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2025-11-29 · T-Mobile Arena

3 – 4Final

VGK beat SJS 4–3. VGK also won the expected-goals battle 3.0 to 2.2: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Colton Sissons scored at 5:36 of the second, moving VGK’s win probability from 53% to 73%. Alex Nedeljkovic allowed 1.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
21 – 24
Expected goals
2.2 – 3.0
xG share
VGK 58%
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.

SJS goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

SJSVGK

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
2 G, 0 A · 17:22 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +0.64 · Faceoffs +0.10
+0.78
VGK
1 G, 1 A · 16:31 TOI
On-ice +0.15 · Finishing +0.42 · Playmaking +0.16
+0.73
SJS
2 G, 0 A · 19:53 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing +0.67
+0.50

Rough nights

SJS
58:16 TOI
GSAx −1.33
−1.33
SJS
0 G, 1 A · 20:47 TOI
On-ice −0.21 · Penalties −0.19
−0.45
SJS
0 G, 0 A · 15:56 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing −0.07 · Playmaking −0.05 · Faceoffs −0.05
−0.31

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSJS–VGKWin prob.
P1 7:34 SJSWill Smith
from Tyler Toffoli, Dmitry Orlov
1–047% → 63%
P1 16:13 VGKTomas Hertl
from Pavel Dorofeyev, Ben Hutton
1–135% → 53%
P2 5:36 VGKColton Sissons
from Keegan Kolesar, Cole Reinhardt
1–253% → 73%
P2 7:02 VGKMitch Marner
from Brett Howden, Mark Stone
1–373% → 87%
P2 12:38 VGKTomas HertlPP
from Mitch Marner, Jack Eichel
1–490% → 97%
P2 14:40 SJSWill SmithPP
from Macklin Celebrini
2–43% → 10%
P2 19:35 SJSWilliam Eklund
from Adam Gaudette, Mario Ferraro
3–48% → 23%

Every player

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SJS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Will Smith C19:532+0.50−0.10+0.67−0.04−0.02+0.00−0.01
William Eklund L19:551+0.39+0.04+0.38−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Macklin Celebrini C20:101+0.15−0.04−0.20+0.26−0.01+0.19−0.05
Adam Gaudette R14:431+0.15−0.00−0.00+0.15+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tyler Toffoli C16:531+0.11−0.10−0.00+0.20+0.01+0.00+0.00
John Klingberg D23:15+0.06+0.03−0.01+0.08−0.03+0.00+0.00
Mario Ferraro D22:201+0.06+0.06−0.13+0.12+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexander Wennberg C18:47−0.02−0.00−0.24+0.03−0.00+0.19+0.00
Ryan Reaves R8:07−0.04−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zack Ostapchuk C7:22−0.05−0.02−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.02
Shakir Mukhamadullin D14:13−0.10−0.06+0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Leddy D15:33−0.18−0.12−0.01−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Timothy Liljegren D21:58−0.19−0.19+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Philipp Kurashev C14:36−0.20−0.13−0.02−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Collin Graf R17:04−0.23−0.13−0.07−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Barclay Goodrow C8:14−0.24−0.02−0.00−0.02−0.00−0.19+0.00
Ty Dellandrea C15:56−0.31−0.14−0.07−0.05−0.00+0.00−0.05
Dmitry Orlov D20:471−0.45−0.21−0.03−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alex Nedeljkovic G58:16−1.33

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tomas Hertl C17:222+0.78+0.09+0.64−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.10
Mitch Marner R16:3111+0.73+0.15+0.42+0.16+0.00+0.00+0.00
Colton Sissons C12:251+0.50+0.08+0.40−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.05
Shea Theodore D22:20+0.40+0.21−0.05+0.04−0.00+0.19+0.00
Ben Hutton D13:291+0.37+0.12−0.03+0.09+0.00+0.19+0.00
Kaedan Korczak D12:54+0.28+0.15+0.00+0.11+0.02+0.00+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R11:431+0.20+0.08−0.05+0.18−0.00+0.00+0.00
Pavel Dorofeyev L17:291+0.19−0.01−0.00+0.18+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brett Howden C14:391+0.18+0.13−0.14+0.20−0.00+0.00−0.02
Mark Stone R19:551+0.13+0.04−0.00+0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexander Holtz R12:22+0.04+0.02−0.00+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Reinhardt L11:331−0.05+0.15−0.06+0.06−0.00−0.19+0.00
Jack Eichel C19:581−0.10−0.01−0.12−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.02
Brayden McNabb D22:44−0.10+0.19−0.01−0.10+0.01−0.19+0.00
Noah Hanifin D20:49−0.11−0.08−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Braeden Bowman R15:16−0.11+0.03−0.07−0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00
Zach Whitecloud D20:22−0.16−0.09−0.03−0.06+0.02+0.00+0.00
Ivan Barbashev L17:00−0.23+0.05−0.20−0.06−0.00+0.00−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carl Lindbom G60:00+0.34

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.