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2025-01-14 · Delta Center

5 – 3Final

MTL beat UTA 5–3. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 3.7 to 4.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Cole Caufield scored at 6:33 of the third, moving MTL’s win probability from 48% to 77%. Karel Vejmelka allowed 1.8 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
27 – 25
Expected goals
3.7 – 4.1
xG share
UTA 52%
Home-ice start
UTA 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 goalUTA goal

Expected goals

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

MTLUTA

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
2 G, 0 A · 14:15 TOI
Finishing +1.64 · Penalties −0.20
+1.42
MTL
66:14 TOI
GSAx +0.97
+0.97
UTA
Nick Bjugstad
1 G, 0 A · 14:02 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing +0.80
+0.97

Rough nights

UTA
58:18 TOI
GSAx −1.82
−1.82
UTA
0 G, 0 A · 15:51 TOI
Finishing −0.79 · Penalties −0.20
−0.98
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 16:25 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing −0.76 · Faceoffs +0.05
−0.58

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–UTAWin prob.
P1 2:11 UTAJosh DoanPP
from Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz
0–157% → 70%
P1 3:18 MTLMike Matheson
from Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson
1–131% → 47%
P1 19:06 UTANick Bjugstad
from Michael Kesselring, Matias Maccelli
1–254% → 71%
P2 10:40 MTLPatrik Laine
from Alex Newhook, Alexandre Carrier
2–226% → 47%
P2 18:34 MTLKirby Dach
from Lane Hutson
3–247% → 72%
P3 3:07 UTALogan Cooley
from Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz
3–326% → 52%
P3 6:33 MTLCole Caufield
from Lane Hutson, Mike Matheson
4–348% → 77%
P3 16:15 MTLKirby Dach
from Alexandre Carrier
5–389% → 99%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kirby Dach C14:152+1.42−0.00+1.64+0.00−0.01−0.20−0.01
Cole Caufield R16:4911+0.72+0.01+0.71+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Patrik Laine L14:191+0.62+0.06+0.76+0.01−0.00−0.20+0.00
Mike Matheson D24:0811+0.47−0.03+0.53−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D21:172+0.14+0.15−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Lane Hutson D21:413+0.11+0.10+0.01+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D22:29+0.04+0.12−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joel Armia R15:53+0.04+0.09−0.05−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Newhook C13:371+0.01+0.06−0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.04
David Savard D15:48+0.01−0.02+0.01−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D8:44−0.05−0.05+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C17:55−0.08+0.05−0.13+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Christian Dvorak C16:56−0.15+0.04−0.21−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
Juraj Slafkovský L15:57−0.20−0.03−0.16+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R10:27−0.20+0.06−0.24−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Pezzetta L3:50−0.25−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.20−0.01
Josh Anderson R15:48−0.39−0.04−0.33−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C16:25−0.58+0.13−0.76−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Montembeault G66:14+0.97

UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nick Bjugstad C14:021+0.97+0.18+0.80−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Doan R15:171+0.20−0.16+0.19−0.00+0.01+0.20−0.05
Ian Cole D19:40+0.12+0.10+0.01+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Kesselring D13:511+0.12+0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Clayton Keller R21:522+0.12−0.17−0.13+0.05−0.02+0.40+0.00
John Marino D18:04+0.11+0.11+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matias Maccelli L15:111+0.10+0.24−0.15+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack McBain C7:22+0.06+0.08−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02
Michael Carcone L9:45+0.04−0.15−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.20+0.00
Juuso Välimäki D17:13+0.01−0.16−0.03+0.00+0.01+0.20+0.00
Nick Schmaltz C22:112−0.09−0.16−0.00+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.03
Kevin Stenlund C11:34−0.11−0.09−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Alexander Kerfoot C12:00−0.11−0.12−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Logan Cooley C24:501−0.15−0.19+0.03+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D24:07−0.24−0.26+0.01+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Olli Maatta D17:48−0.39−0.06−0.14+0.00−0.00−0.20+0.00
Lawson Crouse L13:04−0.43+0.19−0.60−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Barrett Hayton C15:51−0.98−0.01−0.79−0.01−0.00−0.20+0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G58:18−1.82

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.