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2026-03-06 · American Airlines Center

5 – 4Final/SO

COL beat DAL 5–4 in a shootout. COL lost the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 3.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Valeri Nichushkin scored on the power play at 19:45 of the third, moving COL’s win probability from 3% to 49%. Mackenzie Blackwood allowed 2.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 21
Expected goals
2.9 – 3.3
xG share
DAL 53%
Home-ice start
DAL 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 goalDAL goal

Expected goals

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

COLDAL

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
41:01 TOI
GSAx +2.09
+2.09
COL
1 G, 0 A · 19:15 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.55 · Shootout +0.66
+1.30
DAL
1 G, 1 A · 31:46 TOI
On-ice +0.36 · Finishing +0.57
+0.94

Rough nights

COL
21:47 TOI
GSAx −2.65
−2.65
DAL
64:36 TOI
GSAx −1.52
−1.52
DAL
0 G, 2 A · 22:12 TOI
Finishing −0.55 · Shootout −0.32
−0.85

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–DALWin prob.
P1 3:33 COLCale MakarPP
from Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas
1–047% → 63%
P1 7:11 DALMiro HeiskanenPP
from Jason Robertson, Wyatt Johnston
1–137% → 53%
P1 10:39 DALWyatt Johnston
from Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson
1–253% → 70%
P1 16:07 DALJustin Hryckowian
from Mavrik Bourque
1–371% → 85%
P1 19:58 COLNathan MacKinnonPP
from Martin Necas, Cale Makar
2–315% → 28%
P2 1:52 DALJamie Benn
from Justin Hryckowian, Mavrik Bourque
2–472% → 86%
P2 8:06 COLMartin Necas
from Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog
3–412% → 27%
P3 19:45 COLValeri NichushkinPP
from Martin Necas, Brock Nelson
4–43% → 49%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Valeri Nichushkin R19:151+1.30+0.07+0.55+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.66
Cale Makar D27:4611+0.72−0.36+0.63+0.04+0.03+0.39+0.00+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C27:2112+0.68−0.26+0.79+0.11−0.00+0.00+0.04−0.00
Martin Necas C26:5513+0.40−0.10+0.28+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.22
Brent Burns D17:12+0.27+0.08−0.03+0.02+0.01+0.19+0.00+0.00
Zakhar Bardakov C6:09+0.10−0.10+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00−0.00
Nicolas Roy C8:46−0.03−0.10−0.09−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.03−0.00
Joel Kiviranta L10:54−0.04−0.00−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Sam Malinski D17:12−0.11−0.13+0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ross Colton C13:46−0.13+0.05−0.17−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Gabriel Landeskog L22:541−0.13−0.10−0.08−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.05−0.00
Parker Kelly C12:46−0.15−0.14+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Gavin Brindley C7:07−0.17+0.06−0.22−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Brock Nelson C24:501−0.23+0.06−0.26−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
Josh Manson D15:36−0.30+0.04−0.14−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00+0.00
Jack Drury C11:38−0.32−0.11+0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19−0.01−0.00
Brett Kulak D16:07−0.37−0.17+0.00−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D23:43−0.42+0.07−0.52+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Scott Wedgewood G41:01+2.09
Mackenzie Blackwood G21:47−2.65

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Miro Heiskanen D31:4611+0.94+0.36+0.57+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Hryckowian C20:2211+0.91+0.32+0.64−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.05−0.00
Jamie Benn L15:271+0.88+0.25+0.59+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Wyatt Johnston C24:1411+0.75−0.02+0.79+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Nils Lundkvist D15:46+0.28+0.10−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00+0.00
Esa Lindell D25:48+0.11+0.18−0.11+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Erne L12:09+0.08+0.09+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Colin Blackwell C10:37−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nathan Bastian R8:16−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Roope Hintz C11:26−0.04+0.01−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Lian Bichsel D12:37−0.10−0.08−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Thomas Harley D23:36−0.10−0.07−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ilya Lyubushkin D10:20−0.10+0.01−0.11−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Oskar Bäck C10:53−0.13+0.08+0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19−0.01−0.00
Sam Steel C17:47−0.15+0.07−0.01−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00−0.00
Mavrik Bourque C17:102−0.36−0.01−0.18−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.03−0.00
Matt Duchene C17:41−0.77−0.08−0.39+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.29
Jason Robertson L22:122−0.85+0.00−0.55+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.32
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Oettinger G64:36−1.52

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.