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2025-03-28 · United Center

5 – 3Final

VGK beat CHI 5–3. VGK lost the expected-goals battle 2.0 to 2.4 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Pavel Dorofeyev scored on the power play at 16:49 of the third, moving VGK’s win probability from 51% to 90%. Spencer Knight allowed 2.1 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
22 – 21
Expected goals
2.0 – 2.4
xG share
CHI 54%
Home-ice start
CHI 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.

VGK goalCHI goal

Expected goals

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

VGKCHI

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.

CHI
3 G, 0 A · 19:55 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +2.27 · Penalties +0.20 · Faceoffs +0.07
+2.64
VGK
2 G, 0 A · 13:36 TOI
Finishing +1.44
+1.40
VGK
1 G, 1 A · 18:55 TOI
On-ice +0.26 · Finishing +0.57 · Penalties +0.20
+1.07

Rough nights

CHI
58:15 TOI
GSAx −2.14
−2.14
VGK
60:00 TOI
GSAx −1.32
−1.32
VGK
0 G, 1 A · 16:10 TOI
Finishing −0.52
−0.49

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVGK–CHIWin prob.
P1 16:15 CHIRyan Donato
from Ethan Del Mastro, Ilya Mikheyev
0–153% → 71%
P2 6:41 VGKMark Stone
from Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel
1–127% → 47%
P2 7:34 VGKVictor Olofsson
from William Karlsson, Keegan Kolesar
2–147% → 68%
P2 16:14 CHIRyan DonatoPP
from Joe Veleno, Wyatt Kaiser
2–230% → 53%
P2 16:29 CHIRyan Donato
from Ilya Mikheyev, Connor Bedard
2–353% → 76%
P3 2:06 VGKVictor Olofsson
from Reilly Smith, William Karlsson
3–322% → 48%
P3 16:49 VGKPavel DorofeyevPP
from Noah Hanifin, William Karlsson
4–351% → 90%
P3 19:16 VGKBrett HowdenEN
from Mark Stone
5–395% → 100%

Every player

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VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Victor Olofsson R13:362+1.40−0.02+1.44−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mark Stone R18:5511+1.07+0.26+0.57+0.03+0.01+0.20+0.00
Pavel Dorofeyev L14:551+0.76−0.07+0.82−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack Eichel C19:211+0.19+0.18−0.00+0.05+0.01+0.00−0.05
Noah Hanifin D20:511+0.13+0.16−0.04+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brett Howden C14:191+0.08+0.07−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Zach Whitecloud D17:50+0.03+0.04+0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
William Karlsson C16:423+0.03−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.03
Reilly Smith R14:241+0.01+0.05−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Hague D20:15−0.05−0.01−0.04+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brayden McNabb D20:25−0.06−0.07+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Roy C13:22−0.07−0.24−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.20−0.02
Tanner Pearson L11:08−0.08−0.06−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kaedan Korczak D18:57−0.12−0.09−0.05+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R13:311−0.13−0.11−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Saad L14:11−0.17−0.12−0.04−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Shea Theodore D19:08−0.36−0.06−0.11+0.01+0.00−0.20+0.00
Ivan Barbashev L16:101−0.49+0.04−0.52−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Adin Hill G60:00−1.32

CHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ryan Donato C19:553+2.64+0.11+2.27+0.00−0.01+0.20+0.07
Connor Murphy D21:27+0.12+0.13−0.02+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Wyatt Kaiser D20:131+0.11+0.18−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ethan Del Mastro D17:531+0.07+0.07+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Philipp Kurashev C9:12+0.01+0.04−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kevin Korchinski D19:23+0.01+0.04−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Connor Bedard C19:321−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01
Lukas Reichel L9:15−0.01+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Patrick Maroon L10:55−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Landon Slaggert L12:55−0.09−0.08−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Foligno L17:42−0.10−0.09−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Tyler Bertuzzi L14:18−0.11−0.09−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joe Veleno C16:241−0.11+0.06−0.13−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.02
Alex Vlasic D18:28−0.15−0.12−0.05+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Teuvo Teravainen C16:33−0.25−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.20+0.00
Frank Nazar C16:28−0.29+0.01−0.30−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Ilya Mikheyev R17:592−0.34+0.08−0.44+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Artyom Levshunov D20:21−0.41−0.19+0.01+0.00−0.03−0.20+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Spencer Knight G58:15−2.14

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.