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Second round, Game 3 · VGK leads 2–1 · 2026-05-08 · Honda Center

6 – 2Final

VGK beat ANA 6–2. VGK also won the expected-goals battle 3.5 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Shea Theodore scored at 1:06 of the first, moving VGK’s win probability from 47% to 62%.

Shots on goal
28 – 33
Expected goals
3.5 – 2.3
xG share
VGK 60%
Home-ice start
ANA 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.

VGK goalANA goal

Expected goals

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

VGKANA

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
3 G, 1 A · 23:07 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +1.96
+2.03
VGK
1 G, 0 A · 19:31 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.82
+0.88
VGK
1 G, 1 A · 21:20 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing +0.72
+0.78

Rough nights

ANA
20:00 TOI
GSAx −1.84
−1.84
ANA
0 G, 1 A · 18:34 TOI
Finishing −0.38 · Faceoffs −0.09
−0.48
VGK
0 G, 1 A · 20:59 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing −0.29 · Penalties −0.19
−0.45

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVGK–ANAWin prob.
P1 1:06 VGKShea Theodore
from Jack Eichel, Mark Stone
1–047% → 62%
P1 12:13 VGKBrayden McNabbSH
from Mitch Marner
2–063% → 77%
P1 19:55 VGKMitch MarnerPP
from Pavel Dorofeyev, Colton Sissons
3–081% → 93%
P2 9:19 VGKMitch Marner
from Shea Theodore, Brett Howden
4–095% → 99%
P2 17:56 VGKMitch Marner
from William Karlsson, Ivan Barbashev
5–099% → 99%
P3 6:30 ANABeckett Sennecke
from Alex Killorn, Mikael Granlund
5–10% → 0%
P3 15:09 ANAChris Kreider
from Troy Terry, Leo Carlsson
5–20% → 0%
P3 18:04 VGKBrett HowdenEN
unassisted
6–2100% → 100%

Every player

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VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mitch Marner R23:0731+2.03+0.07+1.96+0.00+0.00
Brayden McNabb D19:311+0.88+0.06+0.82+0.00+0.00
Shea Theodore D21:2011+0.78+0.05+0.72+0.00+0.00
Tomas Hertl C12:23+0.20+0.04−0.10+0.19+0.06
Mark Stone R4:241+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Hanifin D18:53−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Hutton D16:33−0.04−0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00
Pavel Dorofeyev L15:451−0.05+0.04−0.09+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Andersson D20:16−0.06−0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Dylan Coghlan D16:17−0.07−0.01−0.06+0.00+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R11:24−0.09+0.00−0.09+0.00+0.00
Nic Dowd C12:42−0.16+0.01−0.14+0.00−0.04
Cole Smith L12:06−0.17+0.02−0.19+0.00+0.00
Colton Sissons C16:521−0.19+0.04−0.44+0.19+0.02
Brett Howden C17:3711−0.24−0.05+0.00−0.19+0.00
William Karlsson C19:201−0.31+0.01−0.35+0.00+0.04
Ivan Barbashev L16:311−0.33−0.01−0.33+0.00+0.00
Jack Eichel C20:591−0.45+0.05−0.29−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carter Hart G60:00+0.51

ANA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Beckett Sennecke R15:341+0.62−0.04+0.65+0.00+0.00
Chris Kreider L17:091+0.47−0.03+0.50+0.00+0.00
Tim Washe C11:58+0.21+0.05−0.08+0.19+0.04
Troy Terry R18:341+0.04−0.01−0.14+0.19+0.00
Jansen Harkins C11:48−0.00+0.04−0.04+0.00+0.00
Tyson Hinds D14:35−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Drew Helleson D12:18−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob Trouba D23:09−0.07+0.02−0.09+0.00+0.00
Cutter Gauthier L15:49−0.12−0.02−0.11+0.00+0.01
John Carlson D21:02−0.12−0.06−0.06+0.00+0.00
Ross Johnston L11:28−0.12+0.06−0.19+0.00+0.00
Ryan Poehling C18:06−0.15−0.10+0.00+0.00−0.05
Pavel Mintyukov D20:20−0.15−0.08−0.07+0.00+0.00
Jackson LaCombe D22:49−0.17+0.06−0.04−0.19+0.00
Mikael Granlund C15:551−0.19−0.01−0.19+0.00+0.01
Jeffrey Viel L11:01−0.24−0.01−0.04−0.19+0.01
Alex Killorn L16:361−0.27−0.10−0.17+0.00+0.00
Leo Carlsson C18:341−0.48−0.01−0.38+0.00−0.09
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ville Husso G37:49+0.20
Lukas Dostal G20:00−1.84

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.