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2022-03-21 · Centre Bell

3 – 2Final/OT

BOS beat MTL 3–2 in overtime. BOS also won the expected-goals battle 4.4 to 2.5: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Brad Marchand scored at 0:34 of overtime, moving BOS’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Jake Allen saved 1.4 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
46 – 28
Expected goals
4.4 – 2.5
xG share
BOS 64%
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.

BOS goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

BOSMTL

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
60:34 TOI
GSAx +1.42
+1.42
BOS
2 G, 0 A · 21:10 TOI
On-ice +0.29 · Finishing +0.75 · Penalties +0.19
+1.26
BOS
1 G, 1 A · 16:15 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.76
+0.83

Rough nights

MTL
0 G, 1 A · 20:54 TOI
On-ice −0.37 · Finishing −0.05 · Penalties −0.37
−0.79
MTL
Paul Byron
0 G, 1 A · 12:43 TOI
On-ice −0.19 · Finishing −0.23
−0.45
BOS
Jack Studnicka
0 G, 0 A · 14:49 TOI
On-ice +0.35 · Finishing −0.73
−0.39

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBOS–MTLWin prob.
P1 9:21 BOSBrad Marchand
from Erik Haula, Connor Clifton
1–047% → 63%
P2 8:49 MTLDavid Savard
from Alexander Romanov, Paul Byron
1–132% → 53%
P3 1:13 MTLJoel ArmiaSH
unassisted
1–251% → 77%
P3 17:01 BOSConnor Clifton
from Craig Smith, Charlie Coyle
2–28% → 49%
OT 0:34 BOSBrad Marchand
from Erik Haula
3–248% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brad Marchand L21:102+1.26+0.29+0.75+0.03+0.00+0.19+0.00
Connor Clifton D16:1511+0.83+0.06+0.76−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Erik Haula L14:202+0.40+0.55−0.18−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.04
Matt Grzelcyk D19:36+0.29+0.48−0.03+0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
Craig Smith C14:081+0.23+0.24−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake DeBrusk L16:15+0.16+0.45−0.29−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandon Carlo D19:36+0.14+0.13−0.02+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Tomas Nosek L13:02+0.01−0.01−0.17−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.01
Nick Foligno L11:45+0.00+0.10−0.10+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mike Reilly D20:23−0.04+0.05−0.07−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Charlie McAvoy D24:17−0.12−0.06−0.27+0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Derek Forbort D14:08−0.15−0.05−0.08−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Trent Frederic C11:42−0.16−0.12−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Curtis Lazar C12:14−0.21+0.05−0.27−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.02
Charlie Coyle C19:171−0.22−0.08−0.13−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Taylor Hall L17:13−0.27−0.04−0.28+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.01
David Pastrnak R17:14−0.31−0.04−0.32+0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack Studnicka C14:49−0.39+0.35−0.73−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jeremy Swayman G60:34−0.02

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Joel Armia R15:211+0.53−0.00+0.54−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
David Savard D19:111+0.50−0.05+0.71+0.00+0.02−0.19+0.00
Michael Pezzetta L6:05+0.07+0.08−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Chris Wideman D14:18+0.02+0.02+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C20:27−0.03−0.16−0.00+0.01−0.01+0.19−0.06
Jeff Petry D20:57−0.11−0.07−0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Laurent Dauphin C12:09−0.14−0.07−0.00−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.04
Corey Schueneman D18:57−0.15−0.03−0.08−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Rem Pitlick C15:47−0.15−0.11−0.00−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00
Cole Caufield R17:01−0.17−0.15−0.02+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L13:57−0.24+0.02−0.23+0.00−0.02+0.00−0.01
Josh Anderson R17:03−0.26−0.01−0.23−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joel Edmundson D23:00−0.26−0.23−0.04+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mike Hoffman C16:41−0.27−0.13−0.15+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Christian Dvorak C15:20−0.28+0.01−0.25−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.05
Jake Evans C13:33−0.31−0.27−0.08−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.05
Paul Byron L12:431−0.45−0.19−0.23−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Alexander Romanov D20:541−0.79−0.37−0.05−0.01+0.01−0.37+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G60:34+1.42

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.