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2024-01-02 · American Airlines Center

4 – 3Final

MTL beat DAL 4–3. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 1.6 to 4.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Kaiden Guhle scored at 9:46 of the first, moving MTL’s win probability from 47% to 64%. Scott Wedgewood allowed 2.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
18 – 33
Expected goals
1.6 – 4.5
xG share
DAL 73%
Home-ice start
DAL 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 goalDAL goal

Expected goals

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

MTLDAL

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.

DAL
1 G, 1 A · 15:25 TOI
Finishing +0.75 · Playmaking +0.20 · Penalties +0.19
+1.18
MTL
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.95
+0.95
DAL
1 G, 0 A · 21:16 TOI
On-ice +0.33 · Finishing +0.66 · Playmaking −0.11
+0.87

Rough nights

DAL
53:58 TOI
GSAx −2.34
−2.34
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 15:18 TOI
On-ice −0.22 · Finishing −0.10 · Penalties −0.19
−0.55
DAL
Joe Pavelski
0 G, 0 A · 20:13 TOI
On-ice +0.28 · Finishing −0.49 · Playmaking −0.06 · Penalties −0.19
−0.46

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–DALWin prob.
P1 0:11 DALJamie Benn
from Wyatt Johnston
0–153% → 69%
P1 4:14 MTLNick Suzuki
from Juraj Slafkovský, Jordan Harris
1–131% → 47%
P1 9:46 MTLKaiden Guhle
from Johnathan Kovacevic, Michael Pezzetta
2–147% → 64%
P2 6:54 MTLJordan Harris
unassisted
3–167% → 83%
P3 6:45 MTLCole CaufieldPP
from Sean Monahan, Nick Suzuki
4–194% → 99%
P3 16:12 DALWyatt JohnstonPP
from Evgenii Dadonov, Mason Marchment
4–20% → 1%
P3 18:00 DALJason RobertsonPP
from Matt Duchene, Mason Marchment
4–30% → 7%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jordan Harris D14:1111+0.59−0.14+0.46+0.10−0.01+0.19+0.00
Nick Suzuki C22:3211+0.56+0.01+0.45+0.11−0.00+0.00−0.02
Cole Caufield R18:111+0.45+0.08+0.28+0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D19:171+0.36−0.09+0.44+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L19:141+0.30+0.10−0.08+0.30−0.01+0.00+0.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D12:321+0.15+0.01−0.07+0.22−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Pezzetta L10:461+0.00−0.07−0.02+0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Barron D12:48−0.09−0.01−0.05−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R15:29−0.11−0.06−0.00−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.01
Mitchell Stephens C11:22−0.12−0.16−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Jayden Struble D18:15−0.12−0.10+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mike Matheson D20:42−0.17−0.23−0.03+0.11−0.02+0.00+0.00
David Savard D17:50−0.18−0.21+0.00+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Sean Monahan C20:231−0.20−0.22−0.09+0.13+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jesse Ylonen R15:05−0.22−0.16−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C20:01−0.22−0.17−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.01
Joel Armia R14:04−0.28−0.29−0.03+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R15:18−0.55−0.22−0.10−0.03−0.02−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Montembeault G60:00+0.95

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Wyatt Johnston C15:2511+1.18+0.05+0.75+0.20−0.00+0.19−0.01
Jason Robertson L21:161+0.87+0.33+0.66−0.11−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jamie Benn L15:321+0.47+0.13+0.30−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.05
Roope Hintz C20:24+0.09+0.33−0.13−0.11+0.00+0.00−0.01
Esa Lindell D16:31+0.05+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Tyler Seguin C17:07+0.05+0.14−0.04−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Suter D18:53+0.01+0.05+0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jani Hakanpää D16:36+0.00+0.04−0.03−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Miro Heiskanen D27:32−0.01+0.27−0.23−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mason Marchment L17:592−0.02+0.19−0.14−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nils Lundkvist D13:45−0.06+0.04−0.00−0.10+0.00+0.00+0.00
Thomas Harley D20:45−0.08+0.12−0.06−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00
Evgenii Dadonov L13:131−0.10+0.08−0.20+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ty Dellandrea C8:46−0.12−0.02−0.00−0.08−0.00+0.00−0.02
Craig Smith C7:26−0.14+0.03−0.14−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sam Steel C9:35−0.16−0.02−0.09−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Duchene C20:181−0.21+0.12−0.32−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.02
Joe Pavelski C20:13−0.46+0.28−0.49−0.06+0.01−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Scott Wedgewood G53:58−2.34

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.