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2023-12-18 · Canada Life Centre

3 – 2Final/OT

MTL beat WPG 3–2 in overtime. Expected goals were close to even (MTL 2.4, WPG 2.5), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Justin Barron scored on the power play at 1:09 of overtime, moving MTL’s win probability from 50% to 100%.

Shots on goal
26 – 32
Expected goals
2.4 – 2.5
xG share
WPG 51%
Home-ice start
WPG 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 goalWPG goal

Expected goals

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

MTLWPG

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
1 G, 0 A · 17:07 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing +0.65
+0.79
MTL
61:09 TOI
GSAx +0.79
+0.79
MTL
1 G, 1 A · 16:18 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing +0.75
+0.77

Rough nights

WPG
0 G, 0 A · 13:05 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing −0.52
−0.45
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 18:23 TOI
Finishing −0.41
−0.38
MTL
0 G, 1 A · 15:01 TOI
Finishing −0.31
−0.34

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–WPGWin prob.
P2 4:57 MTLJosh Anderson
from Mike Matheson, Jake Evans
1–047% → 67%
P2 15:04 MTLChristian DvorakPP
from Josh Anderson, Brendan Gallagher
2–071% → 87%
P2 19:04 WPGGabriel Vilardi
from Josh Morrissey, Nikolaj Ehlers
2–111% → 28%
P3 12:24 WPGCole Perfetti
from Vladislav Namestnikov, Brenden Dillon
2–217% → 51%
OT 1:09 MTLJustin BarronPP
from Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki
3–250% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Christian Dvorak C17:071+0.79+0.12+0.65−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
Josh Anderson R16:1811+0.77+0.05+0.75−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Barron D20:451+0.62+0.16+0.68−0.01−0.03−0.19+0.00
Cole Caufield R20:461+0.02+0.03−0.00+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00
Mike Matheson D25:591+0.02+0.04−0.19−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D12:11+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
David Savard D23:08−0.00−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Mitchell Stephens C5:38−0.07−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Pezzetta L6:06−0.08−0.06−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Armia R16:33−0.08−0.07−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jesse Ylonen R6:44−0.12+0.00−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jayden Struble D13:22−0.12−0.11+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C23:481−0.17+0.08−0.27+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.01
Juraj Slafkovský L20:06−0.22−0.03−0.00+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D22:11−0.30−0.08−0.20−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C16:301−0.30−0.09−0.41−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.02
Brendan Gallagher R15:011−0.34+0.02−0.31−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.02
Sean Monahan C18:23−0.38+0.01−0.41−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G61:09+0.79

WPG

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cole Perfetti C13:541+0.58+0.03+0.56−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Gabriel Vilardi C21:151+0.38−0.01+0.39−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L6:18+0.12+0.13−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
David Gustafsson C9:21+0.12+0.15−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Dylan Samberg D14:56+0.02+0.07−0.05−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mason Appleton C15:59+0.02−0.13−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Vladislav Namestnikov C13:501+0.01+0.05−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02
Neal Pionk D18:40+0.00+0.13−0.13−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan DeMelo D25:41−0.01−0.07+0.01+0.04+0.02+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D14:49−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brenden Dillon D22:021−0.12+0.07+0.01−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Alex Iafallo L12:45−0.13+0.06−0.18−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Morrissey D22:291−0.14−0.03−0.11−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Lowry C18:05−0.24−0.07−0.00−0.03+0.02−0.19+0.02
Nino Niederreiter R14:00−0.29−0.06−0.23−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Nikolaj Ehlers L20:591−0.30+0.03−0.16+0.03−0.00−0.19+0.00
Mark Scheifele C21:19−0.31−0.09−0.41+0.03−0.01+0.19−0.02
Morgan Barron C13:05−0.45+0.08−0.52−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Connor Hellebuyck G61:09−0.23

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.