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2018-12-22 · T-Mobile Arena

4 – 3Final/OT

MTL beat VGK 4–3 in overtime. MTL also won the expected-goals battle 5.0 to 3.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Paul Byron scored at 1:59 of overtime, moving MTL’s win probability from 48% to 100%.

Shots on goal
47 – 26
Expected goals
5.0 – 3.3
xG share
MTL 60%
Home-ice start
VGK 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.

MTL goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

MTLVGK

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.

MTL
3 G, 0 A · 19:23 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +2.04
+2.14
VGK
Brandon Pirri
2 G, 0 A · 15:57 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +1.52
+1.58
MTL
Paul Byron
1 G, 0 A · 17:39 TOI
On-ice +0.29 · Finishing +0.54 · Penalties +0.18
+0.98

Rough nights

VGK
Paul Stastny
0 G, 0 A · 19:09 TOI
On-ice −0.49 · Finishing −0.13 · Penalties −0.18
−0.77
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 23:19 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.28 · Penalties −0.18
−0.63
MTL
Carey Price
61:13 TOI
GSAx −0.58
−0.58

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–VGKWin prob.
P1 3:40 MTLPhillip Danault
from Brendan Gallagher, Tomas Tatar
1–047% → 63%
P1 16:24 VGKBrandon Pirri
from Alex Tuch, William Karlsson
1–135% → 53%
P2 4:52 VGKJonathan Marchessault
from Brayden McNabb, William Karlsson
1–253% → 73%
P2 8:10 MTLPhillip Danault
from Jordie Benn, Brendan Gallagher
2–227% → 47%
P2 13:59 VGKBrandon Pirri
from Brayden McNabb
2–353% → 75%
P3 18:35 MTLPhillip DanaultPP
from Max Domi, Tomas Tatar
3–36% → 50%
OT 1:59 MTLPaul Byron
from Max Domi, Victor Mete
4–348% → 100%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Phillip Danault C19:233+2.14+0.10+2.04−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Paul Byron L17:391+0.98+0.29+0.54−0.03+0.00+0.18+0.00
Shea Weber D26:06+0.24+0.39+0.01−0.03+0.05−0.18+0.00
Andrew Shaw R14:42+0.22+0.32−0.23−0.03+0.00+0.18−0.02
Mike Reilly D17:42+0.21+0.36−0.12−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Kulak D14:55+0.05+0.08+0.01−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Max Domi C17:442+0.04+0.41−0.43+0.08+0.00+0.00−0.03
Jordie Benn D18:121+0.00+0.09−0.09+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L18:08−0.03+0.21−0.22+0.02−0.03+0.00−0.01
Kenny Agostino L10:36−0.05+0.10−0.14+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C15:00−0.05+0.37−0.41−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.02
Victor Mete D19:371−0.06−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R17:092−0.08−0.02−0.06+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Deslauriers L8:24−0.18+0.04−0.19−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tomas Tatar L18:192−0.24+0.08−0.32+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01
Michael Chaput C10:12−0.25−0.09−0.14−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L15:36−0.31+0.10−0.42+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jeff Petry D23:19−0.63−0.13−0.28−0.01−0.03−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carey Price G61:13−0.58

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brandon Pirri C15:572+1.58+0.09+1.52−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jonathan Marchessault C18:261+0.52−0.10+0.48+0.00−0.03+0.18−0.01
Ryan Reaves R9:19−0.07−0.05−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Deryk Engelland D23:28−0.08−0.03−0.05−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tomas Nosek L14:06−0.09−0.07−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
William Karlsson C18:312−0.11+0.08−0.25+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.03
Brad Hunt D13:51−0.14−0.14+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Carpenter C12:50−0.15−0.13−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Cody Eakin C13:48−0.17−0.18−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L12:13−0.19−0.21−0.00−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Reilly Smith R19:13−0.20−0.22−0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D24:56−0.21−0.14−0.12+0.02+0.04+0.00+0.00
William Carrier L9:38−0.27−0.02−0.24−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brayden McNabb D19:212−0.29−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.02−0.18+0.00
Shea Theodore D23:20−0.32−0.13−0.36+0.01−0.00+0.18+0.00
Nick Holden D15:59−0.32−0.32+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Tuch R17:561−0.55−0.17−0.42+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Paul Stastny C19:09−0.77−0.49−0.13−0.01+0.01−0.18+0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Marc-Andre Fleury G61:59+0.24

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.