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2026-01-09 · Canada Life Centre

1 – 5Final

WPG beat LAK 5–1. WPG lost the expected-goals battle 2.1 to 3.7 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Vladislav Namestnikov scored at 1:31 of the first, moving WPG’s win probability from 53% to 69%. Darcy Kuemper allowed 3.5 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
24 – 20
Expected goals
3.7 – 2.1
xG share
LAK 64%
Home-ice start
WPG 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.

LAK goalWPG goal

Expected goals

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

LAKWPG

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.

WPG
Eric Comrie
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.62
+1.62
WPG
2 G, 0 A · 20:21 TOI
Finishing +1.54 · Penalties +0.19 · Faceoffs −0.09
+1.62
LAK
1 G, 0 A · 20:21 TOI
Finishing +0.58 · Penalties +0.19
+0.81

Rough nights

LAK
60:00 TOI
GSAx −3.45
−3.45
LAK
0 G, 0 A · 20:31 TOI
Finishing −0.44 · Penalties −0.19
−0.66
LAK
Jeff Malott
0 G, 0 A · 14:05 TOI
Finishing −0.61
−0.57

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalLAK–WPGWin prob.
P1 1:31 WPGVladislav Namestnikov
from Logan Stanley, Nino Niederreiter
0–153% → 69%
P1 18:05 WPGCole Koepke
from Dylan Samberg, Tanner Pearson
0–272% → 85%
P2 2:07 WPGJonathan Toews
from Colin Miller, Cole Perfetti
0–386% → 94%
P2 9:32 LAKQuinton Byfield
from Taylor Ward, Warren Foegele
1–34% → 12%
P2 12:35 WPGMark ScheifelePP
from Kyle Connor, Gabriel Vilardi
1–490% → 97%
P2 19:17 WPGMark Scheifele
from Cole Perfetti, Gabriel Vilardi
1–598% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

LAK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Quinton Byfield R20:211+0.81+0.00+0.58−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.03
Jacob Moverare D6:34+0.06+0.06+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Cody Ceci D17:13+0.06+0.05+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Taylor Ward R15:301+0.04+0.06+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Mikey Anderson D17:37+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Andre Lee L12:23+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Warren Foegele L15:381−0.02+0.02−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Edmundson D15:36−0.05−0.02−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Drew Doughty D21:28−0.05+0.01−0.05−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandt Clarke D20:26−0.07+0.00−0.08+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Andrei Kuzmenko L19:49−0.08−0.09−0.20+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Brian Dumoulin D16:17−0.09+0.02−0.10−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Samuel Helenius C11:53−0.14+0.01−0.20−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.07
Alex Laferriere R15:21−0.14−0.02−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.03
Alex Turcotte C16:45−0.15−0.01−0.13−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01
Adrian Kempe R19:49−0.47−0.08−0.19+0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
Jeff Malott L14:05−0.57+0.05−0.61−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Kevin Fiala L20:31−0.66−0.04−0.44+0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Anton Forsberg G20:00+0.19
Darcy Kuemper G60:00−3.45

WPG

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mark Scheifele C20:212+1.62−0.02+1.54+0.01−0.01+0.19−0.09
Cole Koepke L9:541+0.79+0.02+0.77−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Vladislav Namestnikov C13:421+0.76−0.03+0.77−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
Jonathan Toews C15:191+0.73−0.03+0.70+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.05
Luke Schenn D15:45+0.16−0.03+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Dylan Samberg D20:471+0.05+0.04+0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Tanner Pearson L11:421+0.04+0.05+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan DeMelo D23:54+0.02+0.01−0.04+0.03+0.03+0.00+0.00
Danil Zhilkin C10:27+0.01+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Alex Iafallo L18:32+0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Colin Miller D16:021−0.03+0.04−0.08−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Gabriel Vilardi C16:332−0.05−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Lowry C14:16−0.07−0.02+0.00−0.04+0.03+0.00−0.04
Josh Morrissey D23:06−0.15−0.03−0.13−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kyle Connor L20:461−0.21+0.00+0.00−0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Cole Perfetti C12:462−0.21−0.03−0.19−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Logan Stanley D18:091−0.23−0.03+0.00−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Nino Niederreiter R11:591−0.34−0.00−0.32−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Eric Comrie G60:00+1.62

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.