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2025-04-12 · T-Mobile Arena

3 – 5Final

VGK beat NSH 5–3. VGK also won the expected-goals battle 3.4 to 1.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Noah Hanifin scored at 18:05 of the third, moving VGK’s win probability from 50% to 94%. Adin Hill allowed 1.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
17 – 29
Expected goals
1.8 – 3.4
xG share
VGK 66%
Home-ice start
VGK 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 goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

NSHVGK

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.

VGK
1 G, 1 A · 18:31 TOI
On-ice +0.28 · Finishing +0.69 · Penalties +0.20 · Faceoffs +0.08
+1.24
VGK
1 G, 0 A · 21:39 TOI
On-ice +0.27 · Finishing +0.89
+1.17
NSH
Marc Del Gaizo
1 G, 0 A · 14:43 TOI
Finishing +0.81
+0.83

Rough nights

VGK
60:00 TOI
GSAx −1.31
−1.31
NSH
68:02 TOI
GSAx −1.18
−1.18
NSH
0 G, 0 A · 17:34 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing −0.26 · Penalties −0.20 · Faceoffs −0.08
−0.63

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNSH–VGKWin prob.
P1 8:11 NSHJordan Oesterle
from Luke Evangelista, Michael Bunting
1–047% → 63%
P2 4:02 VGKBrett Howden
from Brayden McNabb, Tanner Pearson
1–134% → 53%
P2 5:36 VGKNicolas Roy
from Keegan Kolesar, Shea Theodore
1–253% → 73%
P2 11:09 VGKAlexander HoltzPP
from William Karlsson, Reilly Smith
1–375% → 89%
P3 1:02 NSHJonathan Marchessault
from Zachary L'Heureux, Justin Barron
2–38% → 22%
P3 4:58 NSHMarc Del Gaizo
from Andreas Englund, Luke Evangelista
3–321% → 48%
P3 18:05 VGKNoah Hanifin
from Zach Whitecloud, Reilly Smith
3–450% → 94%
P3 19:58 VGKIvan BarbashevEN
from Nicolas Roy, Brett Howden
3–598% → 100%

Every player

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NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Marc Del Gaizo D14:431+0.83+0.01+0.81+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Oesterle D22:231+0.72−0.09+0.82−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Marchessault C17:011+0.52−0.19+0.73+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Nick Blankenburg D22:17−0.00−0.20+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.20+0.00
Andreas Englund D13:011−0.02−0.02+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zachary L'Heureux L14:071−0.06−0.00−0.07−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Cole Smith L14:24−0.07+0.01−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael McCarron C15:26−0.13−0.06−0.09−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
Michael Bunting L15:441−0.20−0.06−0.14+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Steven Stamkos C17:44−0.22−0.24−0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matthew Wood R9:12−0.23−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.01−0.20+0.00
Justin Barron D22:551−0.24−0.21+0.01−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Jakub Vrana L10:11−0.25−0.16−0.07−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Fedor Svechkov C12:08−0.32−0.10−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.20−0.01
Luke Evangelista R15:502−0.33−0.07−0.25+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Brady Skjei D22:51−0.34−0.19−0.12−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Filip Forsberg L18:05−0.39−0.35−0.03−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan O'Reilly C17:34−0.63−0.10−0.26−0.00+0.01−0.20−0.08
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Justus Annunen G68:02−1.18

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nicolas Roy C18:3111+1.24+0.28+0.69−0.00−0.00+0.20+0.08
Noah Hanifin D21:391+1.17+0.27+0.89+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexander Holtz R11:101+0.70+0.09+0.61−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Howden C13:5611+0.68+0.08+0.61−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zach Whitecloud D18:431+0.49+0.30+0.01−0.03+0.01+0.20+0.00
Mark Stone R16:28+0.21−0.01−0.00+0.01+0.01+0.20+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R12:111+0.20+0.23−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Shea Theodore D22:421+0.15+0.16−0.02+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brayden McNabb D20:551+0.09+0.14−0.06−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ivan Barbashev L18:371+0.06+0.20−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Hutton D15:57−0.03−0.03+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kaedan Korczak D15:09−0.03−0.03−0.02−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brandon Saad L16:23−0.14+0.04−0.16−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Reilly Smith R13:522−0.14+0.06−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.20+0.00
William Karlsson C16:081−0.22+0.03−0.27+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.02
Tomas Hertl C17:30−0.28+0.03−0.27−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01
Pavel Dorofeyev L17:52−0.30+0.03−0.32−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tanner Pearson L11:511−0.40+0.08−0.46−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Adin Hill G60:00−1.31

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.