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2023-01-24 · Centre Bell

4 – 2Final

BOS beat MTL 4–2. BOS also won the expected-goals battle 2.8 to 1.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Patrice Bergeron scored at 17:05 of the third, moving BOS’s win probability from 49% to 91%.

Shots on goal
29 – 22
Expected goals
2.8 – 1.8
xG share
BOS 61%
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
2 G, 0 A · 23:59 TOI
Finishing +1.30
+1.33
BOS
1 G, 0 A · 15:50 TOI
Finishing +0.51 · Penalties +0.19
+0.76
BOS
David Krejci
1 G, 1 A · 16:38 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing +0.70
+0.76

Rough nights

BOS
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.49
−0.49
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 14:15 TOI
On-ice −0.40 · Faceoffs −0.06
−0.45
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 19:55 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing −0.08 · Penalties −0.19
−0.40

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBOS–MTLWin prob.
P2 9:11 MTLKirby DachPP
from Evgenii Dadonov, Mike Hoffman
0–154% → 74%
P2 14:12 BOSTaylor HallPP
from David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy
1–126% → 47%
P3 9:45 BOSDavid Krejci
from David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha
2–148% → 80%
P3 11:31 MTLKirby Dach
from Alex Belzile, Justin Barron
2–218% → 52%
P3 17:05 BOSPatrice Bergeron
from Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak
3–249% → 91%
P3 19:11 BOSDavid PastrnakEN
from David Krejci
4–295% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Taylor Hall L15:501+0.76+0.02+0.51+0.02−0.00+0.19+0.01
David Krejci C16:3811+0.76+0.08+0.70+0.01+0.02+0.00−0.04
Patrice Bergeron C17:201+0.65+0.28+0.40−0.02+0.02+0.00−0.03
Connor Clifton D16:00+0.30+0.28+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandon Carlo D21:44+0.24+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.02+0.19+0.00
Matt Grzelcyk D19:04+0.18+0.15+0.01+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Hampus Lindholm D22:22+0.13+0.20−0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Craig Smith C11:55+0.08+0.14−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Foligno L14:09+0.05+0.06−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
A.J. Greer L7:36+0.01+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joona Koppanen L8:02−0.07−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brad Marchand L19:411−0.10+0.24−0.35+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Trent Frederic C13:17−0.13+0.11−0.23−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Charlie Coyle C19:07−0.15+0.09−0.22−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Derek Forbort D16:51−0.15+0.10−0.05−0.02+0.00−0.19+0.00
Pavel Zacha C17:071−0.16+0.15−0.32+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.02
Charlie McAvoy D20:471−0.16−0.01+0.01+0.02+0.02−0.19+0.00
David Pastrnak R17:5913−0.29+0.11−0.41+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jeremy Swayman G60:00−0.49

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kirby Dach C23:592+1.33+0.01+1.30+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.03
Nick Suzuki C23:21+0.07−0.26−0.09+0.01−0.00+0.38+0.03
Alex Belzile R9:351−0.01+0.05−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.04
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L13:17−0.03−0.15−0.08−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D10:43−0.05−0.04+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Barron D15:471−0.06+0.03−0.06−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jesse Ylonen R15:32−0.07−0.02−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02
Jordan Harris D17:23−0.08−0.08+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Pezzetta L9:37−0.10−0.10−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Edmundson D19:45−0.13−0.14+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D13:48−0.15−0.14−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
David Savard D17:43−0.20−0.22+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Rem Pitlick C19:50−0.20−0.16−0.02+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Mike Hoffman C18:331−0.29+0.04−0.15+0.03−0.01−0.19+0.00
Evgenii Dadonov L14:431−0.32−0.08−0.22−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R19:34−0.38−0.12−0.05−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Mike Matheson D19:55−0.40−0.12−0.08−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Christian Dvorak C14:15−0.45−0.40−0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.06
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Montembeault G58:18+0.02

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.