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2023-10-21 · Centre Bell

2 – 3Final/OT

MTL beat WSH 3–2 in overtime. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 3.6 to 4.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Cole Caufield scored at 0:47 of overtime, moving MTL’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Jake Allen saved 2.2 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
33 – 28
Expected goals
4.3 – 3.6
xG share
WSH 55%
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.

WSH goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

WSHMTL

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
60:47 TOI
GSAx +2.02
+2.21
WSH
2 G, 0 A · 16:09 TOI
Finishing +1.17
+1.21
MTL
1 G, 1 A · 18:13 TOI
Finishing +0.73 · Faceoffs +0.05
+0.72

Rough nights

MTL
0 G, 0 A · 18:27 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing −0.84
−0.78
WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
0 G, 0 A · 16:37 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing −0.70
−0.55
MTL
0 G, 1 A · 26:23 TOI
On-ice −0.16 · Finishing −0.34
−0.52

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalWSH–MTLWin prob.
P1 18:55 MTLSean MonahanPP
from Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield
0–154% → 71%
P2 9:50 MTLBrendan Gallagher
from Sean Monahan, Tanner Pearson
0–274% → 88%
P3 11:25 WSHDylan Strome
from Alex Ovechkin, Matthew Phillips
1–23% → 16%
P3 17:59 WSHDylan StromePP
from Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson
2–27% → 50%
OT 0:47 MTLCole Caufield
from Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson
2–352% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dylan Strome C16:092+1.21+0.05+1.17+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
John Carlson D29:221+0.33+0.29−0.18+0.04−0.01+0.19+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D13:56+0.15+0.13−0.02+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
T.J. Oshie R19:18+0.15+0.38−0.22−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.02
Matthew Phillips R12:251+0.14−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Martin Fehérváry D17:00+0.05+0.09−0.21−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Anthony Mantha R10:02−0.06−0.03−0.21+0.00+0.00+0.19−0.01
Connor McMichael L11:54−0.10+0.11−0.22−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Tom Wilson R17:32−0.11−0.10−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Sandin D21:27−0.12−0.11+0.01+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Evgeny Kuznetsov C21:421−0.12+0.36−0.26+0.03−0.01−0.19−0.06
Hardy Haman Aktell D8:00−0.23+0.02−0.06−0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
Nick Jensen D22:49−0.25−0.27−0.01+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Beck Malenstyn L12:13−0.28−0.10−0.19−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Aliaksei Protas L11:39−0.30−0.11−0.16−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.02
Sonny Milano L10:35−0.46−0.09−0.00−0.00+0.01−0.37+0.00
Alex Ovechkin L19:581−0.46+0.22−0.56+0.09−0.02−0.19+0.00
Nicklas Backstrom C16:37−0.55+0.13−0.70−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Darcy Kuemper G60:31+0.36

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Sean Monahan C18:1311+0.72−0.05+0.73−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.05
Cole Caufield R21:3311+0.35+0.03+0.32+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L13:50+0.20+0.01−0.00+0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R9:271+0.17−0.03+0.39−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Tanner Pearson L12:091+0.16−0.06−0.12−0.02−0.00+0.37−0.01
Arber Xhekaj D15:44+0.07+0.09+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Barron D11:31+0.07+0.08+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Pezzetta L7:30−0.01−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C22:002−0.07+0.00−0.16+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.06
Jordan Harris D19:32−0.09−0.09+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jesse Ylonen R11:51−0.14−0.13−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
David Savard D19:42−0.18−0.20+0.01+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D19:16−0.18−0.14−0.04−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C14:09−0.30−0.12−0.17−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Newhook C15:54−0.32+0.00−0.13+0.01−0.00−0.19−0.02
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L15:10−0.39−0.15−0.06+0.00+0.01−0.19+0.00
Mike Matheson D26:231−0.52−0.16−0.34+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R18:27−0.78+0.09−0.84−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G60:47+2.21

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.