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2026-04-16 · Rogers Place

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EDM beat VAN 6–1. EDM also won the expected-goals battle 3.7 to 1.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Josh Samanski scored at 1:58 of the first, moving EDM’s win probability from 53% to 69%. Kevin Lankinen allowed 2.0 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
12 – 35
Expected goals
1.3 – 3.7
xG share
EDM 74%
Home-ice start
EDM 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.

VAN goalEDM goal

Expected goals

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

VANEDM

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.

EDM
Matt Savoie
3 G, 0 A · 15:59 TOI
Finishing +2.12
+2.12
EDM
Josh Samanski
1 G, 0 A · 14:27 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing +0.79
+0.81
EDM
Colton Dach
1 G, 1 A · 13:42 TOI
Finishing +0.74
+0.77

Rough nights

VAN
60:00 TOI
GSAx −1.99
−1.99
EDM
0 G, 0 A · 17:02 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.51
−0.47
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 15:11 TOI
Finishing −0.38
−0.41

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–EDMWin prob.
P1 1:58 EDMJosh Samanski
from Colton Dach, Evan Bouchard
0–153% → 69%
P1 6:48 EDMMatt Savoie
from Evan Bouchard, Connor McDavid
0–270% → 83%
P1 12:10 VANTy Mueller
from Curtis Douglas, Kevin Lankinen
1–216% → 30%
P1 14:35 EDMMatt SavoiePP
from Connor McDavid
1–371% → 84%
P1 19:02 EDMMatt SavoiePP
from Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard
1–485% → 93%
P2 16:46 EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPP
from Zach Hyman, Connor McDavid
1–598% → 100%
P3 8:20 EDMColton Dach
from Connor Murphy, Darnell Nurse
1–6100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ty Mueller C12:591+0.76+0.02+0.74−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zeev Buium D21:38+0.11−0.05+0.00−0.00−0.03+0.19+0.00
Curtis Douglas C12:001+0.02+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D19:06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nils Hoglander L13:36−0.04−0.06+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Kirill Kudryavtsev D17:33−0.05−0.05−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tom Willander D17:29−0.05−0.03+0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Liam Ohgren L18:19−0.06−0.04+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Elias Pettersson C15:59−0.08−0.05+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.05
Marco Rossi C13:15−0.09−0.05−0.24−0.01−0.02+0.19+0.03
Drew O'Connor L12:33−0.10−0.08+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Filip Hronek D27:44−0.11−0.03−0.06+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Aatu Räty C14:06−0.18+0.02−0.15−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.05
Brock Boeser R18:15−0.26−0.03−0.21−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Teddy Blueger C16:27−0.29−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19−0.06
Elias Pettersson D14:53−0.35−0.04−0.08−0.00−0.02−0.19+0.00
Linus Karlsson C16:19−0.40−0.04−0.35−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jake DeBrusk L15:11−0.41−0.04−0.38−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Kevin Lankinen G60:00−1.99

EDM

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matt Savoie C15:593+2.12+0.01+2.12−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Samanski C14:271+0.81+0.05+0.79−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.03
Colton Dach C13:4211+0.77+0.05+0.74−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C17:481+0.63+0.06+0.49+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.04
Jack Roslovic C16:22+0.03+0.04−0.06+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.04
Mattias Ekholm D19:01+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor McDavid C18:164+0.01+0.07−0.45+0.12−0.00+0.19+0.08
Connor Murphy D16:341+0.00+0.03−0.04+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Trent Frederic C14:37−0.01+0.06−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kasperi Kapanen R13:17−0.07−0.01−0.05−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Zach Hyman L18:111−0.09+0.04−0.11−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ty Emberson D18:54−0.11+0.04−0.14−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Darnell Nurse D20:211−0.15+0.01−0.15−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Evan Bouchard D21:523−0.16+0.06−0.23+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Henrique C12:23−0.20−0.03+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.19+0.01
Curtis Lazar C10:14−0.23−0.00−0.21−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Jake Walman D19:19−0.25+0.07−0.32+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Vasily Podkolzin R17:02−0.47+0.06−0.51−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Connor Ingram G69:32+0.61

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.