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2025-04-16 · Centre Bell

2 – 4Final

MTL beat CAR 4–2. Expected goals were close to even (CAR 2.8, MTL 2.7), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Nick Suzuki scored at 16:22 of the second, moving MTL’s win probability from 53% to 76%.

Shots on goal
29 – 22
Expected goals
2.8 – 2.7
xG share
CAR 51%
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.

CAR goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

CARMTL

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
Kaiden Guhle
2 G, 0 A · 23:39 TOI
Finishing +1.72
+1.68
CAR
1 G, 0 A · 17:54 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing +0.76 · Playmaking +0.06 · Penalties +0.20
+1.21
MTL
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.78
+0.78

Rough nights

MTL
0 G, 1 A · 15:29 TOI
Finishing −0.54
−0.55
CAR
Bradly Nadeau
0 G, 1 A · 13:01 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing −0.70
−0.51
MTL
0 G, 1 A · 15:57 TOI
Finishing −0.27 · Penalties −0.20
−0.45

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCAR–MTLWin prob.
P1 3:50 MTLKaiden Guhle
from Juraj Slafkovský, Nick Suzuki
0–153% → 69%
P1 9:56 CARTaylor Hall
from Sean Walker, Jesperi Kotkaniemi
1–130% → 47%
P2 16:22 MTLNick Suzuki
from Alexandre Carrier
1–253% → 76%
P2 18:48 MTLKaiden Guhle
from Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson
1–377% → 91%
P3 14:10 CARTyson Jost
from Bradly Nadeau, Dmitry Orlov
2–32% → 13%
P3 18:05 MTLJake EvansEN
unassisted
2–493% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Taylor Hall L17:541+1.21+0.18+0.76+0.06−0.00+0.20+0.02
Tyson Jost C15:011+0.70+0.02+0.70−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Andrei Svechnikov R17:12+0.12+0.08−0.00+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brent Burns D15:27+0.09+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Scott Morrow D17:37+0.03+0.13−0.09+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Riley Stillman D11:13+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Shayne Gostisbehere D19:15−0.03+0.04−0.07+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C17:161−0.05+0.16−0.18−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.01
William Carrier L15:37−0.06−0.02−0.05−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.01
Eric Robinson L17:59−0.09−0.07−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C17:13−0.10−0.09−0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.01
Mark Jankowski L15:35−0.11−0.00−0.17−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.07
Domenick Fensore D17:13−0.15+0.06−0.20−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Skyler Brind'Amour C15:28−0.19−0.04−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.20+0.06
Dmitry Orlov D17:231−0.21−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.20+0.00
Sean Walker D21:181−0.29+0.11−0.37−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jack Roslovic C12:34−0.31+0.02−0.30+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.03
Bradly Nadeau L13:011−0.51+0.21−0.70−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Pyotr Kochetkov G59:44−0.38

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kaiden Guhle D23:392+1.68−0.03+1.72−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C21:4011+0.61+0.06+0.62+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.08
Joel Armia R16:21+0.06−0.01−0.13−0.00+0.00+0.20+0.00
Jayden Struble D9:37−0.01−0.00+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Lane Hutson D21:291−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00
David Savard D11:04−0.02−0.04+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D23:091−0.06−0.07+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Emil Heineman L12:00−0.07−0.05−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Christian Dvorak C16:50−0.11−0.15−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.03
Jake Evans C18:161−0.14−0.11−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
Mike Matheson D26:07−0.15−0.09−0.03−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R17:11−0.20−0.08−0.09−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Patrik Laine L11:56−0.21−0.04−0.17+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ivan Demidov R10:29−0.27+0.02−0.30−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R14:23−0.31−0.02−0.28−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Newhook C12:23−0.45−0.04−0.37+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.04
Juraj Slafkovský L15:571−0.45+0.03−0.27+0.01−0.02−0.20−0.01
Cole Caufield R15:291−0.55+0.02−0.54+0.02−0.03+0.00−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Montembeault G60:00+0.78

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.