vladimir Tarasenko R19:04−0.45−0.04−0.42+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Larkin C17:03−0.52−0.10−0.45+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.04
Lucas Raymond L15:44−0.64−0.10−0.35+0.01−0.00−0.20+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alex Lyon G57:22+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.