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2026-01-07 · Centre Bell

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MTL beat CGY 4–1. MTL also won the expected-goals battle 3.7 to 2.0: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Alexandre Texier scored at 3:10 of the second, moving MTL’s win probability from 53% to 72%.

Shots on goal
29 – 36
Expected goals
2.0 – 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.

CGY goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

CGYMTL

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, 0 A · 23:29 TOI
On-ice +0.15 · Finishing +0.87 · Playmaking +0.05
+1.05
MTL
1 G, 2 A · 13:57 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing +0.78
+0.92
MTL
Jacob Fowler
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.92
+0.92

Rough nights

MTL
0 G, 0 A · 13:24 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing −0.40 · Penalties −0.19
−0.53
CGY
0 G, 0 A · 20:51 TOI
Finishing −0.43
−0.47
MTL
Sammy Blais
0 G, 0 A · 10:38 TOI
Finishing −0.44
−0.41

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCGY–MTLWin prob.
P2 3:10 MTLAlexandre Texier
from Alexandre Carrier, Cole Caufield
0–153% → 72%
P2 7:05 MTLLane Hutson
from Phillip Danault, Alexandre Texier
0–273% → 87%
P2 8:12 MTLOliver Kapanen
from Juraj Slafkovský
0–388% → 96%
P2 17:39 CGYJoel Farabee
from Yegor Sharangovich, Hunter Brzustewicz
1–32% → 9%
P3 3:56 MTLCole Caufield
from Alexandre Texier, Nick Suzuki
1–493% → 99%

Every player

Show both lineups

CGY

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Joel Farabee L13:411+0.75+0.02+0.75−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
William Stromgren L8:29+0.30−0.08+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.39+0.00
Joel Hanley D15:03+0.18−0.02+0.00−0.02+0.02+0.19+0.00
Hunter Brzustewicz D15:361−0.01+0.04−0.06−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mikael Backlund C18:21−0.02−0.02−0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.07
Connor Zary C13:23−0.04−0.05−0.13−0.02+0.01+0.19−0.04
Ryan Lomberg L10:47−0.11−0.09+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Yegor Sharangovich C15:571−0.11−0.07−0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Adam Klapka R13:38−0.15−0.11+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.02
Morgan Frost C11:54−0.15−0.06−0.09−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Bahl D19:56−0.15−0.16+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Coronato R18:04−0.17−0.08−0.07−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
Nazem Kadri C19:32−0.23−0.13−0.12+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Yan Kuznetsov D18:13−0.28−0.05−0.23−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Andersson D22:40−0.32−0.14−0.01−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
MacKenzie Weegar D22:13−0.32−0.13−0.15−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Huberdeau L18:30−0.35−0.14−0.22+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Blake Coleman L20:51−0.47−0.03−0.43−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Dustin Wolf G79:30−0.36

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Lane Hutson D23:291+1.05+0.15+0.87+0.05−0.03+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Texier L13:5712+0.92+0.14+0.78+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.01
Oliver Kapanen C14:521+0.52+0.06+0.61−0.00−0.03+0.00−0.12
Cole Caufield R14:4311+0.51+0.10+0.41+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.01
Joe Veleno C14:17+0.20+0.04−0.00−0.03−0.00+0.19+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D19:221+0.16+0.16+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ivan Demidov R15:08+0.10+0.08+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Dobson D18:46+0.09+0.07+0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Mike Matheson D23:10+0.02+0.18−0.13−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C17:541−0.10+0.11−0.20+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.03
Juraj Slafkovský L16:111−0.11+0.07−0.18+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.01
Zachary Bolduc R14:00−0.15+0.02−0.16−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Jayden Struble D16:30−0.21+0.04−0.05+0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D16:01−0.24+0.05−0.08−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Owen Beck C11:16−0.32+0.03−0.34−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Phillip Danault C18:221−0.34+0.11−0.35−0.02+0.00−0.19+0.11
Sammy Blais L10:38−0.41+0.03−0.44−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R13:24−0.53+0.07−0.40+0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jacob Fowler G60:00+0.92

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.