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2025-12-20 · Bridgestone Arena

3 – 5Final

NSH beat TOR 5–3. NSH also won the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 2.4: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Luke Evangelista scored at 9:18 of the third, moving NSH’s win probability from 52% to 82%.

Shots on goal
22 – 34
Expected goals
2.4 – 3.1
xG share
NSH 57%
Home-ice start
NSH 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.

TOR goalNSH goal

Expected goals

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

TORNSH

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.

NSH
1 G, 0 A · 15:01 TOI
On-ice +0.23 · Finishing +0.42 · Penalties +0.19
+0.85
NSH
Adam Wilsby
1 G, 0 A · 19:56 TOI
Finishing +0.80
+0.78
NSH
1 G, 0 A · 17:48 TOI
On-ice +0.19 · Finishing +0.46
+0.61

Rough nights

TOR
0 G, 0 A · 18:23 TOI
On-ice −0.21 · Finishing −0.37 · Penalties −0.19
−0.75
NSH
1 G, 1 A · 16:49 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing −0.47
−0.51
NSH
59:59 TOI
GSAx −0.49
−0.49

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalTOR–NSHWin prob.
P1 1:32 TORNicolas Roy
from Bobby McMann, Nicholas Robertson
1–047% → 62%
P2 4:56 NSHErik HaulaPP
from Roman Josi, Steven Stamkos
1–134% → 53%
P2 11:57 TORJohn Tavares
from Matias Maccelli, Jake McCabe
2–147% → 69%
P2 19:26 NSHAdam Wilsby
from Ryan O'Reilly
2–228% → 52%
P3 9:18 NSHLuke Evangelista
from Brady Skjei
2–352% → 82%
P3 18:25 NSHSteven StamkosEN
from Filip Forsberg
2–494% → 100%
P3 19:06 TORBobby McMannPP
from Nicholas Robertson, Easton Cowan
3–40% → 4%
P3 19:51 NSHCole SmithEN
from Brady Skjei, Michael McCarron
3–597% → 100%

Every player

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TOR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Bobby McMann C11:3311+0.59−0.08+0.66−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
John Tavares C17:451+0.55−0.09+0.60+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.02
Nicolas Roy C15:541+0.51−0.24+0.75−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.01
Calle Jarnkrok C10:58+0.16−0.01−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Scott Laughton C12:06+0.09+0.04+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.05
Simon Benoit D16:27−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Troy Stecher D22:22−0.09−0.11+0.00−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Easton Cowan R16:171−0.09−0.11+0.00+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D22:15−0.10−0.12+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Philippe Myers D14:07−0.19−0.18+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
William Nylander R18:56−0.20−0.14−0.06−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Morgan Rielly D19:19−0.22−0.16−0.07+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake McCabe D21:571−0.30−0.04−0.08−0.00+0.01−0.19+0.00
Dakota Joshua C10:35−0.33−0.01−0.32−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matias Maccelli L16:191−0.33−0.14−0.19+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicholas Robertson L12:362−0.36−0.09−0.24−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matthew Knies L18:28−0.43−0.24−0.19−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Auston Matthews C18:23−0.75−0.21−0.37+0.00−0.01−0.19+0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joseph Woll G58:23+0.13

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Luke Evangelista R15:011+0.85+0.23+0.42+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Adam Wilsby D19:561+0.78+0.00+0.80−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Erik Haula L17:481+0.61+0.19+0.46−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Nicolas Hague D18:28+0.28+0.26+0.00+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Blankenburg D18:05+0.24+0.23+0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Roman Josi D21:351+0.10+0.09−0.01+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Perbix D20:17+0.04+0.07−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael McCarron C14:251−0.02+0.06−0.05−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Tyson Jost C10:44−0.03−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Fedor Svechkov C10:34−0.04−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Reid Schaefer L11:39−0.05−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Smith L15:161−0.06+0.15+0.00−0.02+0.00−0.19+0.00
Filip Forsberg L17:451−0.08+0.11−0.20+0.03−0.00+0.00−0.01
Brady Skjei D20:432−0.13+0.04−0.15−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan O'Reilly C19:071−0.16+0.16−0.48+0.00+0.01+0.19−0.04
Michael Bunting L16:46−0.17+0.21−0.36+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Matthew Wood R11:03−0.18−0.07−0.11−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Steven Stamkos C16:4911−0.51−0.06−0.47+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Juuse Saros G59:59−0.49

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.