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2020-02-20 · Capital One Arena

4 – 3Final/OT

MTL beat WSH 4–3 in overtime. MTL also won the expected-goals battle 3.3 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Ben Chiarot scored at 0:58 of overtime, moving MTL’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Braden Holtby allowed 1.5 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
32 – 32
Expected goals
3.3 – 2.3
xG share
MTL 59%
Home-ice start
WSH 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 goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

MTLWSH

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
2 G, 0 A · 28:05 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing +1.69
+1.80
MTL
Shea Weber
1 G, 0 A · 24:25 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.76
+0.85
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 16:04 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing +0.55
+0.76

Rough nights

WSH
Braden Holtby
59:31 TOI
GSAx −1.45
−1.45
WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
0 G, 2 A · 18:24 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing −0.30
−0.44
WSH
0 G, 0 A · 20:22 TOI
On-ice −0.29
−0.32

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–WSHWin prob.
P1 7:29 WSHAlex Ovechkin
from Nicklas Backstrom
0–153% → 70%
P1 17:43 MTLShea Weber
from Phillip Danault
1–129% → 47%
P2 17:03 WSHLars Eller
from Carl Hagelin, Richard Panik
1–253% → 76%
P2 18:37 MTLBrendan Gallagher
from Brett Kulak
2–224% → 47%
P3 0:30 MTLBen Chiarot
from Tomas Tatar
3–248% → 73%
P3 19:39 WSHTom WilsonPP
from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom
3–34% → 51%
OT 0:58 MTLBen Chiarot
from Max Domi, Jeff Petry
4–348% → 100%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ben Chiarot D28:052+1.80+0.14+1.69−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Shea Weber D24:251+0.85+0.07+0.76−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R16:041+0.76+0.21+0.55+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Phillip Danault C17:531+0.32+0.11−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.18+0.05
Tomas Tatar L15:531+0.09+0.22−0.13+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Kulak D27:211+0.09+0.22−0.08−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Christian Folin D13:31+0.06+0.07−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Cousins C14:58+0.01+0.24−0.22−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nate Thompson C13:53−0.00+0.04−0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jeff Petry D24:521−0.02+0.04−0.01−0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00
Xavier Ouellet D1:04−0.03+0.01−0.04−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Max Domi C16:241−0.05+0.08−0.22+0.05+0.00+0.00+0.04
Nick Suzuki C13:51−0.06−0.07−0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.02
Jordan Weal C11:34−0.08+0.23−0.31−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Armia R14:45−0.22−0.18−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Paul Byron L15:29−0.24+0.07−0.29−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L14:04−0.27−0.09−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.18+0.00
Ilya Kovalchuk L16:48−0.31−0.03−0.27−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carey Price G60:58−0.07

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Lars Eller C15:301+0.53−0.06+0.65−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.05
Alex Ovechkin L22:311+0.28−0.16+0.65+0.02−0.05−0.18+0.00
T.J. Oshie R16:23+0.25+0.25−0.19+0.00+0.01+0.18+0.00
Tom Wilson R20:091+0.22−0.04+0.26+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01
Nick Jensen D16:12+0.11+0.09−0.01+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Evgeny Kuznetsov C18:281+0.06+0.22−0.13+0.04−0.01+0.00−0.06
Radko Gudas D11:52−0.01−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Michal Kempny D19:44−0.02+0.07−0.11+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nic Dowd C12:19−0.12−0.13−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.03
Richard Panik R12:201−0.13−0.07−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Carl Hagelin L12:461−0.17−0.07−0.12+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Travis Boyd C9:16−0.21−0.09−0.12−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Garnet Hathaway R10:33−0.22−0.10−0.14−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
John Carlson D25:36−0.25−0.23−0.04+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jakub Vrana L16:23−0.27−0.03−0.22+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Dmitry Orlov D23:33−0.31−0.30+0.01+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Brenden Dillon D20:22−0.32−0.29−0.00−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Nicklas Backstrom C18:242−0.44−0.14−0.30+0.01+0.03+0.00−0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Braden Holtby G59:31−1.45

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.