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Second round, Game 1 · VGK leads 1–0 · 2026-05-04 · T-Mobile Arena

1 – 3Final

VGK beat ANA 3–1. VGK lost the expected-goals battle 2.6 to 3.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Ivan Barbashev scored at 15:02 of the third, moving VGK’s win probability from 51% to 89%. Carter Hart saved 2.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
34 – 22
Expected goals
3.1 – 2.6
xG share
ANA 54%
Home-ice start
VGK 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.

ANA goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

ANAVGK

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.

VGK
59:46 TOI
GSAx +2.07
+2.07
VGK
1 G, 0 A · 14:45 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.75 · Faceoffs +0.07
+0.95
VGK
1 G, 0 A · 16:04 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.74
+0.81

Rough nights

VGK
0 G, 0 A · 13:39 TOI
On-ice −0.21 · Finishing −0.20 · Faceoffs −0.06
−0.46
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 11:52 TOI
On-ice −0.23 · Penalties −0.19
−0.43
ANA
0 G, 0 A · 21:03 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.42
−0.34

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalANA–VGKWin prob.
P2 3:14 VGKBrett Howden
from Mitch Marner, Rasmus Andersson
0–153% → 72%
P3 13:57 ANAMikael Granlund
from Jackson LaCombe, John Carlson
1–113% → 49%
P3 15:02 VGKIvan Barbashev
from Pavel Dorofeyev
1–251% → 89%
P3 19:54 VGKMitch MarnerEN
unassisted
1–397% → 100%

Every player

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ANA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mikael Granlund C22:171+0.69+0.06+0.66+0.00−0.04
Jacob Trouba D22:08+0.05−0.06−0.08+0.19+0.00
John Carlson D24:431+0.04+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tyson Hinds D8:45+0.03+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tim Washe C12:15+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.05
Cutter Gauthier L14:04−0.04+0.18−0.23+0.00+0.01
Chris Kreider L18:31−0.10+0.05−0.13+0.00−0.01
Jackson LaCombe D28:071−0.10+0.14−0.24+0.00+0.00
Beckett Sennecke R16:45−0.15+0.02−0.17+0.00+0.00
Mason McTavish C9:09−0.15−0.02−0.13+0.00−0.01
Drew Helleson D8:20−0.18−0.05−0.14+0.00+0.00
Jeffrey Viel L13:06−0.22−0.06−0.15+0.00−0.01
Troy Terry R20:54−0.24+0.11−0.35+0.00+0.00
Alex Killorn L17:27−0.24−0.04+0.00−0.19−0.01
Pavel Mintyukov D18:49−0.27−0.11−0.16+0.00+0.00
Ryan Poehling C9:38−0.31−0.11−0.19+0.00−0.01
Ian Moore D9:51−0.32−0.06−0.26+0.00+0.00
Leo Carlsson C21:03−0.34+0.06−0.42+0.00+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Lukas Dostal G58:10+0.03

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brett Howden C14:451+0.95+0.13+0.75+0.00+0.07
Ivan Barbashev L16:041+0.81+0.07+0.74+0.00+0.00
Noah Hanifin D22:46+0.08+0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mitch Marner R18:1211+0.06+0.12−0.22+0.19−0.03
Pavel Dorofeyev L14:101+0.04+0.07−0.03+0.00+0.00
Kaedan Korczak D13:14−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
William Karlsson C11:09−0.03+0.03−0.07+0.00+0.01
Ben Hutton D8:47−0.03−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Mark Stone R19:25−0.05+0.01−0.05+0.00+0.00
Shea Theodore D25:48−0.06−0.01−0.05+0.00+0.00
Jack Eichel C20:57−0.07−0.00−0.09+0.00+0.03
Brayden McNabb D25:09−0.13−0.13−0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Smith L10:47−0.23−0.23+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tomas Hertl C10:04−0.27+0.11−0.38+0.00+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R11:47−0.33+0.09−0.21−0.19−0.01
Rasmus Andersson D21:391−0.33+0.08−0.22−0.19+0.00
Colton Sissons C11:52−0.43−0.23+0.00−0.19+0.00
Nic Dowd C13:39−0.46−0.21−0.20+0.00−0.06
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carter Hart G59:46+2.07

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.