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2026-01-11 · Canada Life Centre

3 – 4Final

WPG beat NJD 4–3. Expected goals were close to even (NJD 3.1, WPG 2.9), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Tanner Pearson scored at 6:17 of the third, moving WPG’s win probability from 52% to 80%. Jake Allen allowed 1.4 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
27 – 22
Expected goals
3.1 – 2.9
xG share
NJD 52%
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.

NJD goalWPG goal

Expected goals

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

NJDWPG

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.

NJD
2 G, 0 A · 12:19 TOI
Finishing +1.64
+1.64
NJD
1 G, 0 A · 24:16 TOI
On-ice +0.27 · Finishing +0.63 · Penalties +0.19
+1.09
WPG
Jonathan Toews
1 G, 0 A · 15:17 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.72 · Faceoffs +0.07
+0.91

Rough nights

NJD
58:09 TOI
GSAx −1.43
−1.43
WPG
0 G, 0 A · 19:42 TOI
On-ice −0.30 · Finishing −0.26
−0.60
NJD
0 G, 0 A · 15:07 TOI
Finishing −0.33
−0.37

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNJD–WPGWin prob.
P1 18:50 WPGAlex Iafallo
from Nino Niederreiter, Dylan Samberg
0–153% → 71%
P1 19:27 NJDNico Hischier
from Luke Hughes, Jesper Bratt
1–129% → 47%
P2 1:05 NJDCody Glass
from Luke Hughes, Jack Hughes
2–147% → 66%
P2 2:36 WPGJonathan Toews
from Cole Perfetti
2–234% → 53%
P2 8:08 NJDCody Glass
from Jack Hughes, Johnathan Kovacevic
3–247% → 68%
P2 17:57 WPGGabriel Vilardi
from Cole Perfetti, Josh Morrissey
3–328% → 53%
P3 6:17 WPGTanner Pearson
from Josh Morrissey, Cole Koepke
3–452% → 80%

Every player

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NJD

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cody Glass C12:192+1.64+0.03+1.64−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Nico Hischier C24:161+1.09+0.27+0.63+0.02−0.01+0.19−0.01
Brett Pesce D19:50+0.12+0.11+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ondrej Palat L9:24−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Luke Hughes D24:412−0.02+0.14−0.10−0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00
Paul Cotter C9:49−0.03−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D18:141−0.04−0.01−0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonas Siegenthaler D18:49−0.15+0.04+0.00−0.02+0.02−0.19+0.00
Arseny Gritsyuk R14:16−0.17+0.09−0.06−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Luke Glendening C9:25−0.18+0.02−0.24−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.05
Simon Nemec D19:28−0.18−0.14−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brenden Dillon D15:14−0.19−0.16−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Evgenii Dadonov L10:00−0.19−0.18+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack Hughes C27:042−0.26+0.28−0.56+0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jesper Bratt L21:051−0.32+0.24−0.59+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Timo Meier R17:49−0.35−0.17−0.19−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.01
Dawson Mercer C16:44−0.37−0.29−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Connor Brown R15:07−0.37−0.01−0.33−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G58:09−1.43

WPG

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jonathan Toews C15:171+0.91+0.11+0.72+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.07
Gabriel Vilardi C16:161+0.70+0.16+0.53−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Tanner Pearson L8:161+0.57−0.10+0.71−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.02
Alex Iafallo L17:471+0.26−0.15+0.45−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.02
Colin Miller D4:14+0.24+0.05+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Logan Stanley D16:25+0.17+0.17+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Perfetti C15:042+0.07+0.29−0.22−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Neal Pionk D22:56+0.02+0.02+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nino Niederreiter R17:261+0.02+0.22−0.18−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Vladislav Namestnikov C17:29−0.00+0.04−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Dylan Samberg D21:131−0.01+0.01−0.03−0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Danil Zhilkin C10:39−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Koepke L10:431−0.06−0.06+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Lowry C16:22−0.10+0.04−0.14−0.04+0.02+0.00+0.02
Josh Morrissey D26:282−0.18+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Dylan DeMelo D25:07−0.19−0.24+0.00+0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Mark Scheifele C20:40−0.23−0.25−0.13+0.02−0.01+0.19−0.06
Kyle Connor L19:42−0.60−0.30−0.26−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Connor Hellebuyck G60:00−0.11

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.