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2021-12-16 · Centre Bell

2 – 3Final/SO

MTL beat PHI 3–2 in a shootout. MTL also won the expected-goals battle 4.3 to 3.2: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Laurent Dauphin scored at 14:21 of the third, moving MTL’s win probability from 14% to 51%. Cayden Primeau saved 2.6 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
39 – 40
Expected goals
3.2 – 4.3
xG share
MTL 58%
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.

PHI goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

PHIMTL

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
65:00 TOI
GSAx +2.56
+2.56
PHI
64:44 TOI
GSAx +2.05
+2.05
PHI
Jackson Cates
1 G, 0 A · 7:27 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing +0.85
+0.78

Rough nights

MTL
0 G, 0 A · 16:13 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing −0.75 · Shootout −0.17
−0.76
PHI
0 G, 0 A · 19:31 TOI
On-ice −0.17 · Finishing −0.31 · Faceoffs +0.07 · Shootout −0.36
−0.75
PHI
Cam Atkinson
0 G, 0 A · 18:21 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.08 · Shootout −0.45
−0.68

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPHI–MTLWin prob.
P1 5:20 MTLArtturi Lehkonen
from Brett Kulak, Alexander Romanov
0–153% → 69%
P2 2:20 PHIMax Willman
from James van Riemsdyk, Kevin Hayes
1–128% → 47%
P2 19:00 PHIJackson Cates
from Patrick Brown, Travis Sanheim
2–148% → 72%
P3 14:21 MTLLaurent Dauphin
from Ben Chiarot, David Savard
2–214% → 51%

Every player

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PHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Jackson Cates C7:271+0.78−0.08+0.85−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Max Willman C12:551+0.51−0.00+0.52−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Travis Sanheim D23:421+0.06+0.47−0.41+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Ristolainen D22:29+0.04+0.06−0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Patrick Brown C10:421+0.04+0.05−0.00−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.03−0.00
Justin Braun D22:08+0.02−0.18+0.01−0.01+0.02+0.19+0.00+0.00
Sean Couturier C25:36−0.05+0.17−0.17+0.02−0.00+0.19+0.04−0.30
Keith Yandle D16:16−0.11−0.11+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kevin Connauton D13:08−0.12−0.13−0.01+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Oskar Lindblom L15:55−0.25−0.02−0.21−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Kevin Hayes R14:581−0.28−0.15−0.10+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.04−0.00
James van Riemsdyk L16:541−0.31+0.04−0.36+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ivan Provorov D25:09−0.31−0.29−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Scott Laughton C20:05−0.32+0.31−0.46−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.02−0.00
Zack MacEwen C7:49−0.38−0.05−0.14−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00−0.00
Travis Konecny R20:20−0.41−0.07−0.33+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Cam Atkinson R18:21−0.68−0.13−0.08−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.02−0.45
Claude Giroux R19:31−0.75−0.17−0.31+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.07−0.36
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carter Hart G64:44+2.05

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
David Savard D22:371+0.43+0.40+0.01+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Laurent Dauphin C17:291+0.40−0.06+0.51−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.02−0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L15:471+0.40+0.28+0.09+0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ryan Poehling C15:02+0.34+0.23−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.19−0.03−0.00
Brett Kulak D15:021+0.10+0.12+0.01−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Pezzetta L8:22+0.09+0.06−0.16−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Jonathan Drouin L19:02+0.08−0.27−0.32+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.70
Alexander Romanov D24:371+0.05+0.04+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cedric Paquette C7:22+0.03+0.06−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Nick Suzuki C25:09+0.01+0.02−0.00+0.03−0.00+0.00−0.03−0.00
Jake Evans C17:51−0.14+0.03−0.16−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ben Chiarot D25:001−0.14+0.39−0.32−0.02+0.00−0.19+0.00+0.00
Jesse Ylonen R16:17−0.19−0.07−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Kale Clague D16:08−0.23+0.01−0.22+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeff Petry D21:19−0.53−0.49+0.01−0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Armia R9:12−0.57+0.14−0.52−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00−0.00
Mike Hoffman C20:40−0.63−0.38−0.13+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.14
Cole Caufield R16:13−0.76+0.17−0.75+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.17
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Cayden Primeau G65:00+2.56

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.