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2025-01-18 · Canadian Tire Centre

5 – 6Final/SO

OTT beat BOS 6–5 in a shootout. OTT also won the expected-goals battle 4.4 to 2.5: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Josh Norris scored on the power play at 19:48 of the third, moving OTT’s win probability from 4% to 51%. Leevi Meriläinen allowed 1.5 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
28 – 44
Expected goals
2.5 – 4.4
xG share
OTT 63%
Home-ice start
OTT 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.

BOS goalOTT goal

Expected goals

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

BOSOTT

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.

OTT
2 G, 0 A · 22:16 TOI
On-ice +0.38 · Finishing +1.29 · Penalties −0.20
+1.43
OTT
1 G, 1 A · 22:35 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.42 · Shootout +0.66
+1.13
BOS
John Beecher
1 G, 0 A · 13:04 TOI
Finishing +0.91
+0.89

Rough nights

OTT
Leevi Meriläinen
62:02 TOI
GSAx −1.49
−1.49
BOS
0 G, 0 A · 21:40 TOI
On-ice −0.28 · Finishing −0.35 · Penalties −0.20
−0.84
BOS
65:00 TOI
GSAx −0.82
−0.82

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBOS–OTTWin prob.
P1 1:47 OTTAdam Gaudette
from Nick Jensen, Claude Giroux
0–153% → 69%
P1 7:35 OTTTim Stützle
unassisted
0–270% → 83%
P1 11:07 BOSPavel ZachaPP
from David Pastrnak, Mason Lohrei
1–217% → 29%
P1 19:22 BOSDavid Pastrnak
from Morgan Geekie, Mason Lohrei
2–229% → 47%
P2 1:06 BOSMorgan Geekie
from Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak
3–247% → 66%
P2 5:41 OTTJosh NorrisPP
from Jake Sanderson, Tim Stützle
3–334% → 53%
P2 14:38 BOSJohn Beecher
from Mark Kastelic
4–347% → 70%
P3 11:23 BOSVinni Lettieri
from Justin Brazeau, Jordan Oesterle
5–382% → 96%
P3 16:47 OTTNick JensenPP
from Shane Pinto, Drake Batherson
5–41% → 10%
P3 19:48 OTTJosh NorrisPP
from Claude Giroux, Thomas Chabot
5–54% → 51%

Every player

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BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
John Beecher C13:041+0.89−0.01+0.91−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Morgan Geekie C17:5711+0.72+0.02+0.73+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
Vinni Lettieri C12:471+0.71+0.02+0.70−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00
David Pastrnak R21:5512+0.15−0.04+0.54+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.39
Mark Kastelic C9:061+0.10−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.20+0.02−0.00
Jordan Oesterle D14:471+0.07+0.12−0.04−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Pavel Zacha C23:2411+0.06−0.03+0.61−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.49
Brandon Carlo D20:09−0.03−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Charlie Coyle C19:13−0.03−0.07−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.40−0.02−0.32
Justin Brazeau R10:311−0.03−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Mason Lohrei D17:082−0.06−0.07+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Parker Wotherspoon D22:00−0.07−0.25−0.05+0.00+0.03+0.20+0.00+0.00
Trent Frederic C12:25−0.15+0.03−0.18−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Andrew Peeke D20:22−0.22−0.21−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matthew Poitras C10:32−0.22−0.06−0.17−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Brad Marchand L19:20−0.50−0.23−0.09+0.02+0.00−0.20+0.00−0.00
Nikita Zadorov D24:26−0.51−0.12−0.19−0.01+0.01−0.20+0.00+0.00
Elias Lindholm C21:40−0.84−0.28−0.35−0.01−0.00−0.20+0.00−0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jeremy Swayman G65:00−0.82

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Josh Norris C22:162+1.43+0.38+1.29−0.04−0.00−0.20−0.01−0.00
Tim Stützle C22:3511+1.13+0.06+0.42+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.01+0.66
Nick Jensen D18:2911+0.86+0.07+0.77+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Gaudette R9:471+0.51+0.07+0.44−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Thomas Chabot D27:451+0.17+0.22−0.05+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Cousins C9:13+0.15−0.05−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.20+0.00−0.00
Matthew Highmore C7:21+0.12+0.01−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.20+0.00−0.00
Claude Giroux R21:512+0.10+0.20−0.00+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.03−0.16
Nikolas Matinpalo D11:32+0.02−0.02+0.01+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Amadio R10:57−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ridly Greig C18:09−0.05−0.04−0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Artem Zub D21:13−0.05+0.04−0.09−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Drake Batherson R22:231−0.15+0.06−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.20
Jake Sanderson D26:491−0.15+0.23−0.38−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zack Ostapchuk C6:40−0.23+0.01−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.20−0.02−0.00
Tyler Kleven D12:56−0.43−0.19−0.03−0.01+0.01−0.20+0.00+0.00
Brady Tkachuk L22:15−0.59+0.49−0.91+0.03−0.01−0.20+0.01−0.00
Shane Pinto C19:121−0.81+0.15−0.96−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Leevi Meriläinen G62:02−1.49

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.