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2026-01-06 · Benchmark International Arena

2 – 4Final

TBL beat COL 4–2. TBL lost the expected-goals battle 2.6 to 3.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Brandon Hagel scored at 8:31 of the third, moving TBL’s win probability from 52% to 82%. Andrei Vasilevskiy saved 1.4 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
33 – 28
Expected goals
3.1 – 2.6
xG share
COL 55%
Home-ice start
TBL 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 goalTBL goal

Expected goals

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

COLTBL

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.44
+1.44
TBL
1 G, 0 A · 14:40 TOI
Finishing +0.41
+0.43
COL
1 G, 0 A · 11:20 TOI
Finishing +0.30
+0.34

Rough nights

COL
67:03 TOI
GSAx −0.82
−0.82
TBL
0 G, 0 A · 24:06 TOI
On-ice −0.36
−0.39
COL
0 G, 0 A · 18:19 TOI
On-ice −0.11 · Penalties −0.19
−0.35

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–TBLWin prob.
P1 19:48 TBLJake GuentzelPP
from Nikita Kucherov, Darren Raddysh
0–154% → 72%
P2 3:22 COLParker Kelly
from Zakhar Bardakov, Ilya Solovyov
1–128% → 47%
P2 9:31 COLBrock Nelson
from Cale Makar
2–146% → 68%
P2 17:22 TBLZemgus Girgensons
from Yanni Gourde, Pontus Holmberg
2–229% → 53%
P3 8:31 TBLBrandon Hagel
from Max Crozier, Nikita Kucherov
2–352% → 82%
P3 18:35 TBLAnthony CirelliEN
from Brandon Hagel, Darren Raddysh
2–494% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Parker Kelly C11:201+0.34+0.05+0.30−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.03
Cale Makar D26:041+0.29+0.16−0.06+0.16+0.03+0.00+0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R19:30+0.15+0.06−0.00−0.10+0.00+0.19+0.00
Zakhar Bardakov C8:331+0.14+0.12−0.01+0.21+0.01−0.19+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C22:37+0.13+0.28−0.34−0.07−0.00+0.19+0.07
Artturi Lehkonen L18:55+0.11+0.25−0.29−0.06+0.02+0.19+0.00
Ilya Solovyov D15:021+0.11+0.05+0.00+0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock Nelson C22:141+0.04+0.02+0.00−0.09+0.01+0.00+0.11
Sam Malinski D18:51+0.04+0.11−0.05−0.04+0.02+0.00+0.00
Taylor Makar L7:17−0.04+0.03−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Manson D19:02−0.04−0.04+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Martin Necas C21:54−0.05+0.30−0.26−0.08−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jack Drury C15:54−0.06+0.02−0.07−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Victor Olofsson R11:54−0.17−0.01−0.10−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D18:42−0.21−0.15−0.03−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Gavin Brindley C14:49−0.24−0.22−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ross Colton C12:34−0.28+0.01−0.22−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brent Burns D18:19−0.35−0.11−0.05−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Scott Wedgewood G67:03−0.82

TBL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Zemgus Girgensons C14:401+0.43+0.04+0.41−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Guentzel C18:381+0.32+0.07+0.30−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.01
Brandon Hagel L17:3911+0.25−0.04+0.37−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00
Max Crozier D15:331+0.24+0.05−0.02+0.21+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nikita Kucherov R16:202+0.18−0.26−0.00+0.27−0.02+0.19+0.00
Yanni Gourde C16:151+0.16+0.05−0.00+0.19+0.00+0.00−0.08
Pontus Holmberg R14:271+0.08+0.04−0.03+0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brayden Point C16:50−0.07+0.01−0.06+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.04
Erik Cernak D20:18−0.08+0.02−0.03−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00
Declan Carlile D12:24−0.08−0.10+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Oliver Bjorkstrand R13:43−0.12−0.02−0.13+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Paul L12:12−0.17−0.08−0.02−0.05+0.00+0.00−0.02
Gage Goncalves C11:47−0.17−0.03−0.12−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dominic James C12:08−0.18−0.07−0.02−0.05−0.01+0.00−0.03
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D21:10−0.23+0.23−0.03−0.05+0.00−0.39+0.00
Darren Raddysh D24:392−0.23−0.22−0.11+0.10−0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Cirelli C14:051−0.28−0.11−0.09−0.04+0.01+0.00−0.05
J.J. Moser D24:06−0.39−0.36−0.02+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Andrei Vasilevskiy G60:00+1.44

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.