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2025-03-25 · Lenovo Center

3 – 1Final

NSH beat CAR 3–1. NSH lost the expected-goals battle 1.4 to 3.9 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Michael Bunting scored on the power play at 5:14 of the first, moving NSH’s win probability from 47% to 63%. Juuse Saros saved 3.2 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
16 – 35
Expected goals
1.4 – 3.9
xG share
CAR 74%
Home-ice start
CAR 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 goalCAR goal

Expected goals

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

NSHCAR

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +3.18
+3.18
NSH
2 G, 0 A · 15:07 TOI
Finishing +1.36
+1.35
NSH
1 G, 0 A · 16:41 TOI
Finishing +0.76 · Penalties +0.40
+1.17

Rough nights

CAR
56:38 TOI
GSAx −1.44
−1.44
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 19:04 TOI
On-ice +0.27 · Finishing −0.82
−0.54
NSH
0 G, 0 A · 16:32 TOI
On-ice −0.33 · Penalties −0.20
−0.52

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNSH–CARWin prob.
P1 5:14 NSHMichael BuntingPP
from Kieffer Bellows, Brady Skjei
1–047% → 63%
P2 4:01 NSHLuke Evangelista
from Filip Forsberg, Marc Del Gaizo
2–067% → 82%
P2 6:02 CARTaylor HallPP
from Seth Jarvis, Shayne Gostisbehere
2–118% → 33%
P3 12:48 NSHLuke Evangelista
from Marc Del Gaizo, Ryan O'Reilly
3–183% → 97%

Every player

Show both lineups

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Luke Evangelista R15:072+1.35−0.01+1.36−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Bunting L16:411+1.17+0.03+0.76−0.01−0.01+0.40+0.00
Marc Del Gaizo D21:022+0.05+0.05+0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Filip Forsberg L14:421+0.04−0.14−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.20−0.01
Fedor Svechkov C14:29−0.01+0.04−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.04
Colton Sissons C14:33−0.07−0.11−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.05
Jonathan Marchessault C15:16−0.11−0.09−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Steven Stamkos C14:53−0.17−0.14−0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Kieffer Bellows L11:021−0.20−0.11−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Justin Barron D21:34−0.23+0.00−0.20−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Jordan Oesterle D13:25−0.24−0.23+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan O'Reilly C17:401−0.27−0.21−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.06
Nick Blankenburg D22:15−0.27−0.26−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Smith L15:23−0.36−0.11−0.04−0.01−0.00−0.20+0.00
Zachary L'Heureux L11:43−0.37−0.19−0.18−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brady Skjei D24:521−0.39−0.18−0.19−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Spencer Stastney D13:30−0.47−0.27+0.01−0.00−0.01−0.20+0.00
Michael McCarron C16:32−0.52−0.33−0.00−0.01+0.01−0.20+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Juuse Saros G60:00+3.18

CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Taylor Hall L19:181+0.83+0.10+0.70+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jaccob Slavin D18:04+0.37+0.36−0.02+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brent Burns D19:31+0.29+0.31−0.04+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sean Walker D19:36+0.19+0.00+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.20+0.00
Tyson Jost C8:36+0.17−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.20−0.01
Jordan Staal C12:48+0.09+0.15−0.09−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.05
Eric Robinson L9:34−0.02+0.09−0.09−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C15:08−0.06−0.00−0.23−0.01−0.00+0.20−0.01
Sebastian Aho C22:26−0.06+0.32−0.41+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jordan Martinook L13:26−0.07+0.11−0.16−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jalen Chatfield D17:27−0.10+0.10+0.01−0.01−0.01−0.20+0.00
Dmitry Orlov D19:23−0.12+0.10−0.02+0.01−0.00−0.20+0.00
Jack Roslovic C15:35−0.20+0.05−0.30−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.06
Mark Jankowski L10:45−0.21−0.00−0.18−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.03
Shayne Gostisbehere D22:401−0.25+0.07−0.13+0.02−0.01−0.20+0.00
Seth Jarvis R21:011−0.25+0.23−0.49−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Logan Stankoven C14:54−0.50+0.10−0.58−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jackson Blake R19:04−0.54+0.27−0.82+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Pyotr Kochetkov G56:38−1.44

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.