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2026-04-02 · Crypto.com Arena

5 – 4Final/SO

NSH beat LAK 5–4 in a shootout. NSH also won the expected-goals battle 3.8 to 2.7: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Joel Armia scored at 9:57 of the third, moving LAK’s win probability from 20% to 52%. Juuse Saros saved 3.0 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
34 – 33
Expected goals
3.8 – 2.7
xG share
NSH 58%
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.

NSH goalLAK goal

Expected goals

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

NSHLAK

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
67:29 TOI
GSAx +3.01
+3.01
LAK
67:44 TOI
GSAx +2.32
+2.32
NSH
0 G, 0 A · 10:50 TOI
Finishing −0.10 · Playmaking −0.10 · Shootout +1.01
+0.77

Rough nights

LAK
0 G, 0 A · 24:08 TOI
On-ice −0.20 · Finishing −0.20 · Shootout −0.49
−0.90
NSH
Tyson Jost
0 G, 0 A · 14:29 TOI
Finishing −0.37 · Shootout −0.49
−0.86
LAK
0 G, 0 A · 19:12 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing −0.07 · Playmaking −0.07 · Shootout −0.49
−0.75

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNSH–LAKWin prob.
P1 0:52 NSHFilip Forsberg
from Jonathan Marchessault, Erik Haula
1–047% → 62%
P1 3:47 NSHZachary L'Heureux
from Brady Skjei
2–063% → 75%
P2 2:02 NSHJonathan Marchessault
from Matthew Wood, Justin Barron
3–081% → 93%
P2 6:09 LAKAdrian Kempe
from Artemi Panarin
3–16% → 17%
P2 8:19 NSHSteven Stamkos
from Ryan O'Reilly, Roman Josi
4–184% → 95%
P2 13:29 LAKAdrian Kempe
from Joel Edmundson, Anze Kopitar
4–24% → 14%
P2 15:45 LAKScott Laughton
from Joel Armia, Mikey Anderson
4–313% → 29%
P3 9:57 LAKJoel Armia
from Jared Wright, Brian Dumoulin
4–420% → 52%

Every player

Show both lineups

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Luke Evangelista R10:50+0.77−0.03−0.10−0.10−0.00+0.00+0.00+1.01
Zachary L'Heureux L16:551+0.47+0.15+0.36−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nick Perbix D19:02+0.22+0.01−0.01+0.04−0.01+0.19+0.00+0.00
Matthew Wood R15:001+0.09−0.02−0.04+0.15+0.02+0.00−0.02−0.00
Fedor Svechkov C12:54+0.07−0.05+0.00−0.06−0.00+0.19−0.01−0.00
Nicolas Hague D19:30−0.05−0.07−0.00+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Reid Schaefer L8:05−0.06−0.01−0.00−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Joakim Kemell R8:12−0.10−0.03−0.06−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Adam Wilsby D14:36−0.11−0.13−0.02+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Steven Stamkos C20:401−0.11+0.11+0.26−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.49
Justin Barron D15:181−0.13−0.20−0.01+0.11−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Roman Josi D27:491−0.18+0.32−0.16−0.06+0.02+0.19+0.00−0.49
Filip Forsberg L20:341−0.21−0.24+0.45−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.38
Brady Skjei D24:591−0.27+0.03−0.01+0.12−0.02−0.39+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Marchessault C21:1211−0.41−0.08+0.19+0.20−0.03−0.19−0.01−0.49
Ryan O'Reilly C22:391−0.54+0.20−0.56+0.14+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.32
Erik Haula L16:311−0.71−0.15−0.06+0.03+0.01+0.00−0.05−0.49
Tyson Jost C14:29−0.86+0.03−0.37−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.01−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Juuse Saros G67:29+3.01

LAK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Scott Laughton C16:541+0.65+0.25+0.38−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.05−0.00
Cody Ceci D17:32+0.20+0.12−0.00+0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Samuel Helenius C6:13+0.19+0.04+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.19−0.03−0.00
Joel Armia R13:0811+0.18+0.23+0.26+0.18+0.00+0.00−0.01−0.49
Brian Dumoulin D17:331+0.13+0.07−0.00+0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikey Anderson D21:521+0.13+0.08−0.01+0.03+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jared Wright R11:501+0.11+0.19−0.11+0.22+0.01−0.19+0.00−0.00
Adrian Kempe R20:262+0.07−0.22+0.67−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.32
Drew Doughty D26:11+0.04−0.10−0.02−0.04+0.01+0.19+0.00+0.00
Taylor Ward R7:13+0.03+0.04+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Mathieu Joseph R6:47+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Joel Edmundson D16:471−0.06+0.01−0.05+0.17−0.00−0.19+0.00+0.00
Quinton Byfield R22:07−0.53+0.11−0.06−0.09+0.02+0.00−0.02−0.49
Anze Kopitar C20:341−0.54−0.41+0.00+0.07+0.03+0.19+0.06−0.49
Brandt Clarke D19:40−0.57−0.06−0.03+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.49
Artemi Panarin L20:531−0.58−0.23−0.05+0.29−0.01−0.19+0.00−0.38
Trevor Moore L19:12−0.75−0.14−0.07−0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.49
Alex Laferriere R24:08−0.90−0.20−0.20−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.04−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Darcy Kuemper G67:44+2.32

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.