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2026-04-05 · Ball Arena

3 – 2Final

STL beat COL 3–2. STL also won the expected-goals battle 4.0 to 2.7: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Robert Thomas scored at 17:10 of the third, moving STL’s win probability from 49% to 91%. Mackenzie Blackwood saved 1.3 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 28
Expected goals
4.0 – 2.7
xG share
STL 60%
Home-ice start
COL 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.

STL goalCOL goal

Expected goals

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

STLCOL

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.

STL
3 G, 0 A · 20:13 TOI
On-ice +0.35 · Finishing +1.95 · Playmaking +0.07
+2.38
COL
58:35 TOI
GSAx +1.29
+1.29
COL
1 G, 0 A · 11:35 TOI
On-ice −0.15 · Finishing +0.82
+0.66

Rough nights

STL
Jimmy Snuggerud
0 G, 3 A · 17:32 TOI
On-ice +0.26 · Finishing −1.22
−0.95
COL
0 G, 0 A · 21:38 TOI
On-ice −0.05 · Finishing −0.66 · Playmaking +0.09
−0.63
COL
0 G, 0 A · 18:33 TOI
On-ice −0.34 · Finishing −0.12 · Penalties −0.19
−0.63

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSTL–COLWin prob.
P1 12:01 STLRobert Thomas
from Jimmy Snuggerud, Dylan Holloway
1–047% → 64%
P1 15:10 COLParker Kelly
from Brent Burns, Logan O'Connor
1–135% → 53%
P2 3:40 COLBrent Burns
from Nick Blankenburg, Brock Nelson
1–253% → 72%
P2 4:09 STLRobert Thomas
from Dylan Holloway, Jimmy Snuggerud
2–228% → 47%
P3 17:10 STLRobert Thomas
from Jimmy Snuggerud, Dylan Holloway
3–249% → 91%

Every player

Show both lineups

STL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Robert Thomas C20:133+2.38+0.35+1.95+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Tucker D12:49+0.27+0.28+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jake Neighbours L14:56+0.25+0.26+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cam Fowler D21:50+0.22+0.24+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexey Toropchenko R12:19+0.14−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Logan Mailloux D19:47+0.10−0.05−0.03+0.01−0.02+0.19+0.00
Colton Parayko D23:14+0.10+0.16−0.09+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Theo Lindstein D14:01+0.09+0.09+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Philip Broberg D22:19+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Pius Suter C15:10+0.01+0.14−0.35−0.01+0.02+0.19+0.02
Dalibor Dvorsky R11:13−0.19−0.04−0.11−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.03
Pavel Buchnevich L15:10−0.22−0.15−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Kyrou R14:49−0.24−0.13−0.11+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Finley C12:06−0.24−0.11+0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.07
Jonathan Drouin L14:12−0.34−0.13−0.38+0.00−0.03+0.19+0.00
Dylan Holloway L18:323−0.37+0.28−0.67+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonatan Berggren R13:48−0.41+0.10−0.13−0.00−0.00−0.39+0.00
Jimmy Snuggerud R17:323−0.95+0.26−1.22+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joel Hofer G60:00+0.28

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Parker Kelly C11:351+0.66−0.15+0.82−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Brent Burns D17:5911+0.49−0.44+0.90+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L16:53+0.18+0.14+0.00+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Logan O'Connor R8:071+0.16−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Zakhar Bardakov C4:45−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D25:15−0.02−0.07+0.00+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Joel Kiviranta L11:26−0.04+0.01−0.04−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brock Nelson C21:251−0.08−0.04+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.03
Sam Malinski D20:07−0.16−0.06−0.13+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Blankenburg D11:381−0.17−0.07−0.09−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Kulak D21:00−0.17−0.09−0.06−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack Drury C15:39−0.22−0.19+0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.01
Josh Manson D18:37−0.23+0.04−0.07−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Martin Necas C21:56−0.37−0.06−0.50+0.03−0.03+0.19+0.00
Ross Colton C11:56−0.45−0.07−0.36−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Gabriel Landeskog L15:02−0.53−0.36+0.00+0.01+0.03−0.19−0.02
Nazem Kadri C18:33−0.63−0.34−0.12+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.01
Nathan MacKinnon C21:38−0.63−0.05−0.66+0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mackenzie Blackwood G58:35+1.29

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.