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2026-01-03 · Lenovo Center

5 – 3Final

COL beat CAR 5–3. COL also won the expected-goals battle 4.5 to 3.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Brock Nelson scored on the power play at 7:30 of the third, moving COL’s win probability from 49% to 78%. Frederik Andersen saved 1.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
35 – 28
Expected goals
4.5 – 3.8
xG share
COL 54%
Home-ice start
CAR 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 goalCAR goal

Expected goals

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

COLCAR

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.

CAR
66:57 TOI
GSAx +0.92
+1.11
COL
2 G, 0 A · 22:28 TOI
On-ice +0.23 · Finishing +0.78
+1.04
COL
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.81
+0.81

Rough nights

CAR
0 G, 0 A · 15:47 TOI
Finishing −0.41 · Penalties −0.19
−0.62
COL
0 G, 1 A · 16:32 TOI
On-ice +0.25 · Finishing −0.89
−0.61
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 17:17 TOI
On-ice −0.15 · Finishing −0.43
−0.60

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–CARWin prob.
P1 18:09 CARSebastian AhoSH
from Eric Robinson
0–152% → 71%
P2 1:47 COLGabriel Landeskog
from Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas
1–128% → 47%
P2 4:47 CARNikolaj EhlersPP
from Taylor Hall, Logan Stankoven
1–254% → 73%
P2 7:50 CARAndrei Svechnikov
from Sebastian Aho, K'Andre Miller
1–373% → 88%
P3 1:09 COLBrock NelsonPP
from Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar
2–38% → 22%
P3 1:42 COLJack Drury
from Ross Colton
3–322% → 48%
P3 7:30 COLBrock NelsonPP
from Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar
4–349% → 78%
P3 19:42 COLNathan MacKinnonEN
from Martin Necas, Artturi Lehkonen
5–396% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brock Nelson C22:282+1.04+0.23+0.78−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.04
Jack Drury C15:201+0.74−0.07+0.79−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.05
Gabriel Landeskog L18:521+0.43−0.27+0.63+0.01+0.05+0.00+0.02
Brent Burns D18:21+0.32+0.15−0.06+0.03+0.02+0.19+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C20:0413+0.24+0.24−0.38+0.14−0.00+0.19+0.06
Sam Malinski D16:45+0.19+0.17+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Taylor Makar L8:40+0.18+0.18+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zakhar Bardakov C11:31+0.02+0.21+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Samuel Girard D17:25+0.01+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Cale Makar D24:352−0.01−0.02−0.10+0.05+0.06+0.00+0.00
Martin Necas C22:442−0.08−0.05+0.00+0.02−0.06+0.00+0.00
Parker Kelly C11:43−0.09−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Victor Olofsson R11:26−0.10+0.13−0.22−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ross Colton C10:421−0.13+0.15−0.46−0.02+0.00+0.19+0.01
Valeri Nichushkin R21:01−0.14+0.34−0.44−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Manson D18:25−0.32+0.15−0.47−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D16:49−0.39−0.30−0.12+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L16:321−0.61+0.25−0.89−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Scott Wedgewood G60:00+0.81

CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nikolaj Ehlers L17:421+0.80+0.23+0.75+0.04−0.00−0.19−0.02
Andrei Svechnikov R17:281+0.17+0.11+0.23+0.03−0.01−0.19+0.00
Sebastian Aho C22:1111+0.14+0.11−0.14+0.04−0.03+0.19−0.03
Shayne Gostisbehere D22:44+0.05+0.13−0.09+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C12:491+0.03+0.06+0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.01
Mark Jankowski L11:33−0.05−0.03+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Taylor Hall L14:511−0.09−0.03−0.09+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Eric Robinson L11:031−0.10−0.09+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Joel Nystrom D12:56−0.11−0.12+0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jalen Chatfield D20:08−0.14−0.05−0.07−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexander Nikishin D15:30−0.21−0.21+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C11:15−0.21−0.15+0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.03
Jordan Staal C17:00−0.24−0.31+0.00−0.01−0.02+0.19−0.09
K'Andre Miller D21:461−0.29−0.06+0.00−0.01−0.03−0.19+0.00
Sean Walker D23:24−0.41−0.07−0.31−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
William Carrier L8:21−0.55−0.07−0.28−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Jordan Martinook L17:17−0.60−0.15−0.43−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.01
Jackson Blake R15:47−0.62−0.01−0.41−0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Frederik Andersen G66:57+1.11

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.