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2025-12-27 · T-Mobile Arena

6 – 5Final/SO

COL beat VGK 6–5 in a shootout. COL also won the expected-goals battle 4.4 to 2.9: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Artturi Lehkonen scored on the power play at 18:03 of the third, moving COL’s win probability from 7% to 50%. Carter Hart allowed 2.0 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
39 – 25
Expected goals
4.4 – 2.9
xG share
COL 61%
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.

COL goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

COLVGK

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.

COL
2 G, 0 A · 21:09 TOI
On-ice +0.32 · Finishing +1.54 · Shootout +0.79
+2.65
COL
1 G, 2 A · 25:28 TOI
On-ice +0.38 · Finishing −0.38 · Playmaking +0.11 · Shootout +1.01
+1.15
COL
1 G, 1 A · 16:41 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.89
+1.02

Rough nights

VGK
65:00 TOI
GSAx −1.99
−1.99
COL
64:10 TOI
GSAx −1.64
−1.64
COL
0 G, 1 A · 20:03 TOI
On-ice +0.29 · Finishing −0.77 · Shootout −0.49
−0.95

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–VGKWin prob.
P1 2:43 VGKAlexander Holtz
from Noah Hanifin, Tomas Hertl
0–153% → 69%
P2 0:34 VGKIvan Barbashev
from Mitch Marner
0–272% → 86%
P2 5:19 COLSamuel Girard
from Sam Malinski, Valeri Nichushkin
1–213% → 27%
P2 10:27 COLMartin Necas
from Sam Malinski, Samuel Girard
2–226% → 47%
P2 11:36 VGKBen Hutton
from Alexander Holtz, Noah Hanifin
2–353% → 74%
P2 12:05 VGKBrett Howden
from Reilly Smith, Jeremy Lauzon
2–474% → 89%
P3 3:52 COLMartin Necas
from Nathan MacKinnon
3–47% → 21%
P3 8:21 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Sam Malinski, Gabriel Landeskog
4–418% → 48%
P3 16:00 VGKColton Sissons
from Keegan Kolesar, Kaedan Korczak
4–551% → 90%
P3 18:03 COLArtturi LehkonenPP
from Nathan MacKinnon, Brock Nelson
5–57% → 50%

Every player

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COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Martin Necas C21:092+2.65+0.32+1.54+0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.79
Nathan MacKinnon C25:2812+1.15+0.38−0.38+0.11−0.00+0.00+0.04+1.01
Samuel Girard D16:4111+1.02+0.11+0.89+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L20:361+1.01+0.28+0.70+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.01−0.00
Devon Toews D25:39+0.39+0.60−0.28+0.04+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock Nelson C23:521+0.22+0.30−0.17−0.02+0.00+0.19−0.08−0.00
Cale Makar D24:39+0.21+0.33+0.00+0.04+0.03−0.19+0.00+0.00
Sam Malinski D19:113+0.13+0.19−0.09+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Victor Olofsson R11:40+0.06+0.07+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Gabriel Landeskog L20:041+0.03+0.18−0.30+0.02+0.03+0.00+0.09−0.00
Joel Kiviranta L5:34−0.08−0.08+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Gavin Brindley C8:14−0.09−0.08+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Parker Kelly C9:01−0.20−0.18+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02−0.00
Brent Burns D17:53−0.22−0.27+0.00+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Manson D18:37−0.23−0.04+0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Jack Drury C11:38−0.26−0.05−0.20−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00
Ross Colton C9:51−0.39+0.05−0.10−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.32
Valeri Nichushkin R20:031−0.95+0.29−0.77+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Scott Wedgewood G64:10−1.64

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Ben Hutton D20:511+0.84+0.02+0.83−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Howden C16:291+0.66+0.07+0.63−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03−0.00
Colton Sissons C11:371+0.44−0.14+0.56−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02−0.00
Ivan Barbashev L16:111+0.37−0.17+0.58−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
Mitch Marner R20:441+0.33−0.39−0.06+0.03+0.01+0.00−0.05+0.79
Alexander Holtz R18:5511+0.15−0.04+0.69−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.49
Tomas Hertl C20:211+0.00−0.17−0.03−0.01−0.03+0.19+0.05−0.00
Brayden McNabb D21:21−0.10−0.13+0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeremy Lauzon D14:131−0.17−0.16+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R10:501−0.27−0.23−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Kaedan Korczak D23:131−0.28−0.33+0.00+0.01+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Stone R21:31−0.31−0.36+0.00+0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.00
Brandon Saad L11:14−0.33−0.22−0.09−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Zach Whitecloud D13:47−0.39−0.19−0.03−0.01+0.03−0.19+0.00+0.00
Noah Hanifin D26:012−0.39−0.27−0.11+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Reilly Smith R12:381−0.54−0.06+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.49
Braeden Bowman R12:43−0.56+0.17−0.74−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Pavel Dorofeyev L20:21−0.63−0.14−0.19−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.32
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carter Hart G65:00−1.99

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.