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2026-10-03 ·

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COL beat STL 6–1. COL also won the expected-goals battle 3.4 to 1.9: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Cale Makar scored at 4:09 of the first, moving COL’s win probability from 53% to 69%.

Shots on goal
26 – 36
Expected goals
1.9 – 3.4
xG share
COL 64%
Model before the game
COL 75%

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.

STL goalCOL goal

Expected goals

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

STLCOL

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
2 G, 1 A · 19:21 TOI
Finishing +0.65 · Playmaking +0.23 · Penalties +0.18
+1.09
COL
1 G, 1 A · 16:36 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing +0.44 · Playmaking +0.13
+0.69
COL
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.50
+0.50

Rough nights

STL
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.87
−0.87
COL
0 G, 0 A · 14:14 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing −0.17 · Playmaking −0.14
−0.25
STL
0 G, 0 A · 12:37 TOI
Penalties −0.18
−0.25

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSTL–COLWin prob.
P1 4:09 COLCale Makar
from Martin Necas, Nathan MacKinnon
0–153% → 69%
P1 13:12 COLMartin Necas
from Nathan MacKinnon, Artturi Lehkonen
0–270% → 84%
P2 5:38 COLJosh Manson
from Nicolas Roy, Parker Kelly
0–387% → 95%
P2 11:40 COLArtturi Lehkonen
unassisted
0–497% → 99%
P2 18:02 COLNicolas Roy
from Parker Kelly, Josh Manson
0–5100% → 100%
P2 18:25 COLMartin Necas
from Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon
0–6100% → 100%
P3 2:34 STLDalibor Dvorsky
from Theo Lindstein
1–60% → 0%

Every player

Show both lineups

STL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Theo Lindstein D14:261+0.11−0.09−0.01+0.22−0.01+0.00+0.00
Connor McMichael L15:19+0.02−0.01−0.09−0.06+0.00+0.18+0.00
Brandon Carlo D17:36−0.05−0.05−0.03+0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00
Pius Suter C16:14−0.05−0.01−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.03
Dalibor Dvorsky R12:171−0.06−0.05+0.28−0.10+0.00−0.18−0.02
Cam Fowler D23:24−0.09+0.01−0.01−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Jiricek D19:43−0.11−0.01−0.06−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Philip Broberg D20:16−0.12−0.08−0.03−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jimmy Snuggerud R14:51−0.14−0.04−0.03−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Neighbours L13:43−0.15−0.05−0.09−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mason McTavish C14:57−0.15−0.03−0.12−0.04−0.02+0.00+0.06
Dylan Holloway L15:35−0.16−0.04−0.10−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Robert Thomas C16:30−0.20−0.09−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.07
Colton Parayko D20:45−0.22−0.09−0.09−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pavel Buchnevich L15:43−0.23−0.07−0.06−0.11−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dillon Dube C13:16−0.25−0.03−0.00−0.02−0.01−0.18+0.00
Jonatan Berggren R14:48−0.25−0.09−0.16+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Zach Dean C12:37−0.25−0.02−0.00−0.02−0.00−0.18−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jordan Binnington G60:00−0.87

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Martin Necas C19:2121+1.09+0.05+0.65+0.23−0.03+0.18+0.00
Josh Manson D16:3611+0.69+0.12+0.44+0.13+0.00+0.00+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L19:2611+0.40+0.07+0.25+0.04+0.04+0.00+0.00
Cale Makar D20:041+0.36+0.06+0.32−0.04+0.02+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Roy C12:5311+0.31+0.04+0.28+0.16−0.00−0.18+0.01
Sam Malinski D15:37+0.27−0.00−0.12+0.19+0.02+0.18+0.00
Parker Kelly C15:312+0.23+0.05−0.03+0.21+0.00+0.00+0.00
T.J. Hughes R19:56+0.21+0.02−0.12−0.06+0.00+0.37+0.01
Nathan MacKinnon C18:163+0.17+0.05−0.27+0.40−0.00+0.00+0.00
Gabriel Landeskog L14:351+0.05−0.04−0.00+0.07+0.01+0.00+0.01
Devon Toews D18:55−0.00+0.03−0.01−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Noah Juulsen D10:55−0.05+0.01−0.02−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Kulak D16:48−0.06+0.01−0.01−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Fedor Svechkov C15:05−0.10+0.11−0.17−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.02
Brock Nelson C16:11−0.18−0.02−0.06−0.12+0.00+0.00+0.02
Nazem Kadri C18:27−0.21−0.01−0.21−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Brent Burns D13:10−0.22+0.07−0.04−0.08+0.01−0.18+0.00
Jaden Schwartz C14:14−0.25+0.05−0.17−0.14+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mackenzie Blackwood G60:00+0.50

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.