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2026-01-22 · Bridgestone Arena

3 – 5Final

NSH beat OTT 5–3. Expected goals were close to even (OTT 2.8, NSH 2.7), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Steven Stamkos scored at 18:47 of the third, moving NSH’s win probability from 50% to 95%. James Reimer allowed 1.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
26 – 27
Expected goals
2.8 – 2.7
xG share
OTT 51%
Home-ice start
NSH 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.

OTT goalNSH goal

Expected goals

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

OTTNSH

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.

NSH
3 G, 0 A · 18:47 TOI
Finishing +2.30
+2.26
OTT
1 G, 0 A · 17:17 TOI
Finishing +0.80 · Penalties +0.19
+0.96
OTT
1 G, 0 A · 16:01 TOI
Finishing +0.38 · Penalties +0.19 · Faceoffs +0.05
+0.63

Rough nights

OTT
78:52 TOI
GSAx −1.34
−1.34
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 20:19 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.38 · Penalties −0.19
−0.65
NSH
0 G, 1 A · 16:50 TOI
On-ice −0.11 · Finishing −0.10 · Faceoffs −0.07
−0.29

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalOTT–NSHWin prob.
P1 6:03 OTTStephen Halliday
from Lars Eller, Nick Cousins
1–047% → 63%
P1 14:19 OTTRidly Greig
from Michael Amadio, Jake Sanderson
2–064% → 78%
P2 10:46 OTTBrady Tkachuk
from Dylan Cozens, Artem Zub
3–085% → 95%
P2 18:34 NSHSteven StamkosPP
from Luke Evangelista, Filip Forsberg
3–13% → 11%
P3 8:19 NSHJonathan Marchessault
from Michael Bunting, Luke Evangelista
3–26% → 22%
P3 10:07 NSHSteven StamkosPP
from Ryan O'Reilly, Roman Josi
3–321% → 52%
P3 18:47 NSHSteven Stamkos
from Ryan O'Reilly, Nick Blankenburg
3–450% → 95%
P3 19:33 NSHCole SmithEN
from Erik Haula, Ryan O'Reilly
3–597% → 100%

Every player

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OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brady Tkachuk L17:171+0.96−0.01+0.80−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Ridly Greig C16:011+0.63+0.00+0.38+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.05
Stephen Halliday C9:401+0.57+0.07+0.53−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Nick Cousins C11:041+0.21+0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Jake Sanderson D25:391+0.03+0.10−0.07−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Shane Pinto C18:08−0.00−0.08−0.04−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.12
Fabian Zetterlund L10:38−0.04−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Jensen D16:38−0.08−0.07−0.04+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Claude Giroux R15:44−0.09−0.11+0.00+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.01
Drake Batherson R17:07−0.10+0.00−0.12+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Lars Eller C11:061−0.11+0.11−0.23−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Thomas Chabot D21:36−0.13−0.08−0.04+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Artem Zub D20:261−0.19+0.06−0.05−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Dylan Cozens C16:391−0.19+0.06−0.26−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Tyler Kleven D16:00−0.22−0.00−0.21−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Amadio R16:011−0.23−0.08−0.17−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jordan Spence D13:31−0.27−0.04+0.00−0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Tim Stützle C20:19−0.65−0.08−0.38+0.02−0.03−0.19+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
James Reimer G78:52−1.34

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Steven Stamkos C18:473+2.26−0.01+2.30+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.04
Jonathan Marchessault C15:531+0.43+0.06+0.37+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.01
Michael McCarron C15:08+0.08+0.15−0.06−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Brady Skjei D23:45+0.06+0.09−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Roman Josi D29:061+0.02+0.18−0.20+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Luke Evangelista R13:352−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Filip Forsberg L19:461−0.03+0.06−0.30+0.03−0.00+0.19−0.01
Justin Barron D13:15−0.03−0.02+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Blankenburg D18:421−0.07−0.07+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matthew Wood R10:04−0.09−0.09+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Bunting L12:561−0.10−0.05−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Nick Perbix D18:46−0.12−0.02−0.10+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Hague D12:44−0.13−0.11−0.03+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Fedor Svechkov C8:51−0.14−0.06+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.07
Ryan O'Reilly C22:423−0.21−0.01−0.15+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.05
Cole Smith L16:531−0.23+0.09−0.30−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ozzy Wiesblatt C9:57−0.28−0.09+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Erik Haula L16:501−0.29−0.11−0.10−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.07
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Juuse Saros G60:00−0.09

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.