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2025-11-15 · Capital One Arena

3 – 2Final/SO

NJD beat WSH 3–2 in a shootout. NJD also won the expected-goals battle 3.6 to 2.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Alex Ovechkin scored at 8:29 of the third, moving WSH’s win probability from 22% to 52%. Jake Allen saved 1.6 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
31 – 31
Expected goals
3.6 – 2.8
xG share
NJD 57%
Home-ice start
WSH 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.

NJD goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

NJDWSH

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.

NJD
65:00 TOI
GSAx +1.59
+1.59
NJD
0 G, 0 A · 26:02 TOI
On-ice +0.46 · Finishing −0.30 · Shootout +1.01
+1.17
NJD
1 G, 1 A · 26:04 TOI
Finishing +0.76 · Suppression −0.05
+0.71

Rough nights

WSH
0 G, 0 A · 20:45 TOI
On-ice −0.53 · Finishing −0.56
−1.07
WSH
0 G, 1 A · 28:22 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing −0.65
−0.57
WSH
0 G, 0 A · 17:20 TOI
On-ice −0.25 · Penalties −0.19
−0.48

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNJD–WSHWin prob.
P1 5:05 NJDArseny GritsyukPP
from Luke Hughes, Paul Cotter
1–047% → 63%
P1 17:46 NJDLuke Hughes
from Brenden Dillon, Jesper Bratt
2–065% → 79%
P3 1:00 WSHConnor McMichael
from Alex Ovechkin, Jakob Chychrun
2–110% → 27%
P3 8:29 WSHAlex Ovechkin
from Connor McMichael, Dylan Strome
2–222% → 52%

Every player

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NJD

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Simon Nemec D26:02+1.17+0.46−0.30−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+1.01
Luke Hughes D26:0411+0.71+0.02+0.76−0.02−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jesper Bratt L22:001+0.32+0.20−0.68+0.04−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.79
Arseny Gritsyuk R18:341+0.29+0.03+0.76−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.49
Ondrej Palat L13:53+0.26+0.14−0.09+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Luke Glendening C8:11+0.12+0.07+0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.07−0.00
Colton White D13:29−0.02+0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nathan Légaré R8:15−0.05−0.04+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Dennis Cholowski D14:42−0.06+0.00−0.05−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonas Siegenthaler D19:57−0.06−0.04−0.04−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Shane Lachance L7:25−0.06−0.07+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Stefan Noesen R14:10−0.07+0.15−0.22−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Juho Lammikko C12:06−0.15+0.08−0.18−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.02−0.00
Brenden Dillon D19:201−0.22−0.16−0.03−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dawson Mercer C23:18−0.27−0.19−0.25−0.01+0.00+0.19−0.01−0.00
Timo Meier R24:22−0.38+0.20−0.58+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
Nico Hischier C24:14−0.39−0.01−0.37+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
Paul Cotter C16:581−0.48−0.14−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02−0.32
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G65:00+1.59

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Dylan Strome C19:481+0.58+0.17−0.20+0.04−0.01+0.00−0.08+0.66
Matt Roy D24:28+0.20+0.23−0.05+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Leonard R9:29−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ethen Frank R10:34−0.02−0.01−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D16:13−0.03−0.07+0.00+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Duhaime R12:40−0.05−0.05+0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Justin Sourdif C15:07−0.08+0.13−0.26+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.04−0.00
Declan Chisholm D15:53−0.09−0.09+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor McMichael L18:3211−0.10−0.02+0.40+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.49
Aliaksei Protas L22:03−0.15+0.01−0.15+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Alex Ovechkin L17:3811−0.17−0.36+0.67+0.05−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.49
Rasmus Sandin D18:39−0.21−0.20+0.00+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C8:04−0.27−0.03−0.23−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Martin Fehérváry D19:37−0.40−0.33−0.05−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R13:58−0.42−0.02−0.03−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.02−0.20
Nic Dowd C17:20−0.48−0.25+0.00−0.03+0.00−0.19−0.01−0.00
Jakob Chychrun D28:221−0.57+0.08−0.65+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tom Wilson R20:45−1.07−0.53−0.56+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Logan Thompson G65:00+0.46

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.