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2025-11-26 · Honda Center

5 – 4Final

VAN beat ANA 5–4. VAN lost the expected-goals battle 3.8 to 5.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Max Sasson scored at 15:58 of the third, moving VAN’s win probability from 49% to 88%.

Shots on goal
28 – 41
Expected goals
3.8 – 5.1
xG share
ANA 57%
Home-ice start
ANA 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 goalANA goal

Expected goals

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

VANANA

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.

ANA
1 G, 2 A · 25:42 TOI
On-ice +0.15 · Finishing +0.73
+0.86
ANA
1 G, 1 A · 18:47 TOI
Finishing +0.76
+0.80
VAN
Max Sasson
1 G, 1 A · 7:58 TOI
On-ice +0.19 · Finishing +0.80 · Penalties −0.19
+0.78

Rough nights

VAN
0 G, 1 A · 21:28 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Finishing −0.44 · Penalties −0.19
−0.66
ANA
Nikita Nesterenko
0 G, 0 A · 11:22 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing −0.41 · Penalties −0.19
−0.54
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 16:14 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing −0.37 · Penalties −0.19
−0.52

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–ANAWin prob.
P1 9:49 VANLinus Karlsson
from Max Sasson, Marcus Pettersson
1–047% → 64%
P1 11:47 VANEvander KanePP
from Tom Willander, Filip Hronek
2–065% → 77%
P2 0:09 ANAJackson LaCombePP
from Cutter Gauthier
2–120% → 34%
P2 9:04 VANConor Garland
from Brock Boeser, Tom Willander
3–168% → 84%
P2 16:19 ANALeo Carlsson
from Troy Terry, Olen Zellweger
3–213% → 29%
P2 18:34 ANAMason McTavish
from Beckett Sennecke, Jackson LaCombe
3–328% → 53%
P3 15:58 VANMax Sasson
from Filip Hronek, Quinn Hughes
4–349% → 88%
P3 18:08 VANDrew O'ConnorEN
from Elias Pettersson
5–393% → 100%
P3 19:53 ANACutter GauthierPP
from Jackson LaCombe, Chris Kreider
5–40% → 4%

Every player

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VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Max Sasson C7:5811+0.78+0.19+0.80−0.02−0.00−0.19+0.00
Conor Garland R23:051+0.68+0.03+0.60+0.02+0.04+0.00−0.01
Quinn Hughes D24:521+0.42+0.17−0.15+0.07−0.06+0.39+0.00
Linus Karlsson C7:261+0.29−0.08+0.59−0.01−0.01−0.19−0.01
Evander Kane L16:251+0.17−0.17+0.57+0.01−0.04−0.19+0.00
Kiefer Sherwood L15:28+0.11+0.16−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D21:081+0.09+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Arshdeep Bains L4:58+0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Filip Hronek D24:252−0.03+0.06−0.08+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Elias Pettersson D11:25−0.07−0.18−0.06−0.00−0.02+0.19+0.00
Tom Willander D14:482−0.17−0.14+0.00−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Tyler Myers D20:37−0.20+0.01−0.21−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Aatu Räty C7:16−0.30−0.09+0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19−0.01
Brock Boeser R20:521−0.30+0.10−0.38+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Drew O'Connor L11:251−0.30+0.04−0.14−0.02−0.01−0.19+0.01
Jake DeBrusk L18:20−0.30−0.12−0.21−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.01
David Kampf C16:14−0.52+0.10−0.37−0.03−0.01−0.19−0.02
Elias Pettersson C21:281−0.66−0.09−0.44+0.03+0.00−0.19+0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Nikita Tolopilo G69:48+0.53

ANA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jackson LaCombe D25:4212+0.86+0.15+0.73−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Cutter Gauthier L18:4711+0.80+0.03+0.76+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mason McTavish C15:271+0.27+0.03+0.19+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.06
Leo Carlsson C23:021+0.26−0.01+0.33−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.04
Jansen Harkins C7:18+0.10+0.12−0.18−0.03+0.01+0.19−0.01
Ross Johnston L9:49+0.07+0.08+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Drew Helleson D15:53−0.02+0.12−0.10−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Radko Gudas D13:58−0.02+0.10−0.15+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Strome C14:15−0.02+0.03−0.07+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
Beckett Sennecke R17:181−0.13−0.06−0.46+0.00−0.01+0.39+0.00
Pavel Mintyukov D15:08−0.20−0.07−0.09−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Olen Zellweger D20:081−0.21−0.11−0.09−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Chris Kreider L18:331−0.26+0.01−0.25−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jacob Trouba D19:15−0.28−0.31+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Killorn L17:10−0.28−0.04−0.22−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Troy Terry R19:231−0.40−0.08−0.12+0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Frank Vatrano R13:11−0.47−0.05−0.39−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nikita Nesterenko C11:22−0.54+0.07−0.41−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Petr Mrazek G77:20−0.26

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.