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2026-10-04 ·

3 – 2Final

WPG beat DET 3–2. WPG lost the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 4.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Cole Perfetti scored on the power play at 13:04 of the first, moving WPG’s win probability from 48% to 65%. Stuart Skinner saved 3.0 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
27 – 35
Expected goals
2.9 – 4.2
xG share
DET 59%
Model before the game
WPG 54%

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.

WPG goalDET goal

Expected goals

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

WPGDET

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.

WPG
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.95
+2.95
WPG
2 G, 1 A · 20:05 TOI
On-ice +0.30 · Finishing +0.50 · Playmaking +0.05
+0.83
WPG
1 G, 2 A · 17:10 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.30
+0.42

Rough nights

WPG
0 G, 0 A · 20:53 TOI
On-ice −0.15 · Playmaking −0.06 · Penalties −0.38
−0.57
DET
0 G, 0 A · 23:55 TOI
Finishing −0.21 · Playmaking −0.08 · Penalties −0.19
−0.51
WPG
0 G, 0 A · 13:09 TOI
Finishing −0.10 · Penalties −0.38
−0.50

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalWPG–DETWin prob.
P1 13:04 WPGCole PerfettiPP
from Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey
1–048% → 65%
P1 14:36 WPGKyle ConnorPP
from Gabriel Vilardi, Cole Perfetti
2–065% → 78%
P2 5:41 WPGKyle ConnorPP
from Josh Morrissey, Cole Perfetti
3–083% → 94%
P2 16:52 DETViktor ArvidssonPP
from Andrew Copp, Moritz Seider
3–13% → 12%
P3 4:56 DETEmmitt Finnie
from Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, Alex DeBrincat
3–28% → 24%

Every player

Show both lineups

WPG

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kyle Connor L20:0521+0.83+0.30+0.50+0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00
Cole Perfetti C17:1012+0.42+0.07+0.30+0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Josh Morrissey D21:332+0.25+0.21−0.18+0.21+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tyrel Bauer D8:35+0.11−0.07−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Alex Iafallo L11:44+0.08+0.12−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Samberg D19:50+0.01+0.04−0.01−0.04+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brad Lambert C10:27−0.00−0.06−0.10−0.03−0.00+0.19+0.00
Neal Pionk D23:53−0.04−0.10−0.06−0.07−0.01+0.19+0.00
Nino Niederreiter R11:15−0.06−0.02−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Scheifele C18:06−0.06+0.09−0.14+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.02
Isak Rosen R12:54−0.13−0.09−0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Gabriel Vilardi C14:411−0.14+0.01−0.16+0.21+0.01−0.19−0.01
Mario Ferraro D20:17−0.15−0.14−0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Lowry C15:17−0.20−0.11−0.00−0.07+0.02+0.00−0.05
Viggo Björck C13:21−0.26−0.11−0.08−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.04
Morgan Barron C17:46−0.42−0.33−0.06−0.04+0.03+0.00−0.02
Vladislav Namestnikov C13:09−0.50−0.01−0.10−0.03+0.01−0.38+0.02
Dylan DeMelo D20:53−0.57−0.15−0.01−0.06+0.03−0.38+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Stuart Skinner G60:00+2.95

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Emmitt Finnie C16:561+0.34+0.15+0.32−0.15−0.00+0.00+0.03
Andreas Englund D7:15+0.18+0.03−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.19+0.00
Albert Johansson D12:37+0.11−0.02−0.01−0.04−0.00+0.19+0.00
Ben Chiarot D17:23+0.09+0.18−0.01−0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D15:37+0.09+0.12−0.13−0.07−0.02+0.19+0.00
Alex DeBrincat R23:161+0.02−0.00−0.24+0.07+0.00+0.19+0.00
Nate Danielson C8:09+0.00+0.04−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.01
Mason Appleton C9:23−0.01+0.05−0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00−0.01
Keegan Kolesar R10:49−0.01+0.02−0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrew Copp C23:441−0.03−0.16−0.05+0.05+0.02+0.00+0.11
Anton Johansson D13:30−0.11−0.07−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Viktor Arvidsson L21:241−0.13+0.02+0.22−0.19−0.02−0.19+0.02
Moritz Seider D25:411−0.18−0.01−0.16−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Rasmussen C16:09−0.20−0.02−0.14−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård R19:331−0.23+0.20−0.54+0.12−0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Faulk D19:32−0.27−0.09−0.14−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L12:51−0.34−0.06−0.02−0.04+0.01−0.19−0.04
Lucas Raymond L23:55−0.51−0.03−0.21−0.08−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
John Gibson G57:11−0.09

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.