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2025-04-01 · Centre Bell

2 – 3Final/OT

MTL beat FLA 3–2 in overtime. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 2.6 to 3.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Nick Suzuki scored at 0:29 of overtime, moving MTL’s win probability from 52% to 100%.

Shots on goal
27 – 21
Expected goals
3.2 – 2.6
xG share
FLA 55%
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.

FLA goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

FLAMTL

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 · 23:30 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing +1.48 · Faceoffs +0.05
+1.40
FLA
1 G, 0 A · 22:04 TOI
Finishing +0.90 · Penalties +0.20
+1.09
MTL
59:25 TOI
GSAx +0.85
+0.85

Rough nights

FLA
0 G, 0 A · 19:15 TOI
On-ice −0.18 · Finishing −0.33 · Penalties −0.40
−0.95
MTL
0 G, 1 A · 21:31 TOI
On-ice −0.28 · Finishing −0.15 · Penalties −0.20
−0.66
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 14:35 TOI
Finishing −0.42 · Penalties −0.20
−0.65

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalFLA–MTLWin prob.
P1 4:43 MTLJosh Anderson
from Kaiden Guhle, Lane Hutson
0–153% → 69%
P1 10:37 FLANiko Mikkola
from Anton Lundell
1–130% → 47%
P2 18:47 FLAMackie SamoskevichPP
from Seth Jones
2–148% → 72%
P3 19:51 MTLNick SuzukiPP
from Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovský
2–24% → 51%
OT 0:29 MTLNick Suzuki
from Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson
2–352% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

FLA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Niko Mikkola D22:041+1.09−0.00+0.90−0.01−0.00+0.20+0.00
Mackie Samoskevich R13:461+0.32+0.00+0.32−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Eetu Luostarinen C18:57+0.13+0.16−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Evan Rodrigues C12:11+0.13−0.05−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.20+0.00
Gustav Forsling D24:53+0.07+0.26−0.19+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Tobias Bjornfot D9:46+0.05+0.07+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Carter Verhaeghe C16:09+0.05+0.06−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Brad Marchand L17:34+0.02+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Seth Jones D27:281+0.01+0.12−0.04−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nico Sturm C0:34+0.01+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
A.J. Greer L5:11−0.01+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D22:17−0.01+0.04−0.07+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Uvis Balinskis D10:42−0.06−0.04+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jesper Boqvist C16:03−0.08−0.00−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sam Reinhart C21:18−0.11+0.27−0.35−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.02
Anton Lundell C19:111−0.22+0.10−0.38−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.07
Aleksander Barkov C18:27−0.33+0.21−0.53+0.02+0.01+0.00−0.04
Sam Bennett C19:15−0.95−0.18−0.33−0.01+0.00−0.40−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Vitek Vanecek G60:10−0.45

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nick Suzuki C23:302+1.40−0.13+1.48+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.05
Josh Anderson R13:411+0.41+0.03+0.40−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Christian Dvorak C14:30+0.25−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.01+0.20+0.03
Jayden Struble D11:13+0.10+0.10+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R14:03+0.06+0.15−0.10+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
David Savard D11:32+0.05−0.02−0.14−0.00+0.01+0.20+0.00
Michael Pezzetta L5:54−0.02−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C13:44−0.07−0.03−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Alex Newhook C17:05−0.11−0.01−0.05+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.04
Lane Hutson D26:123−0.13+0.00−0.13+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D21:151−0.18+0.03−0.19−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Emil Heineman L10:05−0.18+0.03−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.20+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D20:06−0.19−0.21+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Joel Armia R10:42−0.24−0.07−0.16−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Caufield R22:301−0.27−0.22−0.20+0.01−0.05+0.20+0.00
Mike Matheson D25:39−0.28−0.26+0.01−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Patrik Laine L14:35−0.65−0.04−0.42−0.00−0.00−0.20+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L21:311−0.66−0.28−0.15+0.00−0.03−0.20+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Montembeault G59:25+0.85

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.