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2023-02-28 · SAP Center at San Jose

3 – 1Final

MTL beat SJS 3–1. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 2.3 to 3.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Jesse Ylonen scored at 9:59 of the third, moving MTL’s win probability from 48% to 80%. Jake Allen saved 2.8 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
32 – 39
Expected goals
2.3 – 3.5
xG share
SJS 60%
Home-ice start
SJS 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.

MTL goalSJS goal

Expected goals

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

MTLSJS

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
59:50 TOI
GSAx +2.59
+2.79
SJS
Jacob MacDonald
1 G, 0 A · 16:31 TOI
Finishing +0.84
+0.80
MTL
Jesse Ylonen
1 G, 0 A · 13:06 TOI
Finishing +0.80
+0.77

Rough nights

SJS
0 G, 0 A · 12:11 TOI
On-ice −0.15 · Finishing −0.38 · Penalties −0.19
−0.72
MTL
0 G, 1 A · 19:16 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing −0.22 · Penalties −0.19
−0.59
MTL
Denis Gurianov
0 G, 0 A · 17:02 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing −0.77
−0.57

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–SJSWin prob.
P1 1:43 SJSJacob MacDonald
unassisted
0–153% → 69%
P3 8:07 MTLKaiden Guhle
unassisted
1–119% → 48%
P3 9:59 MTLJesse Ylonen
from Rem Pitlick, Christian Dvorak
2–148% → 80%
P3 19:55 MTLChristian DvorakEN
from Nick Suzuki, Josh Anderson
3–196% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jesse Ylonen R13:061+0.77−0.03+0.80−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D18:271+0.65−0.02+0.68−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D17:12+0.27+0.12−0.04−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
David Savard D22:46+0.12−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.03+0.19+0.00
Mike Hoffman C16:07−0.02+0.00−0.04+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Christian Dvorak C16:1311−0.03+0.05−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
Mike Matheson D23:58−0.06+0.04−0.07−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jordan Harris D16:54−0.06−0.06+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Belzile R9:21−0.10−0.09−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Michael Pezzetta L8:54−0.11−0.10−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L17:12−0.11−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Chris Tierney C9:04−0.14−0.11−0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Justin Barron D15:50−0.16−0.02−0.11−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Rem Pitlick C14:251−0.22+0.01−0.19+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C21:481−0.26+0.09−0.32+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.04
Jonathan Drouin L16:35−0.35−0.08−0.07+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.01
Denis Gurianov R17:02−0.57+0.21−0.77−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Josh Anderson R19:161−0.59−0.14−0.22−0.01−0.01−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G59:50+2.79

SJS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jacob MacDonald D16:311+0.80−0.02+0.84−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mario Ferraro D22:06+0.11+0.10+0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Couture C19:33+0.05+0.09−0.25+0.01+0.01+0.19+0.01
Tomas Hertl C20:06−0.00+0.10−0.11−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.04
Matt Benning D19:30−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Bonino C19:32−0.06+0.15−0.18−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Nico Sturm C14:25−0.06−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
Steven Lorentz C11:47−0.07+0.07−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.03
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D15:59−0.12+0.12−0.25−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexander Barabanov L17:22−0.17+0.07−0.23−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.01
Radim Simek D13:21−0.21−0.05−0.15−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Evgeny Svechnikov L9:20−0.24−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Noah Gregor L11:06−0.25+0.09−0.32−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Fabian Zetterlund L17:40−0.31+0.01−0.34+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Karlsson D27:22−0.33+0.01−0.47+0.01−0.07+0.19+0.00
Oskar Lindblom L9:58−0.33−0.02−0.11−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Andreas Johnsson L16:33−0.40+0.02−0.40+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
Michael Eyssimont C12:11−0.72−0.15−0.38−0.00+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Kaapo Kahkonen G57:38+0.63

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.