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2023-03-04 · Canadian Tire Centre

2 – 5Final

OTT beat CBJ 5–2. OTT also won the expected-goals battle 3.3 to 1.7: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Tim Stützle scored at 11:18 of the first, moving OTT’s win probability from 53% to 70%. Elvis Merzlikins allowed 2.0 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
21 – 39
Expected goals
1.7 – 3.3
xG share
OTT 66%
Home-ice start
OTT 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.

CBJ goalOTT goal

Expected goals

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

CBJOTT

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, 0 A · 17:27 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing +1.40
+1.50
OTT
2 G, 0 A · 20:56 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +1.23
+1.29
OTT
1 G, 1 A · 18:53 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing +0.75
+0.89

Rough nights

CBJ
Elvis Merzlikins
23:04 TOI
GSAx −2.00
−2.00
CBJ
Emil Bemstrom
0 G, 0 A · 7:37 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing −0.35
−0.42
CBJ
0 G, 0 A · 17:38 TOI
Finishing −0.26 · Faceoffs −0.07
−0.38

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCBJ–OTTWin prob.
P1 5:17 OTTTravis Hamonic
from Mathieu Joseph, Jake Sanderson
0–153% → 69%
P1 5:35 CBJJack Roslovic
unassisted
1–131% → 47%
P1 11:18 OTTTim Stützle
from Brady Tkachuk, Jakob Chychrun
1–253% → 70%
P2 2:16 OTTTravis HamonicPP
from Alex DeBrincat, Jake Sanderson
1–373% → 86%
P2 3:04 OTTJakob Chychrun
from Erik Brannstrom, Julien Gauthier
1–486% → 94%
P2 10:56 CBJPatrik LainePP
from Kirill Marchenko
2–44% → 11%
P3 12:07 OTTTim StützleSH
from Mathieu Joseph
2–597% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

CBJ

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jack Roslovic C17:181+0.58−0.18+0.85+0.00−0.02+0.00−0.07
Patrik Laine L16:501+0.53−0.12+0.67+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Kirill Marchenko R16:581+0.14−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Eric Robinson L18:18−0.04−0.00−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Andrew Peeke D22:26−0.05−0.05+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Lane Pederson C6:58−0.07−0.06−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Kent Johnson C15:36−0.10−0.01−0.08+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Boqvist D19:45−0.10−0.08+0.01+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Mathieu Olivier R16:50−0.13−0.02−0.11−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Liam Foudy C10:33−0.15−0.09−0.05−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Erik Gudbranson D21:14−0.18−0.01−0.17−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Gavin Bayreuther D16:10−0.21−0.20+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Blankenburg D21:05−0.21−0.17−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Johnny Gaudreau L15:11−0.28−0.18−0.13+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tim Berni D16:13−0.28−0.05−0.02−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Boone Jenner C17:20−0.30−0.05−0.27−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.05
Cole Sillinger C17:38−0.38−0.03−0.26−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.07
Emil Bemstrom C7:37−0.42−0.06−0.35−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Michael Hutchinson G36:56+0.44
Elvis Merzlikins G23:04−2.00

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Travis Hamonic D17:272+1.50+0.12+1.40−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tim Stützle C20:562+1.29+0.09+1.23+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.03
Jakob Chychrun D18:5311+0.89+0.14+0.75+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Claude Giroux R18:05+0.33+0.12−0.02+0.02−0.00+0.19+0.01
Jake Sanderson D18:402+0.14+0.15+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex DeBrincat R17:591+0.05+0.16−0.16+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Derick Brassard C9:49+0.02+0.03−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Artem Zub D20:46+0.02+0.05−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mathieu Joseph R13:482+0.02+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Gambrell C13:14−0.03+0.00−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Shane Pinto C16:12−0.04+0.20−0.28−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.06
Austin Watson L10:58−0.05−0.03−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brady Tkachuk L18:491−0.06+0.15−0.27+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.05
Thomas Chabot D25:35−0.08+0.08−0.18+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mark Kastelic C9:16−0.09−0.01−0.09−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.02
Julien Gauthier R10:301−0.17+0.05−0.21−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Brannstrom D15:421−0.22+0.09−0.10−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Drake Batherson R18:23−0.27+0.13−0.41+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Cam Talbot G59:47−0.02

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.