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2023-01-21 · Centre Bell

2 – 3Final/OT

MTL beat TOR 3–2 in overtime. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 3.7 to 4.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Rem Pitlick scored at 2:14 of overtime, moving MTL’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Samuel Montembeault saved 2.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
38 – 31
Expected goals
4.5 – 3.7
xG share
TOR 55%
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.

TOR goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

TORMTL

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
61:49 TOI
GSAx +1.87
+2.06
MTL
Rem Pitlick
1 G, 1 A · 15:29 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.83
+0.92
TOR
Mark Giordano
1 G, 0 A · 20:12 TOI
Finishing +0.79
+0.85

Rough nights

TOR
0 G, 1 A · 19:26 TOI
Finishing −0.72 · Penalties −0.19
−0.95
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 19:50 TOI
On-ice −0.35 · Finishing −0.45
−0.77
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 15:49 TOI
On-ice −0.28 · Finishing −0.26 · Penalties −0.19
−0.75

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalTOR–MTLWin prob.
P1 0:53 TORMark Giordano
from William Nylander, Auston Matthews
1–047% → 62%
P1 17:30 TORCalle Jarnkrok
from Conor Timmins, Mitch Marner
2–065% → 79%
P2 1:46 MTLJosh Anderson
from Nick Suzuki, Rem Pitlick
2–119% → 34%
P2 13:35 MTLRafael Harvey-Pinard
from Michael Pezzetta, Alex Belzile
2–230% → 53%
OT 2:14 MTLRem Pitlick
from Mike Hoffman, David Savard
2–352% → 100%

Every player

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TOR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mark Giordano D20:121+0.85+0.04+0.79+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Calle Jarnkrok C13:401+0.70−0.04+0.75−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Justin Holl D23:45+0.20+0.19+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Bobby McMann C12:04+0.18+0.20−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Timothy Liljegren D20:22+0.13+0.15−0.04+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Kerfoot C12:18+0.06+0.04−0.18−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.01
Wayne Simmonds R6:45+0.02+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Conor Timmins D15:101+0.01+0.02−0.02+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
David Kampf C19:09−0.06+0.32−0.38−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.05
Pierre Engvall L12:04−0.07+0.21−0.26−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Morgan Rielly D24:51−0.10+0.10−0.21+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zachary Aston-Reese C8:51−0.10+0.09−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
John Tavares C16:25−0.19−0.03−0.20+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.03
Auston Matthews C19:511−0.37−0.07−0.39+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.06
Rasmus Sandin D15:10−0.38−0.18+0.01+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Mitch Marner R23:041−0.47−0.03−0.49+0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Bunting L13:54−0.50−0.05−0.44+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
William Nylander R19:261−0.95−0.03−0.72−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ilya Samsonov G61:55+0.41

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Rem Pitlick C15:2911+0.92+0.13+0.83+0.00−0.05+0.00+0.00
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L13:481+0.62+0.05+0.56−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R18:201+0.42−0.03+0.31−0.02−0.02+0.19−0.01
Joel Edmundson D15:37+0.13+0.00−0.07+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
David Savard D23:131+0.12+0.16−0.08+0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D10:46+0.05+0.09−0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Belzile R10:351−0.00+0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.06
Michael Pezzetta L11:051−0.03+0.09−0.13−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jesse Ylonen R14:43−0.07−0.02−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Arber Xhekaj D12:26−0.12−0.07−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mike Hoffman C19:431−0.14+0.08−0.23+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Barron D15:47−0.16−0.31+0.01−0.01−0.03+0.19+0.00
Mike Matheson D23:56−0.25−0.03−0.19−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jordan Harris D11:32−0.30−0.30+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C25:391−0.33−0.05−0.22+0.03−0.01+0.00−0.07
Kirby Dach C22:49−0.67+0.13−0.59−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Evgenii Dadonov L15:49−0.75−0.28−0.26−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Christian Dvorak C19:50−0.77−0.35−0.45−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Montembeault G61:49+2.06

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.