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2026-03-02 · Crypto.com Arena

4 – 2Final

COL beat LAK 4–2. COL also won the expected-goals battle 3.3 to 1.4: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Devon Toews scored at 15:05 of the third, moving COL’s win probability from 49% to 87%.

Shots on goal
39 – 21
Expected goals
3.3 – 1.4
xG share
COL 71%
Home-ice start
LAK 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.

COL goalLAK goal

Expected goals

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

COLLAK

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.

COL
1 G, 0 A · 22:29 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing +0.74
+0.97
LAK
Angus Booth
1 G, 0 A · 12:18 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing +0.80
+0.73
COL
1 G, 2 A · 18:44 TOI
On-ice +0.25 · Finishing +0.39
+0.68

Rough nights

COL
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.77
−0.77
LAK
0 G, 0 A · 22:24 TOI
On-ice −0.27 · Finishing −0.15 · Playmaking +0.06
−0.37
LAK
0 G, 0 A · 24:24 TOI
On-ice −0.36
−0.36

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–LAKWin prob.
P1 4:27 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Martin Necas, Gabriel Landeskog
1–047% → 63%
P1 10:13 COLGabriel Landeskog
from Brent Burns, Martin Necas
2–064% → 77%
P1 17:20 LAKBrandt ClarkePP
from Anze Kopitar
2–121% → 35%
P2 8:32 LAKAngus Booth
from Brian Dumoulin, Adrian Kempe
2–232% → 53%
P3 15:05 COLDevon Toews
from Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar
3–249% → 87%
P3 19:58 COLMartin NecasEN
from Gabriel Landeskog
4–297% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Devon Toews D22:291+0.97+0.18+0.74+0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Gabriel Landeskog L18:4412+0.68+0.25+0.39+0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C21:0711+0.58+0.37+0.08+0.12−0.00+0.00+0.01
Sam Malinski D19:07+0.38+0.15+0.00+0.02+0.02+0.19+0.00
Martin Necas C20:2512+0.34+0.25−0.13+0.06−0.03+0.19+0.00
Brent Burns D18:131+0.19+0.20−0.05+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R19:06+0.09+0.19−0.13+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L5:35+0.05+0.13−0.09+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brett Kulak D17:21+0.04+0.13−0.06−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Drury C16:03+0.00+0.06−0.07−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.03
Josh Manson D17:23−0.02+0.22−0.04−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Gavin Brindley C8:38−0.02−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cale Makar D25:261−0.05+0.14−0.27+0.04+0.05+0.00+0.00
Zakhar Bardakov C10:06−0.06−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Parker Kelly C16:40−0.19+0.05−0.05−0.02+0.00−0.19+0.02
Ross Colton C12:23−0.20+0.05−0.25−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Brock Nelson C19:13−0.21+0.16−0.32−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.04
Victor Olofsson R14:09−0.21+0.10−0.30−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mackenzie Blackwood G60:00−0.77

LAK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Angus Booth D12:181+0.73−0.08+0.80−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandt Clarke D23:301+0.41−0.30+0.87+0.02+0.02−0.19+0.00
Jared Wright R9:42+0.03+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Samuel Helenius C11:28−0.05−0.19−0.02−0.01+0.02+0.19−0.04
Brian Dumoulin D15:021−0.06−0.05+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Joel Edmundson D19:39−0.11−0.11+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Taylor Ward R12:01−0.15−0.15+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Turcotte C10:49−0.17−0.03−0.13−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kenny Connors C10:14−0.17+0.02−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.04
Mikey Anderson D22:35−0.18−0.22+0.00−0.01+0.05+0.00+0.00
Corey Perry R17:15−0.19−0.16−0.03+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.02
Anze Kopitar C20:081−0.23−0.25−0.06+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.04
Adrian Kempe R20:521−0.27−0.16−0.10−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Laferriere R20:18−0.29−0.34+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.04
Warren Foegele L16:11−0.30−0.28−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeff Malott L10:01−0.36−0.07−0.27−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Cody Ceci D24:24−0.36−0.36−0.02−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Artemi Panarin L22:24−0.37−0.27−0.15+0.06−0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Anton Forsberg G71:00+0.31

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.