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2024-12-20 · Little Caesars Arena

4 – 3Final

MTL beat DET 4–3. Expected goals were close to even (MTL 2.6, DET 2.8), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Patrik Laine scored on the power play at 12:02 of the third, moving MTL’s win probability from 50% to 82%. Cam Talbot allowed 1.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
33 – 28
Expected goals
2.6 – 2.8
xG share
DET 52%
Home-ice start
DET 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 goalDET goal

Expected goals

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

MTLDET

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, 1 A · 9:39 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +0.86
+0.93
DET
1 G, 0 A · 18:06 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.74 · Playmaking +0.07
+0.89
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 14:36 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing +0.84
+0.74

Rough nights

DET
58:02 TOI
GSAx −1.30
−1.30
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 17:41 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing −0.14 · Penalties −0.20
−0.44
DET
0 G, 1 A · 17:11 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.50
−0.43

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–DETWin prob.
P1 7:09 MTLEmil Heineman
from Jake Evans, Mike Matheson
1–047% → 63%
P1 13:27 DETPatrick Kane
from Andrew Copp, Alex DeBrincat
1–136% → 53%
P1 18:31 MTLJake EvansSH
unassisted
2–146% → 65%
P1 19:27 DETJoe Veleno
from Jeff Petry, Michael Rasmussen
2–235% → 53%
P3 1:40 DETTyler Motte
from Michael Rasmussen
2–352% → 78%
P3 8:42 MTLArber Xhekaj
from Joel Armia, Emil Heineman
3–318% → 48%
P3 12:02 MTLPatrik LainePP
from Lane Hutson, Cole Caufield
4–350% → 82%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Emil Heineman L9:3911+0.93+0.09+0.86−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D14:361+0.74−0.07+0.84−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C16:0211+0.70+0.07+0.64−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Patrik Laine L13:371+0.46+0.06+0.59+0.01−0.01−0.20+0.00
Lane Hutson D20:261+0.36+0.14−0.00+0.04−0.02+0.20+0.00
Alex Newhook C12:48+0.06+0.14−0.09+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Mike Matheson D24:211+0.05+0.11−0.04−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D18:37−0.12−0.07−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Armia R16:591−0.13+0.04−0.17−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C17:43−0.16−0.09−0.06+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.03
David Savard D19:49−0.20−0.19−0.03+0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R15:01−0.23−0.10−0.12−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Brendan Gallagher R11:11−0.24−0.02−0.42+0.01−0.01+0.20+0.00
Kirby Dach C12:25−0.26+0.14−0.16+0.01−0.01−0.20−0.05
Kaiden Guhle D18:58−0.28−0.05−0.03−0.00−0.00−0.20+0.00
Christian Dvorak C15:18−0.31−0.19−0.20+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.07
Cole Caufield R16:491−0.32−0.11−0.21+0.02−0.02+0.00−0.01
Juraj Slafkovský L17:41−0.44−0.10−0.14+0.02−0.01−0.20+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Montembeault G60:00−0.38

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Patrick Kane R18:061+0.89+0.10+0.74+0.07−0.02+0.00+0.00
Tyler Motte C10:491+0.63−0.07+0.71−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Joe Veleno C11:401+0.52−0.14+0.86−0.01−0.00−0.20+0.02
Lucas Raymond L19:57+0.29+0.15−0.07+0.02−0.00+0.20+0.00
Moritz Seider D27:17+0.27+0.03−0.18+0.02−0.00+0.40+0.00
Erik Gustafsson D14:51+0.14+0.14+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Chiarot D22:59+0.07−0.04−0.09−0.02+0.02+0.20+0.00
Dylan Larkin C19:55+0.00+0.19−0.22+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.04
Albert Johansson D9:58−0.03−0.01+0.01−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Rasmussen C13:312−0.04−0.03−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex DeBrincat R18:241−0.07+0.09−0.19+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marco Kasper C16:07−0.10−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.03
Jeff Petry D18:101−0.12−0.06−0.02−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Justin Holl D17:06−0.17−0.12−0.05−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
J.T. Compher L16:43−0.18−0.03−0.15−0.02+0.04+0.00−0.02
Vladimir Tarasenko R15:17−0.23+0.06−0.31+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Christian Fischer R10:28−0.34−0.12−0.02−0.01+0.01−0.20+0.00
Andrew Copp C17:111−0.43+0.06−0.50+0.00+0.02+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Cam Talbot G58:02−1.30

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.