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2025-03-24 · Prudential Center

4 – 3Final/SO

VAN beat NJD 4–3 in a shootout. VAN also won the expected-goals battle 4.1 to 3.2: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Conor Garland scored on the power play at 19:24 of the third, moving VAN’s win probability from 4% to 49%.

Shots on goal
28 – 25
Expected goals
4.1 – 3.2
xG share
VAN 56%
Home-ice start
NJD 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.

VAN goalNJD goal

Expected goals

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

VANNJD

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.

VAN
Jonathan Lekkerimäki
1 G, 0 A · 9:52 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.65 · Shootout +1.01
+1.75
NJD
2 G, 0 A · 20:13 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +1.35 · Shootout −0.49
+0.93
NJD
1 G, 0 A · 15:15 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing +0.58
+0.75

Rough nights

NJD
0 G, 0 A · 24:35 TOI
Finishing −0.12 · Shootout −0.49
−0.70
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 32:13 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing −0.59 · Playmaking +0.06
−0.49
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 13:44 TOI
On-ice −0.19 · Penalties −0.20
−0.43

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–NJDWin prob.
P1 10:09 VANPius Suter
from Marcus Pettersson
1–047% → 64%
P2 10:24 NJDTimo MeierPP
from Dawson Mercer, Jesper Bratt
1–132% → 53%
P3 11:02 NJDTimo Meier
from Brenden Dillon, Nico Hischier
1–252% → 84%
P3 11:47 VANJonathan Lekkerimäki
from Derek Forbort, Nils Aman
2–215% → 48%
P3 13:25 NJDErik Haula
from Brian Dumoulin
2–351% → 86%
P3 19:24 VANConor GarlandPP
from Pius Suter, Jake DeBrusk
3–34% → 49%

Every player

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VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Jonathan Lekkerimäki R9:521+1.75+0.11+0.65−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01+1.01
Jake DeBrusk L21:481+0.59+0.05−0.33+0.00+0.01+0.20+0.00+0.66
Conor Garland R18:531+0.24+0.08+0.52+0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01−0.39
Pius Suter C23:0211+0.24+0.43+0.28−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.03−0.49
Kiefer Sherwood L14:02+0.08−0.11−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.20+0.00−0.00
Marcus Pettersson D19:071+0.05+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Linus Karlsson C11:28+0.05+0.06−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Derek Forbort D15:321−0.04−0.01−0.02−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nils Aman C10:091−0.05+0.09−0.18−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.04−0.00
Tyler Myers D21:57−0.06−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock Boeser R22:58−0.07+0.05−0.13+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Aatu Räty C12:07−0.08+0.07−0.19−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.05−0.00
Victor Mancini D12:23−0.12−0.11+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Drew O'Connor L16:46−0.30+0.02−0.28−0.03−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Filip Hronek D25:48−0.32+0.25−0.56+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dakota Joshua C11:02−0.34−0.19−0.15−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Teddy Blueger C13:44−0.43−0.19−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.20−0.03−0.00
Quinn Hughes D32:13−0.49+0.08−0.59+0.06−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Thatcher Demko G63:36+0.32

NJD

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Timo Meier R20:132+0.93+0.07+1.35+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.49
Erik Haula L15:151+0.75+0.16+0.58−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02−0.00
Tomas Tatar L10:37+0.22+0.13−0.11−0.00+0.00+0.20+0.01−0.00
Brian Dumoulin D18:471+0.16+0.21−0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jesper Bratt L23:281+0.03−0.22−0.34+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.60
Nolan Foote L8:00+0.02+0.04−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Nico Hischier C24:301−0.03+0.05−0.11+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.02−0.00
Dennis Cholowski D15:59−0.03−0.03+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Dowling C8:10−0.12+0.03−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Ondrej Palat L14:20−0.14−0.12−0.04+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D18:57−0.17+0.23+0.01−0.00−0.00−0.40+0.00+0.00
Stefan Noesen R16:05−0.22−0.22−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00
Dawson Mercer C17:251−0.22−0.09−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.04−0.00
Brenden Dillon D20:201−0.23−0.21−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Pesce D24:01−0.38−0.34−0.06+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cody Glass C16:24−0.42−0.21−0.14−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.06−0.00
Paul Cotter C11:54−0.42+0.32−0.39−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.32
Luke Hughes D24:35−0.70−0.04−0.12−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jacob Markstrom G65:00+0.10

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.