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2025-11-18 · Little Caesars Arena

2 – 4Final

DET beat SEA 4–2. DET also won the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 1.7: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Emmitt Finnie scored on the power play at 10:56 of the second, moving DET’s win probability from 54% to 74%.

Shots on goal
22 – 27
Expected goals
1.7 – 3.1
xG share
DET 64%
Home-ice start
DET 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.

SEA goalDET goal

Expected goals

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

SEADET

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.

DET
1 G, 1 A · 19:53 TOI
On-ice +0.24 · Finishing +0.68
+0.94
SEA
Ryker Evans
1 G, 0 A · 14:03 TOI
Finishing +0.91
+0.88
DET
Emmitt Finnie
1 G, 0 A · 11:36 TOI
Finishing +0.71 · Penalties +0.19
+0.87

Rough nights

SEA
0 G, 0 A · 24:51 TOI
On-ice −0.32 · Finishing −0.16 · Penalties −0.19
−0.68
SEA
Jani Nyman
0 G, 0 A · 9:30 TOI
Finishing −0.28 · Penalties −0.19
−0.54
SEA
0 G, 0 A · 16:52 TOI
On-ice −0.35 · Finishing −0.18
−0.53

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSEA–DETWin prob.
P1 19:02 SEAJordan EberlePP
from Matty Beniers, Eeli Tolvanen
1–048% → 65%
P2 1:19 DETLucas Raymond
from Alex DeBrincat, Moritz Seider
1–134% → 53%
P2 2:04 DETNate Danielson
from Mason Appleton, Axel Sandin-Pellikka
1–253% → 72%
P2 7:26 SEARyker Evans
from Eeli Tolvanen, Shane Wright
2–227% → 47%
P2 10:56 DETEmmitt FinniePP
from Nate Danielson, Andrew Copp
2–354% → 74%
P3 19:30 DETDylan LarkinEN
from Lucas Raymond, Alex DeBrincat
2–496% → 100%

Every player

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SEA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ryker Evans D14:031+0.88−0.02+0.91−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Eberle R19:321+0.57−0.13+0.69+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tye Kartye L11:35+0.09−0.10+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C13:35−0.06−0.09−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.02
Ryan Winterton C11:19−0.10−0.11+0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Shane Wright C13:261−0.10−0.06−0.04−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.01
Matty Beniers C19:441−0.12−0.12+0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Berkly Catton C13:05−0.19−0.14+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.04
Ryan Lindgren D21:26−0.19−0.14−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Larsson D21:08−0.22−0.21+0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Mason Marchment L17:55−0.23−0.03−0.22+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.01
Chandler Stephenson C19:34−0.26−0.33−0.17−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.05
Vince Dunn D21:38−0.27−0.27−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jamie Oleksiak D14:17−0.27−0.03−0.23−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Eeli Tolvanen R14:352−0.39−0.04−0.36−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jaden Schwartz C16:52−0.53−0.35−0.18−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jani Nyman R9:30−0.54−0.03−0.28−0.01−0.00−0.19−0.02
Brandon Montour D24:51−0.68−0.32−0.16−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joey Daccord G71:00−0.30

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Lucas Raymond L19:5311+0.94+0.24+0.68+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Emmitt Finnie C11:361+0.87−0.01+0.71−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.01
Nate Danielson C11:2711+0.74+0.04+0.69−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
James van Riemsdyk L10:35+0.15+0.15−0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Larkin C22:131+0.10+0.25−0.21+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.03
Michael Rasmussen C12:05+0.06+0.06+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Travis Hamonic D14:28+0.06+0.06+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Albert Johansson D14:56+0.03+0.04+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L15:44+0.02+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.03+0.00−0.03
Alex DeBrincat R20:242+0.01+0.33−0.36+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Simon Edvinsson D23:26+0.00+0.21+0.00−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Moritz Seider D22:501−0.00+0.16−0.18+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mason Appleton C13:411−0.03+0.03−0.06−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Patrick Kane R15:56−0.07+0.02−0.11+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D20:551−0.08+0.17−0.20−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Marco Kasper C13:15−0.09+0.01−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ben Chiarot D20:49−0.10+0.18−0.07−0.02+0.01−0.19+0.00
Andrew Copp C12:351−0.36+0.21−0.58−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Cam Talbot G60:00+0.27

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.