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2025-04-08 · American Airlines Center

6 – 5Final/OT

VAN beat DAL 6–5 in overtime. VAN also won the expected-goals battle 4.3 to 3.9: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Kiefer Sherwood scored at 3:44 of overtime, moving VAN’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Casey DeSmith allowed 1.9 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
32 – 28
Expected goals
4.3 – 3.9
xG share
VAN 52%
Home-ice start
DAL 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 goalDAL goal

Expected goals

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

VANDAL

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
2 G, 0 A · 21:31 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing +1.16 · Faceoffs −0.08
+1.23
VAN
Aatu Räty
1 G, 1 A · 12:54 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +0.68 · Penalties +0.20
+1.00
VAN
Victor Mancini
1 G, 0 A · 15:12 TOI
Finishing +0.79
+0.77

Rough nights

DAL
63:44 TOI
GSAx −1.90
−1.90
VAN
Linus Karlsson
0 G, 1 A · 10:40 TOI
Finishing −0.53
−0.51
VAN
Dakota Joshua
0 G, 0 A · 12:56 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing −0.58
−0.50

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–DALWin prob.
P1 13:48 DALMikko RantanenPP
from Wyatt Johnston, Thomas Harley
0–154% → 71%
P1 18:01 DALMason MarchmentPP
from Jamie Benn, Mikael Granlund
0–272% → 85%
P2 7:28 DALMatt DuchenePP
from Jamie Benn, Mikael Granlund
0–388% → 96%
P3 0:17 VANJake DeBruskPP
from Conor Garland, Quinn Hughes
1–32% → 8%
P3 4:39 VANVictor ManciniPP
from Aatu Räty, Linus Karlsson
2–37% → 22%
P3 17:15 DALMavrik Bourque
from Jason Robertson, Cody Ceci
2–492% → 99%
P3 17:39 DALMikael GranlundEN
from Esa Lindell, Matt Duchene
2–5100% → 100%
P3 19:00 VANAatu Räty
from Marcus Pettersson
3–50% → 0%
P3 19:30 VANPius SuterPP
from Conor Garland, Filip Hronek
4–50% → 3%
P3 19:53 VANPius SuterPP
from Filip Hronek, Quinn Hughes
5–53% → 49%
OT 3:44 VANKiefer Sherwood
from Conor Garland
6–548% → 100%

Every player

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VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Pius Suter C21:312+1.23+0.16+1.16−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.08
Aatu Räty C12:5411+1.00+0.17+0.68−0.02+0.01+0.20−0.03
Victor Mancini D15:121+0.77−0.00+0.79−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kiefer Sherwood L12:321+0.61+0.19+0.62+0.00−0.01−0.20+0.00
Jake DeBrusk L18:221+0.45+0.07+0.37−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Conor Garland R22:163+0.14+0.21−0.10+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Quinn Hughes D31:282+0.03+0.17−0.16+0.06−0.04+0.00+0.00
Derek Forbort D14:06+0.02+0.03+0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brock Boeser R23:13+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Elias Pettersson D14:58−0.02+0.16−0.15−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Teddy Blueger C14:41−0.04−0.02−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Nils Hoglander L16:36−0.07+0.03−0.12−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Drew O'Connor L11:11−0.09−0.06−0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D22:111−0.12+0.05+0.00+0.01+0.01−0.20+0.00
Filip Hronek D24:102−0.14+0.21−0.15+0.01−0.02−0.20+0.01
Max Sasson C12:36−0.16−0.09−0.03−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01
Dakota Joshua C12:56−0.50+0.08−0.58−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Linus Karlsson C10:401−0.51+0.03−0.53−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Thatcher Demko G62:43+0.10

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mavrik Bourque C12:341+0.45−0.08+0.54−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Matt Duchene C16:5011+0.31−0.12+0.43+0.03−0.01+0.00−0.02
Mason Marchment L13:121+0.22+0.11+0.10+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Esa Lindell D25:341+0.18+0.14+0.01+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Mikko Rantanen R20:451+0.18−0.31+0.67+0.04−0.00−0.20−0.01
Ilya Lyubushkin D21:09+0.16+0.15+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Roope Hintz C17:49+0.09−0.16−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.20+0.05
Colin Blackwell C13:02+0.03+0.08−0.24−0.01+0.00+0.20+0.00
Lian Bichsel D14:24+0.02−0.08−0.08+0.00−0.02+0.20+0.00
Wyatt Johnston C18:571−0.16+0.08−0.26+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Jamie Benn L14:202−0.18+0.09−0.34+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.05
Evgenii Dadonov L11:16−0.19−0.18−0.00+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jason Robertson L16:041−0.24−0.10−0.16+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Cody Ceci D19:431−0.29−0.25−0.05−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mathew Dumba D14:47−0.31−0.09−0.03+0.02−0.01−0.20+0.00
Sam Steel C14:12−0.37−0.09−0.25−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Mikael Granlund C16:2012−0.37−0.13−0.28+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Thomas Harley D25:151−0.46−0.34−0.12+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Casey DeSmith G63:44−1.90

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.