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2021-03-20 · Centre Bell

4 – 5Final/SO

MTL beat VAN 5–4 in a shootout. MTL also won the expected-goals battle 4.0 to 1.6: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Brendan Gallagher scored at 5:29 of the third, moving MTL’s win probability from 24% to 52%.

Shots on goal
18 – 40
Expected goals
1.6 – 4.0
xG share
MTL 71%
Home-ice start
MTL 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.

VAN goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

VANMTL

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
Tomas Tatar
1 G, 1 A · 18:37 TOI
On-ice +0.46 · Finishing +0.87 · Shootout +1.01
+2.36
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 15:50 TOI
On-ice +0.32 · Finishing +0.88
+1.23
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 21:23 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.84
+0.94

Rough nights

VAN
0 G, 1 A · 24:14 TOI
On-ice −0.24 · Finishing −0.10 · Shootout −0.38
−0.75
MTL
Carey Price
65:00 TOI
GSAx −0.75
−0.75
VAN
Jimmy Vesey
0 G, 0 A · 18:59 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.09 · Shootout −0.49
−0.73

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalVAN–MTLWin prob.
P1 6:26 MTLNick SuzukiPP
from Jonathan Drouin, Shea Weber
0–154% → 70%
P2 0:22 VANJake Virtanen
from J.T. Miller
1–128% → 47%
P2 8:08 VANBrock BoeserPP
from Quinn Hughes, Bo Horvat
2–148% → 68%
P2 13:44 MTLTomas Tatar
from Phillip Danault, Victor Mete
2–230% → 53%
P2 18:21 MTLJoel Edmundson
from Shea Weber, Tomas Tatar
2–353% → 76%
P3 0:22 VANBo Horvat
from Quinn Hughes, Nils Hoglander
3–323% → 48%
P3 0:55 VANTyler Motte
from Jayce Hawryluk, Jordie Benn
4–348% → 73%
P3 5:29 MTLBrendan Gallagher
from Phillip Danault
4–424% → 52%

Every player

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VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Brock Boeser R23:311+0.78−0.34+0.47−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.67
Tyler Motte C17:091+0.72−0.26+0.81−0.01−0.00+0.18+0.00+0.00
Jake Virtanen R12:371+0.67−0.07+0.76−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Zack MacEwen C8:20−0.05−0.05−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Bo Horvat C21:0011−0.06−0.12+0.61−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.03−0.49
Antoine Roussel L10:16−0.08−0.07−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nate Schmidt D21:41−0.11−0.11−0.03−0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Edler D22:45−0.15−0.14+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Sutter C14:45−0.21−0.20−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02−0.00
Travis Hamonic D20:06−0.22−0.20−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordie Benn D15:581−0.23−0.24+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jayce Hawryluk R13:191−0.24−0.23−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Quinn Hughes D24:592−0.36−0.34+0.01+0.03−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Myers D18:04−0.43−0.25+0.01−0.00−0.00−0.18+0.00+0.00
Adam Gaudette R9:43−0.57−0.04−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.49
Nils Hoglander L16:341−0.67−0.14−0.07−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.49
Jimmy Vesey L18:59−0.73−0.13−0.09−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.49
J.T. Miller C24:141−0.75−0.24−0.10+0.02−0.03+0.00−0.03−0.38
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Braden Holtby G65:00−0.47

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Tomas Tatar L18:3711+2.36+0.46+0.87+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01+1.01
Brendan Gallagher R15:501+1.23+0.32+0.88+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Joel Edmundson D21:231+0.94+0.10+0.84−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Corey Perry R12:43+0.72+0.14−0.10+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.67
Nick Suzuki C20:211+0.38−0.00+0.80+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.04−0.49
Alexander Romanov D16:49+0.24+0.24+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L13:07+0.13+0.12−0.18+0.00+0.01+0.18+0.00−0.00
Jake Evans C9:32+0.06+0.11−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02+0.00
Jeff Petry D25:34−0.04+0.14−0.15−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Phillip Danault C18:072−0.14+0.49−0.62−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Victor Mete D13:321−0.14+0.16−0.30−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Kulak D22:39−0.15+0.22−0.15−0.03−0.00−0.18+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R18:31−0.15+0.12−0.25−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Armia R14:51−0.19+0.08−0.28−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.02+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L21:131−0.20+0.49−0.30+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.38
Shea Weber D21:522−0.24+0.08−0.32−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Paul Byron L11:28−0.47+0.05−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02−0.49
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C17:11−0.53+0.15−0.12−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.04−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carey Price G65:00−0.75

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.