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2025-12-20 · Centre Bell

0 – 4Final

MTL beat PIT 4–0. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 2.5 to 4.4 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Juraj Slafkovský scored on the power play at 16:41 of the first, moving MTL’s win probability from 54% to 71%. Jacob Fowler saved 3.7 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
31 – 21
Expected goals
4.4 – 2.5
xG share
PIT 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.

PIT goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

PITMTL

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
Jacob Fowler
60:00 TOI
GSAx +3.65
+3.65
MTL
Owen Beck
1 G, 0 A · 13:18 TOI
Finishing +0.73
+0.71
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 16:33 TOI
Finishing +0.59
+0.51

Rough nights

PIT
55:38 TOI
GSAx −1.11
−1.11
PIT
0 G, 0 A · 17:48 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing −0.92
−0.89
PIT
Kevin Hayes
0 G, 0 A · 13:44 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.33 · Penalties −0.19
−0.50

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–MTLWin prob.
P1 16:41 MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPP
from Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki
0–154% → 71%
P1 18:49 MTLOwen Beck
from Brendan Gallagher, Lane Hutson
0–271% → 85%
P2 12:14 MTLJosh AndersonSH
from Oliver Kapanen
0–389% → 97%
P3 17:02 MTLJosh AndersonEN
unassisted
0–4100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Rutger McGroarty R12:32+0.13−0.01−0.04−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Parker Wotherspoon D20:06+0.08+0.08−0.03+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brett Kulak D15:32+0.03+0.04+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Brazeau R14:28+0.03+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Karlsson D24:29+0.03+0.08−0.03+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D21:48+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Connor Clifton D15:18−0.07−0.02−0.05−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ben Kindel C14:40−0.08−0.07−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.02
Noel Acciari C13:01−0.10+0.02−0.13−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.02
Ryan Shea D17:08−0.13−0.07−0.07+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tommy Novak C17:52−0.16−0.00−0.37+0.02−0.00+0.19+0.01
Ville Koivunen R12:05−0.21−0.04−0.15−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Anthony Mantha R18:29−0.21+0.08−0.29+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01
Sidney Crosby C21:09−0.26−0.03−0.39+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.13
Connor Dewar C12:20−0.34−0.03−0.31−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Bryan Rust R21:02−0.35+0.01−0.35−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Hayes R13:44−0.50+0.06−0.33+0.01−0.00−0.19−0.04
Rickard Rakell R17:48−0.89+0.07−0.92−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Stuart Skinner G55:38−1.11

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Owen Beck C13:181+0.71−0.01+0.73−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L16:331+0.51−0.05+0.59−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R16:122+0.41−0.02+0.44−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Cole Caufield R15:251+0.02+0.13−0.11+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D22:22+0.02+0.02+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C1:57+0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ivan Demidov R14:21−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R14:13−0.02+0.11−0.13−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Mike Matheson D26:48−0.05+0.00−0.02−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R13:581−0.07−0.05−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joe Veleno C16:26−0.08−0.01−0.20−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.04
Adam Engstrom D11:12−0.10−0.02−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Texier L14:50−0.11−0.05+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.04
Noah Dobson D21:53−0.12−0.02−0.11−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Oliver Kapanen C18:101−0.15−0.11+0.00−0.00−0.03+0.00−0.01
Lane Hutson D23:501−0.19+0.02+0.00+0.03−0.04−0.19+0.00
Nick Suzuki C19:131−0.25+0.05−0.10+0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D13:19−0.36−0.02−0.12−0.00−0.02−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jacob Fowler G60:00+3.65

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.