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2025-12-18 · Centre Bell

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MTL beat CHI 4–1. MTL also won the expected-goals battle 3.7 to 2.1: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Zachary Bolduc scored at 0:20 of the third, moving MTL’s win probability from 52% to 77%. Spencer Knight saved 1.0 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
15 – 35
Expected goals
2.1 – 3.7
xG share
MTL 64%
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.

CHI goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

CHIMTL

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 · 16:23 TOI
Finishing +1.53
+1.57
CHI
59:23 TOI
GSAx +1.01
+1.01
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 22:32 TOI
Finishing +0.82
+0.87

Rough nights

CHI
0 G, 0 A · 16:12 TOI
On-ice −0.23 · Finishing −0.23
−0.45
CHI
Jason Dickinson
0 G, 0 A · 19:01 TOI
On-ice −0.36
−0.40
CHI
Dominic Toninato
0 G, 0 A · 8:58 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Penalties −0.19
−0.33

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCHI–MTLWin prob.
P1 7:27 CHIFrank Nazar
from Matt Grzelcyk, Andre Burakovsky
1–047% → 63%
P1 14:23 MTLZachary Bolduc
from Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson
1–136% → 53%
P3 0:20 MTLZachary Bolduc
from Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki
1–252% → 77%
P3 10:00 MTLNoah Dobson
from Ivan Demidov, Lane Hutson
1–383% → 96%
P3 16:29 MTLNick SuzukiEN
unassisted
1–499% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

CHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Frank Nazar C16:251+0.44−0.04+0.71−0.00−0.01−0.19−0.03
Ryan Greene C15:07+0.09−0.09+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Matt Grzelcyk D21:121+0.05+0.05−0.02−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Andre Burakovsky L17:421−0.04−0.02+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Oliver Moore C11:39−0.05−0.06+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Colton Dach C12:17−0.08−0.06+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Donato C13:34−0.11−0.08+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.02
Nick Lardis L13:32−0.11−0.09+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Artyom Levshunov D21:58−0.19−0.03−0.12+0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00
Louis Crevier D18:07−0.20−0.17−0.20−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Wyatt Kaiser D17:05−0.25−0.24+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tyler Bertuzzi L17:47−0.26−0.03−0.20+0.00−0.02+0.00−0.01
Teuvo Teravainen C18:24−0.27−0.16−0.11+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Connor Murphy D16:40−0.27−0.29+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Vlasic D20:57−0.31−0.31−0.02+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dominic Toninato C8:58−0.33−0.06−0.04−0.01+0.01−0.19−0.04
Jason Dickinson C19:01−0.40−0.36−0.01−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.04
Ilya Mikheyev R16:12−0.45−0.23−0.23−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Spencer Knight G59:23+1.01

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Zachary Bolduc R16:232+1.57+0.04+1.53−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Noah Dobson D22:321+0.87+0.04+0.82−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D24:58+0.35+0.24−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Lane Hutson D26:193+0.32+0.43−0.15+0.06−0.02+0.00+0.00
Ivan Demidov R16:231+0.18+0.42−0.28+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C16:27+0.15+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.13
Owen Beck C11:24+0.06+0.09+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Brendan Gallagher R10:20+0.05+0.04+0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C17:2311+0.03+0.28−0.28+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jayden Struble D10:26+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R14:39−0.05+0.01−0.05−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Engstrom D16:13−0.14+0.09−0.22−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Texier L14:04−0.17−0.01−0.14−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L16:16−0.20+0.33−0.54+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Cole Caufield R16:161−0.23+0.36−0.60+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Oliver Kapanen C15:34−0.27+0.12−0.40−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.02
Joe Veleno C14:06−0.30+0.09−0.38−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.01
Arber Xhekaj D16:17−0.31+0.12−0.22−0.00−0.02−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jakub Dobes G60:00+0.26

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.