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2024-10-09 · Centre Bell

0 – 1Final

MTL beat TOR 1–0. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 3.0 to 5.6 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Cole Caufield scored on the power play at 7:48 of the first, moving MTL’s win probability from 54% to 70%. Samuel Montembeault saved 4.8 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
48 – 27
Expected goals
5.6 – 3.0
xG share
TOR 65%
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.

TOR goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

TORMTL

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +4.82
+4.82
TOR
57:14 TOI
GSAx +2.46
+2.46
TOR
0 G, 0 A · 21:13 TOI
On-ice +0.52 · Finishing −0.52 · Playmaking +0.06 · Penalties +0.20
+0.29

Rough nights

MTL
0 G, 0 A · 20:40 TOI
On-ice −0.73 · Finishing −0.52 · Penalties +0.40
−0.88
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 13:13 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Finishing −0.56
−0.67
MTL
Kaiden Guhle
0 G, 0 A · 23:45 TOI
On-ice −0.57 · Finishing −0.07
−0.66

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalTOR–MTLWin prob.
P1 7:48 MTLCole CaufieldPP
from Juraj Slafkovský, Kirby Dach
0–154% → 70%

Every player

Show both lineups

TOR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Auston Matthews C21:13+0.29+0.52−0.52+0.06−0.00+0.20+0.03
Simon Benoit D14:26+0.28+0.29−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Chris Tanev D18:17+0.16+0.15−0.00−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
William Nylander R19:18+0.16+0.27−0.10−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
David Kampf C9:43+0.12+0.15−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.02
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D20:45+0.11+0.44−0.16+0.02+0.00−0.20+0.00
Jake McCabe D18:17+0.08+0.35−0.08−0.00+0.01−0.20+0.00
Ryan Reaves R7:36+0.08+0.18−0.07−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mitch Marner R22:39+0.04+0.60−0.68+0.11+0.01+0.00+0.00
Max Pacioretty L13:24+0.00+0.21−0.22+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Steven Lorentz C9:03−0.04+0.18−0.42−0.01+0.00+0.20+0.01
Max Domi C17:00−0.06+0.30−0.22+0.06+0.00−0.20−0.02
John Tavares C18:48−0.07+0.23−0.36+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.05
Morgan Rielly D24:05−0.09+0.25−0.34+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicholas Robertson L12:27−0.15−0.11−0.22−0.02−0.00+0.20+0.00
Pontus Holmberg R12:10−0.17−0.06−0.12−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.02
Conor Timmins D16:08−0.17+0.20−0.19+0.02−0.00−0.20+0.00
Matthew Knies L18:48−0.37+0.41−0.77−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Anthony Stolarz G57:14+2.46

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
David Savard D20:05+0.26−0.17+0.01−0.00+0.02+0.40+0.00
Cole Caufield R17:431−0.03−0.52+0.56+0.00−0.06+0.00+0.00
Lane Hutson D18:22−0.08−0.07+0.01+0.02−0.04+0.00+0.00
Christian Dvorak C12:21−0.19+0.01−0.19−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.02
Alex Barré-Boulet C10:21−0.23−0.02−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.20+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D13:50−0.25−0.19−0.03−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Kirby Dach C15:591−0.30−0.14−0.11+0.00−0.02+0.00−0.04
Jake Evans C17:04−0.35−0.21−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Joel Armia R16:21−0.38+0.01−0.38−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Emil Heineman L9:40−0.40−0.02−0.17−0.02−0.00−0.20+0.00
Justin Barron D11:50−0.47−0.22−0.01−0.00−0.04−0.20+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R14:43−0.48+0.14−0.60−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R11:27−0.51−0.29−0.00−0.01−0.02−0.20+0.01
Mike Matheson D26:35−0.51−0.48+0.01−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L18:011−0.53−0.54−0.14+0.00−0.04+0.20−0.01
Kaiden Guhle D23:45−0.66−0.57−0.07−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alex Newhook C13:13−0.67−0.09−0.56+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Nick Suzuki C20:40−0.88−0.73−0.52+0.01−0.01+0.40−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Montembeault G60:00+4.82

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.