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2025-10-09 · Little Caesars Arena

5 – 1Final

MTL beat DET 5–1. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 1.8 to 2.9 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Oliver Kapanen scored at 12:43 of the first, moving MTL’s win probability from 47% to 64%. John Gibson allowed 3.6 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
17 – 31
Expected goals
1.8 – 2.9
xG share
DET 62%
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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.08
+2.08
DET
22:37 TOI
GSAx +0.57
+0.57
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 17:10 TOI
Finishing +0.47
+0.47

Rough nights

DET
37:12 TOI
GSAx −3.63
−3.63
DET
0 G, 0 A · 19:02 TOI
Finishing −0.38 · Playmaking −0.06
−0.41
DET
0 G, 0 A · 14:41 TOI
Finishing −0.06 · Playmaking −0.07 · Penalties −0.19
−0.35

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–DETWin prob.
P1 3:50 DETDylan LarkinPP
from Patrick Kane, Moritz Seider
0–154% → 69%
P1 10:14 MTLZachary Bolduc
from Brendan Gallagher, Mike Matheson
1–130% → 47%
P1 12:43 MTLOliver Kapanen
from Alex Newhook, Ivan Demidov
2–147% → 64%
P1 19:53 MTLMike Matheson
from Nick Suzuki, Noah Dobson
3–166% → 80%
P2 5:19 MTLAlexandre Carrier
from Arber Xhekaj, Brendan Gallagher
4–182% → 94%
P2 17:12 MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPP
from Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki
5–197% → 99%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alexandre Carrier D17:101+0.47−0.03+0.47+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Newhook C15:501+0.36−0.03−0.00+0.19−0.01+0.19+0.01
Mike Matheson D20:2211+0.29−0.08+0.41−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Oliver Kapanen C14:401+0.29−0.03+0.37−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.02
Zachary Bolduc R14:521+0.26−0.02+0.23+0.05+0.01+0.00−0.01
Juraj Slafkovský L15:261+0.26−0.03+0.29−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Kirby Dach C14:10+0.21−0.01−0.00+0.06−0.00+0.19−0.02
Ivan Demidov R12:041+0.12+0.04−0.00+0.08+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C15:462+0.11−0.04−0.03+0.24−0.00+0.00−0.06
Arber Xhekaj D15:371+0.06+0.01+0.00+0.26−0.02−0.19+0.00
Josh Anderson R16:15+0.02−0.02−0.12−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Lane Hutson D22:41+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D20:46+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Cole Caufield R14:301−0.01−0.04−0.17+0.22−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C15:36−0.02−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Patrik Laine L13:45−0.04−0.02−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R14:032−0.12−0.02−0.00+0.29−0.00−0.39+0.00
Noah Dobson D19:501−0.18−0.05−0.02+0.07+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jakub Dobes G60:00+2.08

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Elmer Soderblom L10:43+0.17−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Dylan Larkin C18:201+0.15+0.06+0.18−0.12−0.01+0.00+0.04
J.T. Compher L14:47+0.15+0.08−0.08−0.08+0.01+0.19+0.03
Patrick Kane R18:231+0.12+0.06−0.00+0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård R14:34+0.04+0.02−0.12−0.05−0.00+0.19+0.00
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D22:34+0.00+0.07−0.00−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Simon Edvinsson D23:14−0.02+0.07−0.03−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrew Copp C16:03−0.02+0.10−0.03−0.10+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ben Chiarot D16:55−0.04−0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Rasmussen C11:13−0.04−0.02−0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.01
Mason Appleton C13:53−0.05+0.03−0.06−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Travis Hamonic D13:33−0.08−0.02−0.01−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Albert Johansson D15:04−0.11−0.01+0.00−0.10−0.00+0.00+0.00
Lucas Raymond L17:52−0.12+0.07−0.12−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Emmitt Finnie C12:22−0.13−0.02−0.09−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Moritz Seider D22:511−0.28+0.12−0.18−0.03+0.00−0.19+0.00
Marco Kasper C14:41−0.35−0.03−0.06−0.07+0.01−0.19+0.00
Alex DeBrincat R19:02−0.41+0.04−0.38−0.06+0.00+0.00−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Cam Talbot G22:37+0.57
John Gibson G37:12−3.63

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.