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First round, Game 3 · COL leads 3–0 · 2026-04-23 · Crypto.com Arena

4 – 2Final

COL beat LAK 4–2. Expected goals were close to even (COL 2.3, LAK 2.5), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Cale Makar scored at 12:12 of the second, moving COL’s win probability from 47% to 69%. Anton Forsberg allowed 1.2 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
23 – 26
Expected goals
2.3 – 2.5
xG share
LAK 53%
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.

COL goalLAK goal

Expected goals

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

COLLAK

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

COL
1 G, 0 A · 25:58 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing +0.79 · Penalties +0.19
+1.13
LAK
1 G, 0 A · 19:06 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.66 · Penalties +0.19
+0.98
COL
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.93
+0.93

Rough nights

LAK
57:56 TOI
GSAx −1.16
−1.16
LAK
0 G, 2 A · 23:21 TOI
Finishing −0.85
−0.79
LAK
0 G, 1 A · 20:57 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing −0.50 · Penalties −0.19
−0.66

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–LAKWin prob.
P1 5:29 COLGabriel Landeskog
from Nicolas Roy, Josh Manson
1–047% → 63%
P2 5:55 LAKTrevor Moore
from Quinton Byfield, Alex Laferriere
1–133% → 54%
P2 12:12 COLCale Makar
from Devon Toews, Artturi Lehkonen
2–147% → 69%
P3 7:39 COLArtturi LehkonenSH
unassisted
3–177% → 94%
P3 15:57 LAKAdrian KempePP
from Artemi Panarin, Alex Laferriere
3–21% → 12%
P3 17:42 COLBrock NelsonEN
unassisted
4–291% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cale Makar D25:581+1.13+0.14+0.79+0.19+0.00
Gabriel Landeskog L18:131+0.89+0.07+0.80+0.00+0.02
Artturi Lehkonen L17:5511+0.66+0.01+0.65+0.00+0.00
Nazem Kadri C14:07+0.15+0.15+0.00+0.00+0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R17:29+0.03+0.07−0.03+0.00+0.00
Brent Burns D18:40+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan O'Connor R10:23−0.02+0.02−0.04+0.00+0.00
Jack Drury C9:26−0.04−0.08−0.02+0.00+0.06
Sam Malinski D18:51−0.05−0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D26:541−0.06+0.12−0.18+0.00+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C19:30−0.07−0.10+0.00+0.00+0.03
Brock Nelson C17:521−0.12+0.01−0.11+0.00−0.02
Nicolas Roy C13:561−0.14+0.07−0.20+0.00+0.00
Parker Kelly C9:31−0.20−0.04−0.17+0.00+0.00
Martin Necas C17:37−0.22−0.09−0.13+0.00+0.00
Brett Kulak D22:03−0.23−0.03+0.00−0.19+0.00
Ross Colton C8:22−0.26+0.01−0.27+0.00+0.00
Josh Manson D4:571−0.49−0.10+0.00−0.39+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Scott Wedgewood G60:00+0.93

LAK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Trevor Moore L19:061+0.98+0.13+0.66+0.19−0.01
Adrian Kempe R19:081+0.61−0.09+0.71+0.00+0.00
Anze Kopitar C17:32+0.14−0.08+0.00+0.19+0.02
Jeff Malott L6:55+0.04+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Drew Doughty D22:51+0.03+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cody Ceci D16:24+0.03+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brian Dumoulin D18:35−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Andrei Kuzmenko L10:30−0.07−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Edmundson D18:59−0.08−0.06−0.02+0.00+0.00
Joel Armia R11:50−0.09−0.07−0.00+0.00−0.02
Brandt Clarke D19:46−0.10−0.09−0.02+0.00+0.00
Artemi Panarin L21:331−0.11−0.11+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jared Wright R8:39−0.12+0.02−0.15+0.00+0.00
Mikey Anderson D16:46−0.16+0.04−0.20+0.00+0.00
Scott Laughton C15:02−0.18−0.10−0.01+0.00−0.07
Samuel Helenius C8:10−0.49+0.02−0.51+0.00+0.00
Quinton Byfield R20:571−0.66+0.05−0.50−0.19−0.02
Alex Laferriere R23:212−0.79+0.04−0.85+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Anton Forsberg G57:56−1.16

Playoff recaps: the playoff ledgers have no per-game split of playmaking and suppression, so those credits stay inside the on-ice and finishing columns.

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.