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2023-03-27 · KeyBank Center

4 – 3Final/SO

MTL beat BUF 4–3 in a shootout. MTL also won the expected-goals battle 4.3 to 2.6: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Brendan Gallagher scored at 8:35 of the third, moving MTL’s win probability from 18% to 48%. Eric Comrie saved 1.5 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
41 – 33
Expected goals
4.3 – 2.6
xG share
MTL 62%
Home-ice start
BUF 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 goalBUF goal

Expected goals

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

MTLBUF

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.

BUF
Eric Comrie
64:42 TOI
GSAx +1.48
+1.48
MTL
65:00 TOI
GSAx +1.11
+1.11
MTL
Michael Pezzetta
0 G, 0 A · 6:25 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Shootout +0.99
+0.92

Rough nights

BUF
0 G, 1 A · 21:43 TOI
Finishing −0.65 · Shootout −0.51
−1.16
BUF
0 G, 0 A · 16:58 TOI
On-ice −0.23 · Finishing −0.24 · Faceoffs +0.07 · Shootout −0.51
−0.92
MTL
Jonathan Drouin
0 G, 1 A · 17:24 TOI
Finishing −0.20 · Penalties −0.19 · Shootout −0.39
−0.80

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–BUFWin prob.
P1 1:22 MTLJordan Harris
from Jonathan Drouin, Mike Matheson
1–047% → 62%
P1 3:49 BUFLukas Rousek
from Tyson Jost, Owen Power
1–137% → 53%
P2 4:28 MTLAlex Belzile
from David Savard
2–147% → 67%
P2 5:49 BUFJJ PeterkaPP
from Alex Tuch, Casey Mittelstadt
2–234% → 53%
P2 8:31 BUFRiley Stillman
from Victor Olofsson, Lukas Rousek
2–353% → 73%
P3 8:35 MTLBrendan Gallagher
from Jake Evans, Jesse Ylonen
3–318% → 48%

Every player

Show both lineups

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Michael Pezzetta L6:25+0.92−0.07−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.99
Jordan Harris D18:531+0.84+0.16+0.68+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jesse Ylonen R15:061+0.73+0.08−0.35−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.99
Alex Belzile R10:401+0.71+0.00+0.70−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Brendan Gallagher R13:191+0.38+0.12+0.47+0.00−0.01−0.19−0.01−0.00
David Savard D24:481+0.04−0.03−0.15+0.01+0.02+0.19+0.00+0.00
Denis Gurianov R16:05−0.00+0.03−0.04−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Chris Tierney C8:49−0.04−0.07−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.04−0.00
Nick Suzuki C22:09−0.07+0.33−0.11+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.33
Joel Edmundson D17:00−0.10+0.13−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00+0.00
Justin Barron D13:50−0.12+0.00−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kirby Dach C22:29−0.12+0.32−0.59+0.00−0.01+0.19−0.04−0.00
Jake Evans C16:441−0.15+0.05−0.17−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02−0.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D19:41−0.16+0.25−0.09−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00−0.51
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L19:22−0.40+0.37−0.78+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Mike Hoffman C18:16−0.50+0.34−0.68+0.04−0.00−0.19+0.00−0.00
Mike Matheson D29:051−0.61+0.23−0.30−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.51
Jonathan Drouin L17:241−0.80−0.00−0.20+0.01−0.03−0.19+0.00−0.39
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G65:00+1.11

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Riley Stillman D8:591+0.82+0.02+0.80+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Lukas Rousek R9:0311+0.75−0.00+0.76−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
Kyle Okposo R14:09+0.26+0.25−0.19+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
JJ Peterka R14:321+0.20−0.16+0.77+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.39
Jack Quinn R18:04+0.08−0.61−0.31+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.99
Jacob Bryson D9:35−0.01+0.01−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyson Jost C10:011−0.03−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02−0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D29:58−0.14−0.10−0.04−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeff Skinner L18:28−0.17+0.02−0.17+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.00
Peyton Krebs C16:53−0.20−0.03−0.15−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C16:34−0.29−0.02−0.19−0.03−0.00+0.00−0.06−0.00
Henri Jokiharju D22:22−0.32−0.19−0.13+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ilya Lyubushkin D23:50−0.36−0.31−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Victor Olofsson R13:001−0.37+0.01−0.04−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.33
Owen Power D27:391−0.37−0.26−0.10+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C19:371−0.63−0.10−0.06+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.03−0.51
Dylan Cozens C16:58−0.92−0.23−0.24−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.07−0.51
Alex Tuch R21:431−1.16−0.02−0.65+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.51
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Eric Comrie G64:42+1.48

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.