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2025-12-29 · Climate Pledge Arena

3 – 2Final/SO

VAN beat SEA 3–2 in a shootout. VAN lost the expected-goals battle 2.6 to 3.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Elias Pettersson scored at 5:23 of the second, moving VAN’s win probability from 27% to 47%. Kevin Lankinen saved 3.4 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
24 – 39
Expected goals
2.6 – 3.5
xG share
SEA 57%
Home-ice start
SEA 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.

VAN goalSEA goal

Expected goals

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

VANSEA

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.

VAN
65:00 TOI
GSAx +3.44
+3.44
VAN
Liam Ohgren
0 G, 1 A · 13:13 TOI
Finishing −0.07 · Shootout +1.01
+0.94
SEA
Ryan Winterton
1 G, 0 A · 10:01 TOI
On-ice +0.15 · Finishing +0.58
+0.74

Rough nights

SEA
0 G, 0 A · 22:37 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Finishing −0.49 · Penalties −0.19 · Shootout −0.38
−1.15
SEA
0 G, 1 A · 19:57 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Finishing −0.51 · Shootout −0.49
−1.09
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 16:15 TOI
On-ice −0.18 · Finishing −0.19 · Shootout −0.32
−0.65

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–SEAWin prob.
P1 8:50 SEAJared McCannPP
from Vince Dunn, Jordan Eberle
0–154% → 70%
P1 15:20 VANLinus Karlsson
from Liam Ohgren
1–129% → 47%
P1 19:40 SEARyan Winterton
from Jacob Melanson, Joey Daccord
1–253% → 72%
P2 5:23 VANElias Pettersson
from Evander Kane, Tom Willander
2–227% → 47%

Every player

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VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Liam Ohgren L13:131+0.94+0.03−0.07−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.01+1.01
Linus Karlsson C10:101+0.46+0.03+0.63−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.01−0.00
Filip Hronek D29:20+0.08+0.09+0.00+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Drew O'Connor L13:31+0.05+0.04−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.03−0.00
Elias Pettersson C20:311+0.04+0.00+0.65+0.02+0.00−0.19−0.06−0.38
Marco Rossi C19:16+0.01+0.03−0.19−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00−0.00
Marcus Pettersson D28:59+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Aatu Räty C11:02−0.01−0.07+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.07−0.00
Kiefer Sherwood L16:14−0.03+0.07−0.28−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Nils Hoglander L9:03−0.05−0.03−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Tom Willander D15:231−0.07−0.05−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Myers D19:29−0.19+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00+0.00
Max Sasson C9:12−0.22−0.01−0.20−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Elias Pettersson D16:17−0.25−0.04+0.00−0.00−0.02−0.19+0.00+0.00
Zeev Buium D16:37−0.25−0.09−0.13−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock Boeser R22:36−0.31−0.25−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Evander Kane L18:531−0.47−0.16−0.08+0.01−0.03−0.19−0.02−0.00
Conor Garland R16:15−0.65−0.18−0.19+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.01−0.32
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Kevin Lankinen G65:00+3.44

SEA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Ryan Winterton C10:011+0.74+0.15+0.58−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jared McCann L16:051+0.54−0.04+0.55+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ryan Lindgren D18:41+0.47+0.12−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.39+0.00+0.00
Cale Fleury D20:20+0.24+0.11−0.08+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00+0.00
Jacob Melanson R8:301+0.17+0.07−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Adam Larsson D20:28+0.04+0.15−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matty Beniers C21:06+0.01+0.04+0.00−0.02+0.03+0.00−0.04−0.00
Ryker Evans D18:28−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jamie Oleksiak D13:52−0.17−0.14−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Meyers C10:53−0.17+0.15−0.34−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02−0.00
Chandler Stephenson C22:55−0.27−0.12−0.13+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03−0.00
Vince Dunn D26:271−0.31−0.01−0.32+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C20:33−0.32+0.02−0.31−0.00+0.02+0.19+0.08−0.32
Berkly Catton C12:26−0.33−0.08−0.22−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02−0.00
Kaapo Kakko R15:45−0.42+0.11−0.53−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Shane Wright C14:10−0.44−0.06−0.15−0.00+0.02−0.19−0.06−0.00
Jordan Eberle R19:571−1.09−0.09−0.51+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.49
Eeli Tolvanen R22:37−1.15−0.09−0.49−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00−0.38
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joey Daccord G66:18−0.42

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.