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2026-01-02 · Rogers Arena

4 – 3Final/SO

SEA beat VAN 4–3 in a shootout. SEA lost the expected-goals battle 2.4 to 3.8 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Linus Karlsson scored at 6:15 of the third, moving VAN’s win probability from 23% to 52%. Thatcher Demko allowed 1.0 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
28 – 24
Expected goals
2.4 – 3.8
xG share
VAN 62%
Home-ice start
VAN 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.

SEA goalVAN goal

Expected goals

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

SEAVAN

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
Linus Karlsson
1 G, 0 A · 14:31 TOI
On-ice +0.24 · Finishing +0.77
+1.00
SEA
Cale Fleury
1 G, 0 A · 17:55 TOI
Finishing +0.85
+0.87
SEA
74:29 TOI
GSAx +0.72
+0.72

Rough nights

VAN
65:00 TOI
GSAx −1.04
−1.04
SEA
0 G, 1 A · 16:42 TOI
On-ice −0.34 · Shootout −0.38
−0.71
SEA
0 G, 0 A · 23:59 TOI
On-ice −0.41 · Penalties −0.19
−0.66

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSEA–VANWin prob.
P1 17:34 SEACale Fleury
from Jamie Oleksiak, Kaapo Kakko
1–047% → 65%
P2 8:53 SEAChandler StephensonPP
from Jordan Eberle, Jared McCann
2–069% → 84%
P2 13:06 VANKiefer SherwoodPP
from Jake DeBrusk, Tom Willander
2–115% → 31%
P2 18:13 SEABen Meyers
from Ryan Winterton, Jacob Melanson
3–172% → 88%
P2 19:22 VANJake DeBruskPP
from Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson
3–211% → 28%
P3 6:15 VANLinus Karlsson
from Filip Hronek, Jake DeBrusk
3–323% → 52%

Every player

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SEA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Cale Fleury D17:551+0.87+0.01+0.85+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Chandler Stephenson C18:301+0.51−0.29+0.79+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Ben Meyers C12:291+0.38+0.10+0.29−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Matty Beniers C20:46+0.36−0.26−0.43−0.01+0.07+0.00−0.03+1.01
Shane Wright C17:07+0.19+0.22−0.03−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Eeli Tolvanen R17:06+0.13+0.06−0.13−0.01+0.02+0.19+0.00−0.00
Jared McCann L13:231+0.10−0.02−0.09+0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00−0.00
Jacob Melanson R12:451+0.07+0.09−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ryan Winterton C10:511−0.06+0.09−0.15−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Ryker Evans D19:06−0.10+0.10+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00+0.00
Berkly Catton C18:11−0.13+0.08−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.01−0.00
Vince Dunn D27:21−0.20−0.07−0.16+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jamie Oleksiak D17:121−0.23−0.06−0.17−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Lindgren D19:41−0.33−0.34+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Eberle R19:411−0.39−0.37+0.00+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C15:26−0.42−0.01−0.07−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.03−0.32
Adam Larsson D23:59−0.66−0.41−0.04−0.00−0.02−0.19+0.00+0.00
Kaapo Kakko R16:421−0.71−0.34+0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.01−0.38
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joey Daccord G74:29+0.72

VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Linus Karlsson C14:311+1.00+0.24+0.77−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Kiefer Sherwood L17:181+0.54+0.04+0.49−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Filip Hronek D28:541+0.45+0.61−0.17+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Elias Pettersson C20:581+0.40+0.61−0.12+0.06+0.00+0.19+0.03−0.38
Jake DeBrusk L19:4912+0.30+0.42+0.18+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.32
David Kampf C15:23+0.16+0.16+0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.03−0.00
Marcus Pettersson D23:11+0.09+0.24−0.17+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Evander Kane L16:13+0.08−0.12+0.00+0.01−0.03+0.19+0.02−0.00
Tyler Myers D20:18+0.06+0.17−0.11−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D13:52+0.02+0.05+0.00−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Aatu Räty C12:43−0.02+0.01−0.02−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nils Hoglander L11:56−0.02+0.04−0.08−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Drew O'Connor L16:33−0.09−0.01−0.05−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Zeev Buium D21:11−0.13−0.09+0.00−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock Boeser R21:451−0.18+0.03−0.00+0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00−0.00
Max Sasson C16:10−0.29−0.12−0.13−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
Tom Willander D18:321−0.31−0.27−0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Liam Ohgren L11:58−0.62+0.02−0.12−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Thatcher Demko G65:00−1.04

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.