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2026-01-04 · American Airlines Center

4 – 3Final/OT

MTL beat DAL 4–3 in overtime. Expected goals were close to even (MTL 3.6, DAL 3.6), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Lane Hutson scored at 3:40 of overtime, moving MTL’s win probability from 48% to 100%.

Shots on goal
28 – 27
Expected goals
3.6 – 3.6
xG share
DAL 50%
Home-ice start
DAL 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 goalDAL goal

Expected goals

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

MTLDAL

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
1 G, 1 A · 29:14 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +0.71 · Playmaking +0.05 · Penalties +0.39
+1.30
DAL
2 G, 0 A · 24:02 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +1.19 · Penalties −0.19
+1.12
MTL
63:40 TOI
GSAx +0.75
+0.75

Rough nights

DAL
83:09 TOI
GSAx −0.97
−0.97
DAL
0 G, 0 A · 12:57 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing −0.39 · Penalties −0.19 · Faceoffs −0.05
−0.56
MTL
0 G, 1 A · 24:52 TOI
Finishing −0.39 · Faceoffs −0.08
−0.47

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–DALWin prob.
P1 8:42 MTLBrendan Gallagher
from Phillip Danault, Alexandre Carrier
1–047% → 63%
P1 13:53 DALMavrik Bourque
from Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz
1–136% → 53%
P2 10:14 DALWyatt Johnston
from Mikko Rantanen, Thomas Harley
1–254% → 74%
P2 11:59 MTLOliver Kapanen
from Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovský
2–226% → 47%
P2 18:39 MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPP
from Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson
3–248% → 72%
P3 11:07 DALWyatt Johnston
from Miro Heiskanen, Matt Duchene
3–319% → 52%
OT 3:40 MTLLane Hutson
from Phillip Danault
4–348% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Lane Hutson D29:1411+1.30+0.17+0.71+0.05−0.02+0.39+0.00
Oliver Kapanen C17:241+0.55−0.09+0.70−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.04
Brendan Gallagher R15:461+0.54+0.02+0.53−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L21:0511+0.33−0.02+0.36+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Sammy Blais L9:06+0.17−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Cole Caufield R19:55+0.05+0.19−0.13+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jayden Struble D10:35+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Owen Beck C8:04−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D22:141−0.03−0.04+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D11:54−0.05−0.01−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ivan Demidov R18:481−0.10+0.13−0.07+0.02+0.00−0.19+0.00
Joe Veleno C14:41−0.12−0.10+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Dobson D23:08−0.14−0.16−0.18+0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Alexandre Texier L15:45−0.20−0.11−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R11:06−0.26−0.02−0.44−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Mike Matheson D26:38−0.30−0.27+0.00−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Phillip Danault C16:552−0.34−0.09−0.09−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.05
Nick Suzuki C24:521−0.47−0.01−0.39+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.08
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Montembeault G63:40+0.75

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Wyatt Johnston C24:022+1.12+0.10+1.19+0.01−0.01−0.19+0.03
Mavrik Bourque C16:231+0.56−0.01+0.58−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01
Mikko Rantanen R23:381+0.49+0.38−0.13+0.04−0.00+0.19+0.01
Alexander Petrovic D15:25+0.06+0.08+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Erne L9:34+0.04+0.09−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Esa Lindell D22:22−0.04+0.13+0.00+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Roope Hintz C19:341−0.06−0.13+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.06
Matt Duchene C18:011−0.13+0.23−0.58+0.04−0.01+0.19+0.00
Ilya Lyubushkin D15:27−0.14+0.06+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Justin Hryckowian C9:48−0.15−0.14+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Thomas Harley D25:161−0.16+0.02−0.17+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nils Lundkvist D14:05−0.17−0.17+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Radek Faksa C11:47−0.18−0.12−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Miro Heiskanen D28:451−0.20+0.18−0.37−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jason Robertson L23:521−0.23+0.06−0.33+0.06−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jamie Benn L9:54−0.23−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Oskar Bäck C10:58−0.37−0.13−0.25−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Sam Steel C12:57−0.56+0.09−0.39−0.00−0.01−0.19−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Oettinger G83:09−0.97

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.