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2025-12-09 · UBS Arena

4 – 5Final/SO

NYI beat VGK 5–4 in a shootout. NYI lost the expected-goals battle 2.4 to 3.6 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Pavel Dorofeyev scored on the power play at 19:46 of the third, moving VGK’s win probability from 3% to 49%. Ilya Sorokin saved 2.0 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
37 – 27
Expected goals
3.6 – 2.4
xG share
VGK 60%
Home-ice start
NYI 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.

VGK goalNYI goal

Expected goals

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

VGKNYI

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.

NYI
65:00 TOI
GSAx +2.02
+2.02
NYI
0 G, 0 A · 16:24 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Playmaking −0.08 · Penalties +0.19 · Shootout +1.01
+1.22
NYI
1 G, 0 A · 9:47 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +0.36
+0.42

Rough nights

VGK
63:48 TOI
GSAx −1.60
−1.60
NYI
0 G, 0 A · 18:58 TOI
On-ice −0.65 · Finishing −0.09 · Playmaking −0.06 · Faceoffs +0.09
−0.72
VGK
0 G, 1 A · 24:28 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Playmaking +0.06 · Shootout −0.49
−0.51

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVGK–NYIWin prob.
P1 12:02 VGKNoah Hanifin
from Jack Eichel, Shea Theodore
1–047% → 64%
P1 16:01 VGKMitch Marner
from Kaedan Korczak, Mark Stone
2–065% → 79%
P1 19:33 NYIBo Horvat
from Ryan Pulock, Matthew Schaefer
2–120% → 35%
P2 3:56 NYIMarc Gatcomb
from Casey Cizikas, Kyle MacLean
2–233% → 53%
P2 13:30 NYISimon Holmstrom
from Calum Ritchie, Anthony Duclair
2–353% → 75%
P3 1:27 VGKIvan Barbashev
from Braeden Bowman, Jack Eichel
3–322% → 48%
P3 10:15 NYIBo HorvatPP
from Mathew Barzal, Maksim Shabanov
3–453% → 83%
P3 19:46 VGKPavel DorofeyevPP
from Mitch Marner, Mark Stone
4–43% → 49%

Every player

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VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Noah Hanifin D21:531+0.34+0.01+0.37−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ivan Barbashev L16:171+0.27−0.04+0.38−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Pavel Dorofeyev L21:051+0.20+0.42+0.45−0.17+0.01−0.19+0.00−0.32
Kaedan Korczak D17:201+0.16−0.02−0.02+0.19+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Hutton D14:58+0.09+0.10+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zach Whitecloud D18:28+0.08+0.13+0.00−0.07+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Braeden Bowman R12:531+0.03−0.08−0.08+0.17+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Mark Stone R22:322+0.01+0.31−0.28−0.04+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Colton Sissons C9:32−0.02−0.03−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.04−0.00
Brayden McNabb D19:12−0.03−0.18−0.05−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00+0.00
Cole Reinhardt L6:29−0.03−0.02−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Reilly Smith R16:43−0.05−0.02−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Brett Howden C17:21−0.08−0.00−0.17−0.05−0.00+0.19−0.05−0.00
Jack Eichel C24:302−0.10+0.35−0.08+0.13+0.01+0.00−0.03−0.49
Keegan Kolesar R7:08−0.11+0.05−0.10−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Mitch Marner R20:4911−0.16+0.33+0.24−0.17+0.01−0.19+0.00−0.38
Tomas Hertl C19:11−0.18+0.39−0.43−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00
Shea Theodore D24:281−0.51−0.06−0.03+0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carter Hart G63:48−1.60

NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Emil Heineman L16:24+1.22+0.11−0.01−0.08+0.00+0.19+0.00+1.01
Marc Gatcomb C9:471+0.42+0.09+0.36−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Casey Cizikas C11:141+0.31+0.15−0.00+0.16+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Maksim Shabanov R20:001+0.10+0.17−0.06+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Scott Mayfield D16:18+0.09+0.13−0.09+0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Duclair L12:451+0.07−0.04−0.00+0.10+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Travis Mitchell D10:20+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Calum Ritchie C10:461−0.00−0.13−0.00+0.20−0.01+0.00−0.06−0.00
Matthew Schaefer D28:141−0.02−0.14−0.22+0.16−0.01+0.19+0.00+0.00
Simon Holmstrom R15:421−0.03−0.05+0.44−0.04+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.38
Bo Horvat C22:192−0.05−0.07+0.76−0.08−0.01−0.19+0.03−0.49
Ryan Pulock D29:121−0.06−0.22−0.01+0.17+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kyle MacLean C10:311−0.12+0.01−0.00+0.06+0.00−0.19+0.00−0.00
Tony DeAngelo D16:40−0.14−0.06−0.05−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anders Lee C14:41−0.18−0.12−0.01−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Mathew Barzal C19:471−0.21+0.02−0.09+0.21−0.01+0.00−0.02−0.32
Adam Pelech D23:30−0.49−0.27−0.07+0.02+0.03−0.19+0.00+0.00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C18:58−0.72−0.65−0.09−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.09−0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ilya Sorokin G65:00+2.02

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.