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2026-04-16 · Ball Arena

0 – 2Final

COL beat SEA 2–0. COL also won the expected-goals battle 3.0 to 1.0: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Nick Blankenburg scored at 17:38 of the second, moving COL’s win probability from 53% to 77%. Scott Wedgewood saved 1.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
22 – 35
Expected goals
1.0 – 3.0
xG share
COL 75%
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.

SEA goalCOL goal

Expected goals

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

SEACOL

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.05
+1.05
SEA
Victor Ostman
65:45 TOI
GSAx +1.04
+1.04
COL
1 G, 0 A · 13:37 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.69 · Penalties +0.19
+0.97

Rough nights

SEA
0 G, 0 A · 20:36 TOI
On-ice −0.26 · Finishing −0.20 · Penalties −0.39
−0.83
COL
0 G, 0 A · 14:22 TOI
On-ice +0.22 · Finishing −0.63
−0.42
SEA
0 G, 0 A · 21:57 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing −0.30
−0.42

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSEA–COLWin prob.
P2 17:38 COLNick Blankenburg
from Brent Burns, Valeri Nichushkin
0–153% → 77%
P3 12:19 COLParker Kelly
from Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin
0–285% → 97%

Every player

Show both lineups

SEA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jani Nyman R12:09+0.01−0.10−0.08−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Eeli Tolvanen R14:54+0.01+0.04−0.02−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matty Beniers C15:34−0.01−0.17+0.00−0.01+0.03+0.19−0.05
Chandler Stephenson C19:16−0.05−0.05−0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Cale Fleury D15:42−0.06−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Lindgren D16:58−0.09−0.10+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Shane Wright C13:28−0.14−0.10+0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.06
Frederick Gaudreau C15:10−0.18−0.20+0.00−0.00+0.03+0.00−0.01
Jordan Eberle R15:13−0.18−0.17+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kaapo Kakko R12:18−0.20−0.13−0.08−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Ryan Winterton C13:53−0.22−0.24+0.00−0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00
Berkly Catton C15:07−0.23−0.03+0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Ben Meyers C14:35−0.29−0.20−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Bobby McMann C16:36−0.30−0.14−0.17−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Adam Larsson D21:54−0.32−0.20−0.11−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Ryker Evans D19:06−0.37−0.16−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Brandon Montour D21:57−0.42−0.12−0.30−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Vince Dunn D20:36−0.83−0.26−0.20+0.01+0.01−0.39+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Victor Ostman G65:45+1.04

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Parker Kelly C13:371+0.97+0.11+0.69−0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00
Nick Blankenburg D15:241+0.91+0.15+0.76+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan O'Connor R13:47+0.34+0.21−0.04−0.04+0.01+0.19+0.00
Alex Barré-Boulet C13:02+0.12+0.11+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Zakhar Bardakov C11:31+0.10+0.05−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.19−0.01
Jack Drury C15:24+0.09+0.24−0.15−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.04
Cale Makar D21:221+0.07+0.06−0.23+0.02+0.03+0.19+0.00
Brent Burns D17:141+0.05+0.22−0.01+0.03+0.01−0.19+0.00
Brett Kulak D19:20+0.04+0.10−0.03−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock Nelson C19:21+0.04+0.06−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.04
Jason Polin R11:37+0.03+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Roy C16:42−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Valeri Nichushkin R18:132−0.02−0.03+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D22:24−0.07+0.22−0.34+0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Sam Malinski D19:57−0.10+0.18−0.11+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L17:40−0.19−0.01−0.20−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Ross Colton C14:27−0.21+0.22−0.38−0.03−0.00+0.00−0.01
Joel Kiviranta L14:22−0.42+0.22−0.63−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Scott Wedgewood G60:00+1.05

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.