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2022-02-17 · Centre Bell

2 – 3Final/OT

MTL beat STL 3–2 in overtime. Expected goals were close to even (STL 2.4, MTL 2.6), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Cole Caufield scored on the power play at 19:50 of the third, moving MTL’s win probability from 3% to 51%.

Shots on goal
27 – 30
Expected goals
2.4 – 2.6
xG share
MTL 51%
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.

STL goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

STLMTL

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 · 21:04 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing +1.57 · Penalties +0.19
+1.69
STL
1 G, 1 A · 16:10 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing +0.80 · Penalties +0.19
+1.21
MTL
Paul Byron
1 G, 0 A · 15:10 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.79
+0.85

Rough nights

MTL
Mike Hoffman
0 G, 1 A · 17:57 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing −0.33
−0.45
STL
61:50 TOI
GSAx −0.45
−0.45
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 20:15 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Finishing −0.09 · Penalties −0.19
−0.37

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSTL–MTLWin prob.
P1 7:13 MTLPaul Byron
from Artturi Lehkonen, Jeff Petry
0–153% → 70%
P1 18:26 STLRobert ThomasSH
from Pavel Buchnevich
1–128% → 46%
P3 18:41 STLPavel Buchnevich
from Vladimir Tarasenko, Justin Faulk
2–150% → 94%
P3 19:50 MTLCole CaufieldPP
from Chris Wideman, Mike Hoffman
2–23% → 51%
OT 2:22 MTLCole Caufield
from Jeff Petry
2–352% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

STL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Pavel Buchnevich L16:1011+1.21+0.21+0.80+0.02+0.01+0.19−0.01
Robert Thomas C19:351+0.44+0.12+0.27+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.01
Brandon Saad L15:53+0.14+0.15−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Colton Parayko D24:32+0.09+0.10−0.03+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dakota Joshua C5:18+0.04+0.05−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Torey Krug D24:31+0.03+0.08−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Oskar Sundqvist C11:32+0.02+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Jake Walman D10:35−0.02+0.06−0.07+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Klim Kostin C5:43−0.04+0.05−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan O'Reilly C19:15−0.05+0.15−0.19−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Ivan Barbashev L14:19−0.08−0.03−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.04
David Perron L15:11−0.13−0.02−0.29+0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Justin Faulk D26:541−0.15+0.09−0.04+0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Vladimir Tarasenko R18:581−0.20+0.12−0.33+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brayden Schenn C17:19−0.22−0.22−0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.02
Jordan Kyrou R18:44−0.31−0.26−0.05+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Niko Mikkola D20:07−0.32+0.00−0.11−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Robert Bortuzzo D11:02−0.33+0.04+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.37+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ville Husso G61:50−0.45

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cole Caufield R21:042+1.69−0.07+1.57+0.01−0.02+0.19+0.00
Paul Byron L15:101+0.85+0.07+0.79−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Nick Suzuki C24:44+0.09−0.07−0.05+0.02−0.00+0.19+0.01
Brendan Gallagher R15:48+0.05−0.04−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.19−0.01
Rem Pitlick C13:33−0.03−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L14:531−0.07−0.10−0.16−0.01+0.02+0.19+0.00
Chris Wideman D14:571−0.07−0.07+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C15:53−0.08−0.13−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.08
Laurent Dauphin C11:50−0.08+0.08−0.32−0.01−0.01+0.19−0.01
Brett Kulak D20:28−0.09+0.02−0.08−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joel Armia R9:51−0.17−0.00−0.15−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Kale Clague D11:43−0.18−0.16+0.01+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Corey Schueneman D21:24−0.24−0.03−0.01−0.00−0.02−0.19+0.00
Jeff Petry D24:172−0.26+0.08−0.12−0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Josh Anderson R15:51−0.31−0.17−0.13−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Poehling C10:24−0.36−0.10−0.24−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Alexander Romanov D20:15−0.37−0.09−0.09−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Mike Hoffman C17:571−0.45−0.14−0.33+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Montembeault G61:26+0.44

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.