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2025-11-22 · Centre Bell

2 – 5Final

MTL beat TOR 5–2. MTL also won the expected-goals battle 3.4 to 1.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Lane Hutson scored at 12:11 of the first, moving MTL’s win probability from 53% to 70%. Joseph Woll allowed 1.1 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
26 – 29
Expected goals
1.8 – 3.4
xG share
MTL 65%
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.

TOR goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

TORMTL

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 · 20:44 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.86 · Playmaking −0.17
+0.81
TOR
1 G, 1 A · 19:53 TOI
Finishing +0.80 · Playmaking +0.06 · Penalties −0.19
+0.63
MTL
0 G, 2 A · 23:26 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Playmaking +0.24 · Penalties +0.19
+0.51

Rough nights

TOR
49:47 TOI
GSAx −1.10
−1.10
TOR
0 G, 1 A · 22:25 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing −0.24
−0.30
TOR
0 G, 0 A · 12:37 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Penalties −0.19
−0.26

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalTOR–MTLWin prob.
P1 12:11 MTLLane Hutson
from Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield
0–153% → 70%
P1 13:33 MTLNoah Dobson
from Mike Matheson, Ivan Demidov
0–270% → 84%
P2 4:09 MTLNoah Dobson
from Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovský
0–387% → 95%
P2 13:11 MTLJosh Anderson
from Florian Xhekaj
0–497% → 100%
P2 17:19 TOROliver Ekman-Larsson
from Easton Cowan, William Nylander
1–40% → 2%
P3 14:55 TORWilliam NylanderPP
from Morgan Rielly, Matias Maccelli
2–40% → 1%
P3 17:50 MTLJosh AndersonEN
from Mike Matheson, Jake Evans
2–5100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

TOR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
William Nylander R19:5311+0.63−0.04+0.80+0.06−0.00−0.19+0.00
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D21:211+0.30+0.00+0.37−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Easton Cowan R19:341+0.16+0.01−0.01+0.16+0.01+0.00−0.01
Simon Benoit D21:04−0.05−0.03−0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sammy Blais L11:11−0.05−0.03−0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.01
Matias Maccelli L12:411−0.07−0.01−0.00−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Troy Stecher D22:20−0.07−0.05−0.02−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Steven Lorentz C13:03−0.08+0.00−0.24−0.03+0.00+0.19−0.01
Dakota Mermis D14:29−0.11−0.07−0.02−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Scott Laughton C16:29−0.11−0.05−0.02−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.03
Calle Jarnkrok C14:20−0.11−0.07−0.00−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.01
Nicholas Robertson L12:14−0.15−0.07−0.00−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dakota Joshua C14:11−0.17−0.11−0.05−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Bobby McMann C13:26−0.18+0.01−0.08−0.12+0.01+0.00+0.00
John Tavares C22:40−0.19−0.05−0.00+0.02−0.02−0.19+0.05
Max Domi C15:08−0.20−0.07−0.08−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.02
Jake McCabe D12:37−0.26−0.06−0.02+0.00+0.01−0.19+0.00
Morgan Rielly D22:251−0.30−0.06−0.24+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Dennis Hildeby G36:29+0.45
Joseph Woll G49:47−1.10

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Noah Dobson D20:442+0.81+0.11+0.86−0.17+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mike Matheson D23:262+0.51+0.10−0.02+0.24−0.01+0.19+0.00
Josh Anderson R18:012+0.42+0.01+0.44−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ivan Demidov R14:392+0.41+0.02−0.05+0.24+0.00+0.19+0.00
Lane Hutson D20:241+0.29+0.03+0.32−0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D17:28+0.10+0.04−0.00+0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D15:10+0.08+0.08+0.00+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jared Davidson C13:47+0.03+0.07−0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.01
Nick Suzuki C20:271+0.02+0.09−0.06+0.06−0.00+0.00−0.06
Joe Veleno C11:24+0.02+0.06−0.01−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.01
Florian Xhekaj L9:481−0.00−0.02−0.03+0.24+0.00−0.19+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R15:08−0.01+0.08−0.17−0.11−0.01+0.19+0.01
Jake Evans C18:211−0.04−0.02−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Juraj Slafkovský L15:231−0.14+0.07−0.22+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Oliver Kapanen C14:14−0.17+0.07−0.24−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.05
Jayden Struble D15:48−0.21+0.00+0.00−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R16:51−0.23+0.02−0.20−0.04+0.01+0.00−0.02
Cole Caufield R18:131−0.23+0.07−0.29+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jakub Dobes G70:24−0.10

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.