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2025-12-16 · Little Caesars Arena

2 – 3Final

DET beat NYI 3–2. DET also won the expected-goals battle 3.0 to 1.5: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Alex DeBrincat scored on the power play at 17:43 of the third, moving DET’s win probability from 52% to 93%.

Shots on goal
18 – 21
Expected goals
1.5 – 3.0
xG share
DET 67%
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.

NYI goalDET goal

Expected goals

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

NYIDET

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
2 G, 0 A · 16:50 TOI
On-ice +0.20 · Finishing +1.23
+1.43
DET
Axel Sandin-Pellikka
1 G, 0 A · 17:36 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +0.84
+0.88
DET
0 G, 2 A · 24:23 TOI
On-ice +0.60
+0.62

Rough nights

DET
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.79
−0.79
NYI
0 G, 0 A · 25:56 TOI
On-ice −0.34 · Finishing −0.11 · Penalties −0.19
−0.66
NYI
58:06 TOI
GSAx −0.46
−0.46

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNYI–DETWin prob.
P1 4:27 NYIEmil Heineman
from Mathew Barzal, Jonathan Drouin
1–047% → 63%
P3 2:03 DETAxel Sandin-Pellikka
from Lucas Raymond
1–126% → 52%
P3 3:55 DETAlex DeBrincatPP
from Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond
1–253% → 79%
P3 11:26 NYIScott Mayfield
from Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Anders Lee
2–216% → 48%
P3 17:43 DETAlex DeBrincatPP
from Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond
2–352% → 93%

Every player

Show both lineups

NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Scott Mayfield D16:141+0.43−0.13+0.75+0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Emil Heineman L16:571+0.42−0.22+0.67−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C14:581+0.03+0.03+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Simon Holmstrom R14:42−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Casey Cizikas C12:43−0.03−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marc Gatcomb C11:13−0.06−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kyle MacLean C11:45−0.13−0.05−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Travis Mitchell D15:04−0.14−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tony DeAngelo D17:47−0.14−0.07−0.05+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Mathew Barzal C22:261−0.20−0.38−0.03+0.02−0.01+0.19+0.01
Adam Pelech D18:59−0.20−0.13−0.08−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Pulock D22:42−0.23−0.27−0.00+0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Anders Lee C15:271−0.23−0.03−0.20−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.01
Calum Ritchie C11:28−0.27−0.23+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.02
Anthony Duclair L15:00−0.36−0.34−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Maksim Shabanov R16:15−0.41−0.39+0.00−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L20:471−0.41−0.35−0.09+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.04
Matthew Schaefer D25:56−0.66−0.34−0.11+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ilya Sorokin G58:06−0.46

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alex DeBrincat R16:502+1.43+0.20+1.23+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D17:361+0.88+0.09+0.84−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00
Moritz Seider D24:232+0.62+0.60+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Larkin C20:55+0.34+0.42−0.22+0.02−0.01+0.19−0.05
Emmitt Finnie C17:25+0.25+0.28−0.20−0.02−0.00+0.19+0.00
Lucas Raymond L19:513+0.20+0.40−0.22+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Elmer Soderblom L10:43+0.08+0.08+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
James van Riemsdyk L13:45+0.06+0.07+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Simon Edvinsson D25:05+0.06+0.50−0.23−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Nate Danielson C10:06+0.06+0.08+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Ben Chiarot D21:04+0.05+0.06−0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L14:24+0.04+0.01+0.00−0.02+0.03+0.00+0.02
Albert Johansson D15:55+0.00+0.02+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrew Copp C16:51−0.00+0.18−0.21+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Marco Kasper C10:22−0.06+0.08−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob Bernard-Docker D15:06−0.07−0.06+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
John Leonard L13:02−0.16+0.08−0.24−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Rasmussen C14:37−0.16+0.05−0.21+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
John Gibson G60:00−0.79

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.