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2025-03-11 · SAP Center at San Jose

3 – 2Final

NSH beat SJS 3–2. NSH lost the expected-goals battle 2.3 to 2.6 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Kieffer Bellows scored at 6:32 of the third, moving NSH’s win probability from 48% to 77%.

Shots on goal
19 – 27
Expected goals
2.3 – 2.6
xG share
SJS 54%
Home-ice start
SJS 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.

NSH goalSJS goal

Expected goals

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

NSHSJS

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.

NSH
1 G, 1 A · 21:02 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.48 · Penalties +0.20
+0.82
NSH
1 G, 0 A · 19:50 TOI
Finishing +0.78
+0.78
NSH
Kieffer Bellows
1 G, 0 A · 11:41 TOI
Finishing +0.74
+0.73

Rough nights

NSH
Fedor Svechkov
0 G, 1 A · 14:46 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing −0.63
−0.51
SJS
0 G, 0 A · 20:56 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing −0.56
−0.47
SJS
Alexandar Georgiev
58:07 TOI
GSAx −0.46
−0.46

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNSH–SJSWin prob.
P2 8:11 NSHFilip ForsbergPP
from Fedor Svechkov, Nick Blankenburg
1–048% → 68%
P2 15:17 NSHSteven StamkosPP
from Brady Skjei
2–071% → 87%
P3 3:42 SJSPatrick Giles
from Carl Grundstrom
2–18% → 25%
P3 3:56 SJSCollin Graf
from Will Smith
2–225% → 52%
P3 6:32 NSHKieffer Bellows
from Filip Forsberg
3–248% → 77%

Every player

Show both lineups

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Filip Forsberg L21:0211+0.82+0.13+0.48+0.02−0.01+0.20+0.00
Steven Stamkos C19:501+0.78−0.02+0.78+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
Kieffer Bellows L11:411+0.73−0.00+0.74−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Smith L17:31+0.38+0.05−0.06−0.01−0.00+0.40+0.00
Ryan O'Reilly C20:25+0.24−0.07−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.20+0.10
Michael McCarron C16:55+0.09+0.08−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
Spencer Stastney D15:18+0.03+0.03+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Marc Del Gaizo D16:36+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jakub Vrana L12:03+0.00+0.03−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Jonathan Marchessault C19:36−0.06−0.03−0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jordan Oesterle D14:47−0.06−0.06+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brady Skjei D21:451−0.08+0.17−0.04−0.01−0.01−0.20+0.00
Justin Barron D14:18−0.09−0.06+0.01−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Andreas Englund D10:42−0.10−0.11+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Blankenburg D20:141−0.22−0.05−0.16−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Colton Sissons C13:10−0.38−0.11−0.21−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.04
Luke Evangelista R15:47−0.39−0.04−0.35+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Fedor Svechkov C14:461−0.51+0.13−0.63−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Juuse Saros G59:34+0.66

SJS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Collin Graf R15:391+0.62−0.10+0.72−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Patrick Giles R8:261+0.51+0.13+0.39−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jimmy Schuldt D17:22+0.15−0.03−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.20+0.00
Nikolai Kovalenko R10:42−0.03−0.03−0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ty Dellandrea C10:27−0.05−0.04−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Shakir Mukhamadullin D21:17−0.05+0.08−0.12−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D13:44−0.06−0.04−0.02−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Carl Grundstrom R12:151−0.07+0.01−0.06−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
William Eklund L23:02−0.07+0.02−0.28+0.00−0.00+0.20+0.00
Macklin Celebrini C22:36−0.13−0.03−0.09+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Vincent Desharnais D16:53−0.15+0.04+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.20+0.00
Barclay Goodrow C10:24−0.18+0.18−0.15−0.01+0.00−0.20+0.00
Will Smith C17:461−0.19−0.12−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Klim Kostin C12:05−0.22−0.10−0.11−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Timothy Liljegren D17:49−0.27−0.02−0.06+0.01+0.00−0.20+0.00
Alexander Wennberg C19:08−0.36−0.10−0.00−0.00−0.00−0.20−0.05
Mario Ferraro D23:13−0.43+0.02−0.27+0.01+0.01−0.20+0.00
Tyler Toffoli C20:56−0.47+0.09−0.56+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alexandar Georgiev G58:07−0.46

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.