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2026-01-01 · Crypto.com Arena

5 – 3Final

TBL beat LAK 5–3. Expected goals were close to even (TBL 2.7, LAK 2.5), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Gage Goncalves scored at 18:19 of the third, moving TBL’s win probability from 50% to 94%. Darcy Kuemper allowed 1.1 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
24 – 20
Expected goals
2.7 – 2.5
xG share
TBL 52%
Home-ice start
LAK 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.

TBL goalLAK goal

Expected goals

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

TBLLAK

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.

TBL
2 G, 0 A · 18:56 TOI
Finishing +1.00
+1.07
TBL
Gage Goncalves
1 G, 0 A · 16:50 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +0.66
+0.86
LAK
Jeff Malott
1 G, 0 A · 7:47 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.80
+0.85

Rough nights

LAK
59:46 TOI
GSAx −1.06
−1.06
TBL
Jonas Johansson
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.79
−0.79
LAK
Warren Foegele
0 G, 0 A · 15:45 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing −0.34
−0.40

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalTBL–LAKWin prob.
P1 3:34 TBLBrayden PointPP
from Jake Guentzel, Nikita Kucherov
1–047% → 63%
P1 4:43 LAKJeff Malott
from Corey Perry
1–137% → 53%
P1 6:14 LAKAndrei KuzmenkoPP
from Corey Perry, Kevin Fiala
1–254% → 70%
P2 18:07 TBLBrayden Point
from Darren Raddysh, J.J. Moser
2–224% → 47%
P3 1:37 LAKKevin FialaPP
from Corey Perry, Andrei Kuzmenko
2–353% → 78%
P3 16:41 TBLAnthony Cirelli
from Brandon Hagel, Nikita Kucherov
3–39% → 49%
P3 18:19 TBLGage Goncalves
from Jake Guentzel, Anthony Cirelli
4–350% → 94%
P3 19:15 TBLNikita KucherovEN
from Darren Raddysh
5–396% → 100%

Every player

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TBL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brayden Point C18:562+1.07+0.04+1.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Gage Goncalves C16:501+0.86+0.17+0.66+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01
Anthony Cirelli C17:1311+0.68+0.24+0.39+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.03
Dominic James C9:23+0.19−0.00+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.01
Erik Cernak D20:13+0.16+0.15+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nikita Kucherov R20:5112+0.14+0.19−0.10+0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
J.J. Moser D24:491+0.09+0.11−0.03+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D21:39+0.04+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pontus Holmberg R11:55−0.01−0.08−0.13−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Darren Raddysh D24:552−0.10+0.09+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Jake Guentzel C17:442−0.10+0.12−0.19−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
Zemgus Girgensons C12:24−0.11−0.09+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Yanni Gourde C15:18−0.14−0.10−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.04
Declan Carlile D11:24−0.14+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.19+0.00
Brandon Hagel L18:321−0.14+0.09−0.23+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Paul L9:58−0.21−0.04−0.16−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Oliver Bjorkstrand R10:21−0.24+0.02−0.26−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Max Crozier D14:25−0.24−0.06+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jonas Johansson G60:00−0.79

LAK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jeff Malott L7:471+0.85+0.07+0.80−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrei Kuzmenko L16:4711+0.69−0.04+0.73+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kevin Fiala L19:2211+0.63−0.13+0.55−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.01
Quinton Byfield R19:01+0.20+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.02+0.19−0.05
Brian Dumoulin D16:50+0.04+0.06+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Samuel Helenius C7:22+0.01+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Mikey Anderson D21:35−0.02−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Joel Armia R15:11−0.11−0.13−0.17−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Cody Ceci D15:45−0.11−0.12+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Turcotte C15:49−0.13−0.18+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.06
Alex Laferriere R17:25−0.16−0.01−0.16−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02
Drew Doughty D22:15−0.18+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Corey Perry R11:293−0.24+0.09−0.31−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Anze Kopitar C16:53−0.24−0.06+0.00+0.01+0.01−0.19−0.01
Brandt Clarke D20:20−0.26−0.09−0.18+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Joel Edmundson D19:19−0.31−0.25−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adrian Kempe R18:37−0.36−0.21−0.14−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Warren Foegele L15:45−0.40−0.06−0.34−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Darcy Kuemper G59:46−1.06

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.