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2026-02-26 · Bridgestone Arena

2 – 4Final

NSH beat CHI 4–2. NSH lost the expected-goals battle 2.1 to 2.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Ryan O'Reilly scored at 16:44 of the third, moving NSH’s win probability from 51% to 91%. Justus Annunen saved 1.2 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
23 – 26
Expected goals
2.5 – 2.1
xG share
CHI 54%
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.

CHI goalNSH goal

Expected goals

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

CHINSH

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.17
+1.17
NSH
1 G, 0 A · 18:40 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.46 · Penalties +0.19
+0.74
NSH
Matthew Wood
1 G, 0 A · 12:17 TOI
On-ice −0.20 · Finishing +0.81
+0.60

Rough nights

CHI
78:53 TOI
GSAx −0.43
−0.43
NSH
0 G, 0 A · 14:40 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing −0.14 · Penalties −0.19
−0.40
CHI
0 G, 0 A · 14:55 TOI
On-ice −0.11 · Finishing −0.12 · Penalties −0.19
−0.39

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCHI–NSHWin prob.
P1 13:50 NSHFilip Forsberg
unassisted
0–153% → 71%
P2 4:13 CHIConnor Bedard
from Ryan Greene
1–128% → 47%
P3 3:16 CHITyler BertuzziPP
from Teuvo Teravainen, Sam Rinzel
2–149% → 74%
P3 7:12 NSHMatthew WoodPP
from Erik Haula
2–223% → 52%
P3 16:44 NSHRyan O'Reilly
from Roman Josi
2–351% → 91%
P3 19:12 NSHSteven StamkosEN
unassisted
2–496% → 100%

Every player

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CHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tyler Bertuzzi L17:561+0.54+0.15+0.40+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Connor Bedard C21:291+0.26+0.18+0.07+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Ryan Greene C16:441+0.14−0.01−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Connor Murphy D15:12+0.13−0.02−0.06−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Oliver Moore C12:54+0.05+0.05+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Artyom Levshunov D17:47−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alex Vlasic D22:39−0.07−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Louis Crevier D17:11−0.08−0.05−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jason Dickinson C13:44−0.11−0.14+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.03
Landon Slaggert L9:58−0.11−0.10+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Grzelcyk D16:16−0.11−0.07−0.06−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sam Rinzel D20:531−0.12+0.05−0.17−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Donato C11:55−0.14−0.13+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Andre Burakovsky L17:08−0.14+0.01−0.14−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ilya Mikheyev R14:07−0.15−0.16+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Teuvo Teravainen C19:491−0.31+0.07−0.40+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Frank Nazar C18:13−0.34+0.13−0.46−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Foligno L14:55−0.39−0.11−0.12−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Spencer Knight G78:53−0.43

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ryan O'Reilly C18:401+0.74+0.11+0.46+0.00+0.01+0.19−0.03
Matthew Wood R12:171+0.60−0.20+0.81−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Filip Forsberg L17:401+0.36−0.04+0.40+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Roman Josi D25:251+0.12+0.11+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Hague D22:03+0.09+0.08+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Zachary L'Heureux L9:45+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brady Skjei D17:17−0.02+0.01−0.02−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyson Jost C13:20−0.03+0.07−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Nick Blankenburg D19:52−0.04−0.03−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Marchessault C14:23−0.12−0.02−0.08+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Luke Evangelista R14:20−0.13+0.17−0.31+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Smith L16:20−0.16−0.13+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Erik Haula L15:561−0.17−0.15+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Adam Wilsby D14:02−0.18+0.04−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Michael Bunting L11:28−0.19+0.04−0.23−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Steven Stamkos C14:541−0.31+0.05−0.39+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Nick Perbix D19:57−0.34−0.14+0.00+0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Michael McCarron C14:40−0.40−0.06−0.14−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Justus Annunen G60:00+1.17

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.