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2026-02-04 · T-Mobile Arena

2 – 5Final

VGK beat VAN 5–2. VGK also won the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 1.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Jack Eichel scored at 5:09 of the second, moving VGK’s win probability from 53% to 73%. Kevin Lankinen allowed 1.6 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
23 – 31
Expected goals
1.8 – 3.1
xG share
VGK 64%
Home-ice start
VGK 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.

VAN goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

VANVGK

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.

VGK
1 G, 1 A · 19:07 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.66 · Penalties +0.19
+1.08
VAN
Pierre-Olivier Joseph
1 G, 0 A · 15:06 TOI
Finishing +0.84
+0.80
VAN
1 G, 0 A · 21:41 TOI
Finishing +0.83
+0.76

Rough nights

VAN
60:00 TOI
GSAx −1.61
−1.61
VGK
0 G, 1 A · 21:50 TOI
Finishing −0.19 · Penalties −0.19
−0.37
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 16:08 TOI
Finishing −0.20
−0.27

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–VGKWin prob.
P2 5:09 VGKJack Eichel
from Rasmus Andersson, Mark Stone
0–153% → 73%
P2 6:34 VGKCole Reinhardt
from Braeden Bowman, Shea Theodore
0–273% → 87%
P2 7:11 VANElias Pettersson
from Liam Ohgren, Teddy Blueger
1–213% → 27%
P2 7:39 VGKIvan Barbashev
from Mark Stone, Jack Eichel
1–373% → 88%
P2 19:51 VANPierre-Olivier Joseph
from Conor Garland, Teddy Blueger
2–38% → 23%
P3 2:31 VGKPavel Dorofeyev
from Mitch Marner
2–478% → 93%
P3 3:31 VGKAlexander Holtz
from Keegan Kolesar, Jeremy Lauzon
2–593% → 99%

Every player

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VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D15:061+0.80−0.01+0.84−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Elias Pettersson D21:411+0.76−0.04+0.83−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D23:06−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tom Willander D20:11−0.05−0.00−0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Tyler Myers D20:48−0.06−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Aatu Räty C12:01−0.06−0.07−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Filip Hronek D17:06−0.07−0.06+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Max Sasson C12:22−0.11−0.09+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Lekkerimäki R12:57−0.14−0.12+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake DeBrusk L12:58−0.15−0.05−0.08−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.02
Evander Kane L16:31−0.16−0.03−0.11+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Linus Karlsson C13:46−0.16−0.06−0.08−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.02
Conor Garland R18:001−0.20+0.02−0.27+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Teddy Blueger C17:072−0.20+0.01−0.23−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
David Kampf C15:11−0.23−0.06−0.18−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.03
Liam Ohgren L17:211−0.24+0.02−0.22−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.01
Elias Pettersson C15:40−0.24−0.01−0.24+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Drew O'Connor L16:08−0.27−0.04−0.20−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Kevin Lankinen G60:00−1.61

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jack Eichel C19:0711+1.08+0.13+0.66+0.05+0.01+0.19+0.04
Alexander Holtz R14:091+0.56−0.06+0.62−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Cole Reinhardt L13:131+0.50+0.05+0.46−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ivan Barbashev L15:341+0.43+0.06+0.38−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Pavel Dorofeyev L17:451+0.22+0.04+0.18−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kaedan Korczak D14:37+0.08+0.08−0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mitch Marner R16:441+0.06+0.05−0.00+0.06+0.00+0.00−0.05
Shea Theodore D23:521+0.05+0.04+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Hutton D13:20+0.05+0.06+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Braeden Bowman R12:501+0.04+0.04+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kai Uchacz C11:49+0.02+0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Rasmus Andersson D20:311+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Noah Hanifin D22:57−0.03+0.04−0.07+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tomas Hertl C16:18−0.04−0.03+0.00−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.02
Reilly Smith R13:19−0.07−0.03−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R12:491−0.17−0.05−0.08−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mark Stone R17:162−0.18+0.15−0.40+0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jeremy Lauzon D21:501−0.37+0.03−0.19−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Akira Schmid G60:00−0.08

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.