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2025-12-20 · Honda Center

3 – 4Final

ANA beat CBJ 4–3. ANA also won the expected-goals battle 3.6 to 3.0: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Pavel Mintyukov scored at 16:31 of the third, moving ANA’s win probability from 51% to 91%. Elvis Merzlikins allowed 2.1 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
26 – 28
Expected goals
3.0 – 3.6
xG share
ANA 55%
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.

CBJ goalANA goal

Expected goals

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

CBJANA

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, 1 A · 15:23 TOI
On-ice +0.24 · Finishing +0.14 · Playmaking +0.19
+0.59
ANA
1 G, 0 A · 24:29 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing +0.44
+0.57
ANA
1 G, 0 A · 20:18 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.39
+0.39

Rough nights

CBJ
Elvis Merzlikins
59:25 TOI
GSAx −2.32
−2.13
ANA
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.81
−0.81
ANA
0 G, 0 A · 16:15 TOI
On-ice −0.17 · Playmaking −0.13 · Penalties −0.39
−0.70

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCBJ–ANAWin prob.
P1 2:14 ANAMikael Granlund
from Olen Zellweger, Frank Vatrano
0–153% → 69%
P1 3:00 ANAJacob Trouba
from Ryan Poehling, Alex Killorn
0–269% → 82%
P1 5:54 CBJDmitri VoronkovPP
from Charlie Coyle, Zach Werenski
1–218% → 31%
P2 3:39 CBJMason Marchment
from Damon Severson, Ivan Provorov
2–228% → 47%
P2 13:36 ANAMason McTavish
from Ross Johnston
2–353% → 75%
P3 12:44 CBJZach Werenski
from Denton Mateychuk, Kent Johnson
3–314% → 49%
P3 16:31 ANAPavel Mintyukov
from Mikael Granlund, Radko Gudas
3–451% → 91%

Every player

Show both lineups

CBJ

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Charlie Coyle C17:381+0.39−0.05+0.00+0.16+0.00+0.19+0.08
Dmitri Voronkov L14:381+0.24+0.05+0.22−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Denton Mateychuk D23:241+0.12−0.09−0.00+0.20+0.01+0.00+0.00
Zach Werenski D27:5611+0.09−0.33+0.33+0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00
Damon Severson D19:221+0.07−0.01−0.07+0.17−0.02+0.00+0.00
Sean Monahan C15:41+0.06+0.14−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Luca Del Bel Belluz C7:56−0.05−0.03−0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.01
Isac Lundeström C8:51−0.05−0.03+0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Cole Sillinger C12:13−0.06+0.08+0.00−0.12−0.01+0.00−0.01
Brendan Smith D10:07−0.06+0.15−0.11−0.08−0.02+0.00+0.00
Dante Fabbro D10:30−0.07+0.04−0.03−0.09+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mason Marchment L19:411−0.14−0.15+0.22−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Egor Chinakhov R7:21−0.15−0.11+0.00−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kirill Marchenko R17:36−0.15−0.08−0.03−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ivan Provorov D26:181−0.20−0.20−0.01+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Boone Jenner C17:11−0.24−0.03−0.21−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.03
Kent Johnson C15:401−0.29−0.12−0.05+0.09−0.02−0.19+0.00
Adam Fantilli C22:32−0.30−0.17−0.04−0.01−0.03+0.00−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Elvis Merzlikins G59:25−2.13

ANA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mikael Granlund C15:2311+0.59+0.24+0.14+0.19+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jacob Trouba D24:291+0.57+0.16+0.44−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Pavel Mintyukov D20:181+0.39+0.07+0.39−0.02−0.04+0.00+0.00
Frank Vatrano R12:561+0.27+0.29−0.05+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ian Moore D13:25+0.25+0.12−0.01−0.06+0.00+0.19+0.00
Ross Johnston L11:531+0.21−0.06+0.00+0.27+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Poehling C11:581+0.21+0.00+0.00+0.22+0.00+0.00−0.02
Radko Gudas D19:211+0.17+0.10−0.02+0.07+0.02+0.00+0.00
Ryan Strome C13:48+0.17+0.21−0.05+0.05−0.00+0.00−0.03
Alex Killorn L13:201+0.14+0.00+0.00+0.15−0.00+0.00−0.01
Olen Zellweger D13:061+0.10+0.02−0.07+0.14+0.00+0.00+0.00
Chris Kreider L17:47−0.08+0.02+0.00−0.09+0.01+0.00−0.01
Troy Terry R17:11−0.08−0.01−0.03−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mason McTavish C17:041−0.09−0.06+0.07−0.03−0.02+0.00−0.05
Jackson LaCombe D25:03−0.14+0.11−0.22−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Leo Carlsson C17:16−0.22−0.03−0.15−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.02
Cutter Gauthier L16:04−0.27−0.04−0.11−0.12+0.00+0.00+0.01
Beckett Sennecke R16:15−0.70−0.17+0.00−0.13−0.01−0.39+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Lukas Dostal G60:00−0.81

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.