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2025-12-31 · T-Mobile Arena

4 – 2Final

NSH beat VGK 4–2. NSH lost the expected-goals battle 2.1 to 3.6 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Reid Schaefer scored at 16:21 of the first, moving NSH’s win probability from 47% to 65%. Akira Schmid allowed 2.1 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
19 – 31
Expected goals
2.1 – 3.6
xG share
VGK 63%
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.

NSH goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

NSHVGK

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
79:51 TOI
GSAx +1.50
+1.50
NSH
1 G, 0 A · 14:21 TOI
Finishing +0.77 · Penalties +0.39
+1.17
VGK
1 G, 0 A · 16:19 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.73 · Penalties +0.19
+1.01

Rough nights

VGK
54:52 TOI
GSAx −2.07
−2.07
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 14:46 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing −0.76
−0.69
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 7:30 TOI
Finishing −0.17 · Penalties −0.39
−0.55

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNSH–VGKWin prob.
P1 5:35 VGKMark StonePP
from Pavel Dorofeyev, Noah Hanifin
0–154% → 69%
P1 9:06 VGKBen Hutton
from Tomas Hertl, Pavel Dorofeyev
0–270% → 83%
P1 11:20 NSHNick Perbix
from Luke Evangelista
1–216% → 30%
P1 15:37 NSHSteven StamkosPP
from Filip Forsberg, Luke Evangelista
2–230% → 47%
P1 16:21 NSHReid Schaefer
from Brady Skjei, Michael McCarron
3–247% → 65%
P2 11:52 NSHMichael BuntingPP
from Nick Blankenburg, Erik Haula
4–270% → 85%

Every player

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NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Michael Bunting L14:211+1.17+0.03+0.77−0.00−0.00+0.39−0.01
Steven Stamkos C19:321+0.91−0.03+0.88+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.04
Reid Schaefer L10:331+0.79−0.06+0.86−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Perbix D19:451+0.71−0.11+0.83+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brady Skjei D24:081−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matthew Wood R9:22−0.04−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Fedor Svechkov C8:24−0.05−0.09−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.01
Roman Josi D20:31−0.05−0.11−0.16+0.01+0.02+0.19+0.00
Nick Blankenburg D18:171−0.05−0.05+0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Wilsby D17:00−0.06+0.01−0.06−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan O'Reilly C23:13−0.16−0.03−0.14−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Filip Forsberg L19:561−0.17+0.00−0.18+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Smith L15:51−0.18−0.15+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Tyson Jost C9:03−0.21−0.09−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Luke Evangelista R17:192−0.23+0.00−0.23+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Hague D17:34−0.25−0.06+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Erik Haula L18:161−0.31+0.02−0.14−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.02
Michael McCarron C12:441−0.39−0.06−0.14−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Justus Annunen G79:51+1.50

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ben Hutton D16:191+1.01+0.10+0.73−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Mark Stone R21:331+0.67+0.05+0.57+0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Colton Sissons C12:21+0.10+0.05−0.16−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.03
Ivan Barbashev L16:05+0.09−0.02−0.08−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Kaedan Korczak D20:13+0.08+0.11−0.05+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Reilly Smith R14:34+0.06+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.04
Brayden McNabb D10:24+0.05+0.04+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jeremy Lauzon D17:02−0.03−0.00−0.02−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zach Whitecloud D19:32−0.06−0.07+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Braeden Bowman R12:36−0.07+0.08−0.15−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tomas Hertl C19:031−0.13+0.08−0.19−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mitch Marner R23:39−0.15+0.05−0.22+0.07+0.01+0.00−0.06
Alexander Holtz R9:45−0.22−0.02+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Brett Howden C14:16−0.24+0.02+0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19−0.05
Pavel Dorofeyev L18:362−0.24+0.08−0.32−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Noah Hanifin D29:591−0.47+0.08−0.57+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R7:30−0.55+0.01−0.17−0.01−0.00−0.39+0.01
Brandon Saad L14:46−0.69+0.08−0.76−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Akira Schmid G54:52−2.07

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.