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2023-01-31 · Centre Bell

5 – 4Final

OTT beat MTL 5–4. OTT lost the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 3.8 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Brady Tkachuk scored at 18:42 of the third, moving OTT’s win probability from 50% to 94%. Jake Allen allowed 1.4 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 32
Expected goals
3.1 – 3.8
xG share
MTL 56%
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.

OTT goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

OTTMTL

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.

OTT
2 G, 2 A · 19:46 TOI
Finishing +1.50 · Faceoffs −0.06
+1.43
MTL
Rafael Harvey-Pinard
2 G, 0 A · 18:49 TOI
On-ice +0.27 · Finishing +1.13
+1.42
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 22:17 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing +0.45 · Penalties +0.19
+0.71

Rough nights

MTL
58:48 TOI
GSAx −1.42
−1.42
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 23:08 TOI
On-ice −0.31 · Penalties −0.19
−0.49
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 22:22 TOI
On-ice −0.23 · Penalties −0.19
−0.46

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalOTT–MTLWin prob.
P1 2:57 OTTClaude Giroux
from Nikita Zaitsev, Thomas Chabot
1–047% → 62%
P1 3:49 OTTTim Stützle
from Mathieu Joseph, Brady Tkachuk
2–063% → 75%
P1 13:20 MTLKirby DachPP
from Nick Suzuki, Mike Hoffman
2–123% → 36%
P2 16:23 OTTAlex DeBrincatPP
from Tim Stützle, Thomas Chabot
3–172% → 87%
P2 19:55 MTLMike HoffmanPP
from Mike Matheson
3–211% → 27%
P3 11:02 MTLRafael Harvey-Pinard
from Nick Suzuki, Josh Anderson
3–319% → 52%
P3 12:14 OTTTim StützlePP
from Thomas Chabot, Drake Batherson
4–350% → 83%
P3 14:16 MTLRafael Harvey-Pinard
from Josh Anderson, David Savard
4–415% → 51%
P3 18:42 OTTBrady Tkachuk
from Tim Stützle, Mathieu Joseph
5–450% → 94%

Every player

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OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tim Stützle C19:4622+1.43−0.01+1.50+0.03−0.03+0.00−0.06
Alex DeBrincat R16:101+0.67+0.06+0.39+0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00
Claude Giroux R18:191+0.39−0.22+0.58+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.04
Brady Tkachuk L17:4811+0.32+0.05+0.29+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.03
Derick Brassard C11:22+0.16+0.02−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Erik Brannstrom D10:25−0.05−0.05+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Drake Batherson R15:061−0.07+0.12−0.19−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Holden D15:14−0.10−0.11+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Motte C11:10−0.14−0.07−0.06−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nikita Zaitsev D21:571−0.15−0.09−0.05−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Shane Pinto C12:29−0.22−0.03−0.16−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Ridly Greig C15:01−0.23−0.07−0.13+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.03
Thomas Chabot D23:463−0.26+0.24−0.31+0.03−0.02−0.19+0.00
Dylan Gambrell C10:58−0.28−0.08−0.00−0.02−0.00−0.19+0.02
Mathieu Joseph R14:402−0.36+0.01−0.37+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Parker Kelly C12:16−0.41−0.18−0.22−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Travis Hamonic D22:22−0.46−0.23−0.03−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Jake Sanderson D23:08−0.49−0.31+0.01−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Anton Forsberg G59:49−0.36

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L18:492+1.42+0.27+1.13+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Kirby Dach C22:171+0.71+0.08+0.45−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Mike Hoffman C20:4911+0.60+0.11+0.47+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jesse Ylonen R9:58+0.18+0.07−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Chris Wideman D6:42+0.07+0.07+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mike Matheson D22:331+0.03+0.18−0.15+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jordan Harris D18:21+0.02+0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Evgenii Dadonov L18:34+0.00+0.02−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Pezzetta L9:55−0.02−0.11−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Josh Anderson R19:002−0.02+0.39−0.41−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Christian Dvorak C15:12−0.03−0.03−0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Alex Belzile R12:42−0.05−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
David Savard D19:391−0.07−0.11+0.01+0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00
Justin Barron D12:19−0.08+0.12+0.01−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Nick Suzuki C22:502−0.10+0.38−0.79+0.04−0.00+0.19+0.08
Arber Xhekaj D17:33−0.12+0.02−0.11−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D14:28−0.19+0.01−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Rem Pitlick C16:29−0.25+0.04−0.26−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G58:48−1.42

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.