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Stanley Cup Final, Game 2 · Series tied 1–1 · 2026-06-04 · Lenovo Center

3 – 4Final/OT

CAR beat VGK 4–3 in overtime. CAR also won the expected-goals battle 3.2 to 2.6: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Seth Jarvis scored on the power play at 3:56 of overtime, moving CAR’s win probability from 54% to 100%. Carter Hart allowed 1.5 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
26 – 26
Expected goals
2.6 – 3.2
xG share
CAR 55%
Home-ice start
CAR 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 goalCAR goal

Expected goals

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

VGKCAR

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
2 G, 0 A · 15:35 TOI
Finishing +1.24 · Penalties +0.19
+1.46
CAR
1 G, 0 A · 20:04 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing +0.75 · Penalties +0.19
+1.03
CAR
1 G, 0 A · 17:04 TOI
Finishing +0.72
+0.79

Rough nights

VGK
63:32 TOI
GSAx −1.51
−1.51
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 16:25 TOI
Finishing −0.43 · Penalties −0.19
−0.61
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 14:22 TOI
On-ice −0.28 · Penalties −0.19
−0.49

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVGK–CARWin prob.
P1 13:33 VGKBrett Howden
from Mitch Marner
1–047% → 64%
P2 7:23 VGKBrett Howden
from Ivan Barbashev, Noah Hanifin
2–068% → 83%
P3 10:20 CARLogan Stankoven
unassisted
2–14% → 20%
P3 12:46 CARMark Jankowski
from William Carrier, Eric Robinson
2–217% → 51%
P3 15:25 CARJordan StaalPP
from Shayne Gostisbehere, Andrei Svechnikov
2–352% → 89%
P3 18:39 VGKMark StonePP
from Mitch Marner, Tomas Hertl
3–36% → 50%
OT 3:56 CARSeth JarvisPP
from Shayne Gostisbehere, Sebastian Aho
3–454% → 100%

Every player

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VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brett Howden C15:352+1.46+0.03+1.24+0.19−0.01
Mark Stone R19:571+0.56−0.13+0.69+0.00+0.00
Pavel Dorofeyev L19:55+0.17−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Rasmus Andersson D21:00+0.05−0.01−0.13+0.19+0.00
Brayden McNabb D5:39−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Hanifin D24:151−0.04−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Eichel C22:22−0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.03
Jeremy Lauzon D21:08−0.07−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Shea Theodore D28:30−0.11−0.05−0.05+0.00+0.00
Keegan Kolesar R9:07−0.12+0.03−0.15+0.00+0.00
Cole Smith L9:35−0.22+0.08−0.30+0.00+0.00
Tomas Hertl C16:191−0.27−0.05+0.00−0.19−0.03
Mitch Marner R22:372−0.28−0.06−0.22+0.00+0.00
Dylan Coghlan D16:31−0.28−0.09+0.00−0.19+0.00
William Karlsson C19:07−0.28+0.01−0.27+0.00−0.02
Ivan Barbashev L16:551−0.35+0.03−0.57+0.19+0.00
Nic Dowd C12:06−0.42−0.16−0.29+0.00+0.03
Colton Sissons C14:22−0.49−0.28+0.00−0.19−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carter Hart G63:32−1.51

CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Seth Jarvis R20:041+1.03+0.08+0.75+0.19+0.00
Logan Stankoven C17:041+0.79+0.03+0.72+0.00+0.03
Jordan Staal C16:541+0.77+0.00+0.69+0.00+0.08
Mark Jankowski L9:471+0.77+0.02+0.79+0.00−0.04
Andrei Svechnikov R15:281+0.21+0.21+0.00+0.00+0.00
Shayne Gostisbehere D15:552+0.14+0.14+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Walker D20:32+0.12+0.12+0.00+0.00+0.00
K'Andre Miller D21:51+0.09+0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
William Carrier L8:491+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jalen Chatfield D24:25+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Eric Robinson L10:231−0.04+0.08−0.12+0.00+0.00
Jaccob Slavin D24:09−0.05−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sebastian Aho C21:371−0.07+0.32−0.41+0.00+0.02
Alexander Nikishin D16:18−0.09−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nikolaj Ehlers L17:52−0.22−0.12−0.10+0.00+0.00
Jackson Blake R16:58−0.26−0.06+0.00−0.19+0.00
Taylor Hall L17:09−0.42+0.07−0.50+0.00+0.00
Jordan Martinook L16:25−0.61+0.01−0.43−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Frederik Andersen G63:56+0.26

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.