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2021-03-08 · Rogers Arena

1 – 2Final/SO

VAN beat MTL 2–1 in a shootout. Expected goals were close to even (MTL 2.8, VAN 3.1), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Adam Gaudette scored on the power play at 19:19 of the third, moving VAN’s win probability from 5% to 51%. Thatcher Demko saved 3.5 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
30 – 29
Expected goals
2.8 – 3.1
xG share
VAN 52%
Home-ice start
VAN 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 goalVAN goal

Expected goals

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

MTLVAN

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.

VAN
64:20 TOI
GSAx +3.35
+3.53
MTL
Carey Price
64:52 TOI
GSAx +1.85
+1.85
VAN
1 G, 0 A · 13:29 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing +0.69
+0.76

Rough nights

MTL
0 G, 0 A · 19:10 TOI
On-ice −0.15 · Finishing −0.59
−0.75
MTL
Jonathan Drouin
0 G, 0 A · 18:43 TOI
On-ice −0.24 · Shootout −0.38
−0.65
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 20:30 TOI
Finishing −0.08 · Penalties −0.18 · Shootout −0.32
−0.56

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–VANWin prob.
P1 4:37 MTLJeff PetryPP
from Tomas Tatar, Jesperi Kotkaniemi
1–047% → 63%
P3 19:19 VANAdam GaudettePP
from Bo Horvat, Quinn Hughes
1–15% → 51%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Jeff Petry D26:041+0.54−0.24+0.81−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Shea Weber D22:45+0.12+0.11+0.01−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Chiarot D21:56+0.02+0.10−0.06−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Edmundson D21:01−0.01+0.05−0.07+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Romanov D14:02−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C9:21−0.06−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02−0.00
Brett Kulak D13:44−0.07−0.06+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Phillip Danault C18:44−0.12−0.03−0.07−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C16:281−0.16−0.03−0.07−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.03+0.00
Joel Armia R14:12−0.28−0.10−0.17−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tomas Tatar L15:251−0.32+0.11−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.18+0.00−0.49
Corey Perry R10:27−0.33−0.03−0.12+0.00+0.01−0.18−0.01−0.00
Paul Byron L12:28−0.37−0.09−0.08−0.01+0.00−0.18+0.00−0.00
Tyler Toffoli C17:16−0.45−0.05−0.41+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R16:52−0.48+0.13−0.60−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nick Suzuki C20:30−0.56+0.04−0.08+0.01−0.00−0.18−0.03−0.32
Jonathan Drouin L18:43−0.65−0.24−0.04+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.02−0.38
Josh Anderson R19:10−0.75−0.15−0.59−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carey Price G64:52+1.85

VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Adam Gaudette R13:291+0.76+0.08+0.69−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Bo Horvat C23:361+0.60−0.01−0.37−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01+1.01
Quinn Hughes D30:211+0.34+0.37−0.04+0.06−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Edler D21:29+0.11−0.07+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.18+0.00+0.00
Marc Michaelis L7:59−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Brandon Sutter C14:29−0.04−0.08−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.05+0.00
Jordie Benn D12:28−0.04−0.05+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Antoine Roussel L10:58−0.05−0.04−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jay Beagle C12:14−0.05−0.04−0.06−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.06−0.00
Jake Virtanen R14:38−0.11+0.01−0.27−0.01−0.01+0.18+0.00+0.00
J.T. Miller C25:18−0.11+0.37−0.11+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.01−0.38
Travis Hamonic D16:41−0.11+0.03−0.12−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Myers D24:57−0.14+0.02−0.16+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jayce Hawryluk R7:34−0.14−0.02−0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D13:49−0.30−0.06−0.24−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tanner Pearson L22:33−0.35+0.05−0.35−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Nils Hoglander L16:51−0.39+0.01−0.24−0.01+0.02−0.18+0.00+0.00
Brock Boeser R22:50−0.52+0.29−0.48+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.32
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Thatcher Demko G64:20+3.53

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.