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Game Recap
NSH3
Final/OTSun, Mar 22, 2026Every game that night
CHI2

NSH beat CHI 3-2 in overtime, with the chances close: 4.02 expected goals to 3.65. F. Forsberg led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). Z. L'Heureux had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.2. J. Saros stopped 27 of 29.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
NSH01113
CHI02002
  1. 2nd 4:34CHIN. Lardis0.20 xG
  2. 2nd 6:31NSHF. Forsberg0.23 xG
  3. 2nd 13:57CHIC. Bedard0.29 xG
  4. 3rd 9:43NSHS. Stamkos0.19 xG
  5. OT 1:05NSHF. Forsberg0.27 xG

Team Stats

NSHCHI
33Shots on goal29
4.02Expected goals3.65
51Shot attempts56
235v5 shots on goal25
0/3Power play0/3
29Hits19
10Blocked shots5
6Penalty minutes6
17Giveaways16
8Takeaways8

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

NSH 4.02 xGCHI 3.65 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdOTCHI goal, 4:34NSH goal, 6:31CHI goal, 13:57NSH goal, 9:43NSH goal, 1:05

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

NSH32 on goal, 3 scored
CHI29 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NSH Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
F. ForsbergLW213331+2018:543:04
J. MarchessaultRW011211+1017:052:45
S. StamkosC1014300016:043:18
R. O'ReillyC0001000021:152:39
E. HaulaLW000420+1020:063:22
L. EvangelistaRW0003210015:253:15
Z. L'HeureuxLW0005600215:121:01
T. JostC0001000015:050:00
M. WoodRW0003010012:452:52
F. SvechkovC0000200011:490:00
R. SchaeferLW000341008:250:00
J. KemellRW000020-207:590:00
R. JosiD0110020227:272:59
B. SkjeiD000100+1024:311:41
N. HagueD000210-1220:150:00
N. PerbixD0001110016:230:00
A. WilsbyD0000100015:220:00
R. UfkoD000012+1013:173:04
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Saros29272.93161:01Win
J. Annunen000–0:00

CHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. BedardC101310-1220:464:43
T. BertuzziLW011310+1018:224:22
R. GreeneC011100-1018:081:44
N. LardisLW1012100013:280:59
F. NazarC000200+1019:304:03
A. BurakovskyLW000401-2018:221:48
I. MikheyevRW0001000017:180:00
T. TeravainenC0000000016:283:52
R. DonatoC0002000013:132:14
L. SlaggertLW0001200010:300:00
D. ToninatoC000100008:220:00
S. LaffertyC000120007:150:00
A. VlasicD0112210026:340:15
A. LevshunovD0001510024:272:59
W. KaiserD0000000223:020:00
S. RinzelD0001310021:443:01
L. CrevierD000421-1218:030:00
M. GrzelcykD000000001:520:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Knight33303.90960:56OT loss
A. Soderblom000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

NSH

Line 3T. Jost12:10Z. L'Heureux12:47E. Haula14:02
Pair 1R. Josi21:14B. Skjei19:09
Pair 2N. Hague18:22A. Wilsby13:58
Pair 3R. Ufko10:13N. Perbix13:03

CHI

Line 1C. Bedard14:59A. Burakovsky15:14R. Greene14:12
Line 2F. Nazar13:28N. Lardis12:15T. Bertuzzi14:00
Pair 1A. Vlasic22:23A. Levshunov17:21
Pair 2W. Kaiser21:05S. Rinzel17:30
Pair 3M. Grzelcyk1:52L. Crevier15:42

From the NHL's shift charts: the players on the ice together most at 5-on-5, with each one's own 5-on-5 time.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreNSH 2.9, CHI 3.0NSH 3, CHI 2
Total goals5.95
Shots on goalNSH 27.8, CHI 26.5NSH 33, CHI 29
Win chanceCHI 52%NSH won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
CHI C. Bedard3.231.11133%1
NSH F. Forsberg3.230.88335%2
NSH R. Josi2.800.85121%0
NSH S. Stamkos2.440.79134%1
NSH J. Marchessault2.420.66128%0
CHI F. Nazar2.320.77024%0
CHI T. Bertuzzi2.230.78131%0
NSH R. O'Reilly2.110.81027%0
NSH L. Evangelista2.130.56016%0
CHI S. Rinzel1.810.4108%0
CHI I. Mikheyev1.710.50022%0
CHI R. Greene1.710.49118%0
NSH E. Haula1.740.42017%0
NSH B. Skjei1.610.43012%0
CHI R. Donato1.620.52021%0
NSH T. Jost1.510.28012%0
NSH M. Wood1.530.38018%0
CHI T. Teravainen1.500.71023%0
CHI A. Burakovsky1.440.57019%0
CHI L. Crevier1.440.2608%0
NSH J. Kemell1.300.19011%0
CHI A. Levshunov1.310.4606%0
NSH Z. L'Heureux1.250.22010%0
CHI N. Lardis1.220.30114%1
NSH N. Hague1.220.2507%0
CHI W. Kaiser1.100.2508%0
CHI A. Vlasic1.120.2914%0
NSH N. Perbix1.010.2406%0
NSH A. Wilsby0.900.2103%0
CHI M. Grzelcyk0.900.2702%0
NSH F. Svechkov0.900.2309%0
CHI L. Slaggert0.910.1808%0
NSH R. Schaefer0.830.18010%0
CHI D. Toninato0.710.2209%0
NSH R. Ufko0.600.3408%0
CHI S. Lafferty0.610.1608%0

Shots on goal: 24 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 more than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.