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2025-11-08 · Lenovo Center

3 – 6Final

CAR beat BUF 6–3. Expected goals were close to even (BUF 2.6, CAR 2.8), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Andrei Svechnikov scored on the power play at 4:34 of the second, moving CAR’s win probability from 54% to 72%.

Shots on goal
22 – 35
Expected goals
2.6 – 2.8
xG share
CAR 51%
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.

BUF goalCAR goal

Expected goals

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

BUFCAR

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.

CAR
1 G, 1 A · 11:49 TOI
Finishing +0.41 · Playmaking +0.14
+0.54
CAR
1 G, 1 A · 18:11 TOI
Finishing +0.36 · Playmaking +0.17
+0.52
BUF
1 G, 1 A · 18:37 TOI
Finishing +0.47
+0.49

Rough nights

BUF
71:19 TOI
GSAx −0.79
−0.79
CAR
78:32 TOI
GSAx −0.53
−0.53
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 21:05 TOI
Playmaking −0.12 · Penalties −0.19
−0.29

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–CARWin prob.
P1 5:00 CARSebastian Aho
from Andrei Svechnikov
0–153% → 69%
P1 8:18 BUFOwen Power
from Noah Ostlund
1–130% → 47%
P2 4:34 CARAndrei SvechnikovPP
from K'Andre Miller, Nikolaj Ehlers
1–254% → 72%
P2 11:39 CARJesperi Kotkaniemi
from Joel Nystrom, Taylor Hall
1–374% → 89%
P3 0:29 CAREric Robinson
from Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Charles Alexis Legault
1–492% → 98%
P3 3:23 BUFAlex Tuch
from Tage Thompson
2–41% → 7%
P3 6:49 BUFTage Thompson
from Ryan McLeod, Alex Tuch
3–45% → 19%
P3 17:56 CARSeth JarvisEN
from Jordan Staal
3–593% → 100%
P3 18:32 CARCharles Alexis LegaultEN
from Sebastian Aho
3–6100% → 100%

Every player

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BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alex Tuch R18:3711+0.49+0.02+0.47+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tage Thompson C18:5911+0.35+0.05+0.14+0.22−0.02+0.00−0.04
Owen Power D22:081+0.22−0.04+0.36−0.07−0.03+0.00+0.00
Josh Doan R15:15+0.14−0.00−0.00−0.06+0.01+0.19+0.00
Ryan McLeod C19:231+0.14+0.04−0.12+0.21−0.01+0.00+0.02
Noah Ostlund C9:331+0.11−0.10−0.00+0.23−0.00+0.00−0.02
Michael Kesselring D17:29+0.03+0.05+0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mattias Samuelsson D23:35−0.04+0.06−0.13+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Beck Malenstyn L11:17−0.04−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Dunne C9:38−0.04−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Isak Rosen R13:54−0.04−0.05−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jack Quinn R17:17−0.05+0.02−0.03−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.02
Jacob Bryson D13:22−0.11+0.06+0.00+0.02−0.00−0.19+0.00
Peyton Krebs C16:23−0.11−0.09−0.01−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.02
Tyson Kozak C14:11−0.17+0.03−0.15−0.08+0.01+0.00+0.02
Conor Timmins D20:22−0.18+0.07−0.01−0.04−0.00−0.19+0.00
Jordan Greenway L15:04−0.22+0.06−0.24−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Bowen Byram D21:30−0.29−0.12−0.10−0.03−0.04+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alex Lyon G71:19−0.79

CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C11:4911+0.54−0.00+0.41+0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00
Andrei Svechnikov R18:1111+0.52+0.00+0.36+0.17−0.02+0.00+0.00
Sebastian Aho C20:0111+0.31+0.03+0.11+0.01−0.03+0.19+0.01
Eric Robinson L12:221+0.26+0.05+0.24−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Taylor Hall L15:571+0.15−0.02−0.12+0.10−0.00+0.19+0.00
Joel Nystrom D16:231+0.10+0.05−0.06+0.11+0.00+0.00+0.00
Charles Alexis Legault D18:2111+0.10+0.09−0.01+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
K'Andre Miller D20:311+0.08−0.07−0.08+0.25−0.02+0.00+0.00
Nikolaj Ehlers L11:361+0.04−0.03−0.01+0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Seth Jarvis R17:491+0.04+0.05−0.00−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.01
William Carrier L13:20−0.03+0.04−0.00−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Nikishin D21:39−0.04−0.01−0.05+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jordan Martinook L15:30−0.09−0.01−0.02−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.02
Logan Stankoven C14:16−0.12−0.01−0.03−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.04
Sean Walker D21:09−0.19−0.09−0.01−0.07−0.03+0.00+0.00
Jackson Blake R14:30−0.20−0.07−0.10−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Jordan Staal C16:271−0.27−0.04−0.20−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.03
Mike Reilly D21:05−0.29+0.02−0.01−0.12+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Pyotr Kochetkov G78:32−0.53

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.