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2026-01-13 · Capital One Arena

2 – 3Final/OT

WSH beat MTL 3–2 in overtime. WSH also won the expected-goals battle 4.7 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Connor McMichael scored at 4:21 of overtime, moving WSH’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Samuel Montembeault saved 2.3 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
25 – 42
Expected goals
2.3 – 4.7
xG share
WSH 67%
Home-ice start
WSH 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 goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

MTLWSH

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
73:48 TOI
GSAx +2.28
+2.28
WSH
Ethen Frank
2 G, 0 A · 18:52 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing +1.10
+1.32
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 12:32 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Finishing +0.82
+0.71

Rough nights

MTL
0 G, 0 A · 21:21 TOI
On-ice −0.49 · Finishing −0.51
−1.01
MTL
Oliver Kapanen
0 G, 0 A · 23:10 TOI
On-ice −0.27 · Finishing −0.31
−0.62
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 18:23 TOI
Finishing −0.28 · Penalties −0.19
−0.47

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–WSHWin prob.
P1 8:14 MTLJosh AndersonSH
unassisted
1–046% → 63%
P2 7:40 MTLBrendan Gallagher
from Phillip Danault, Zachary Bolduc
2–068% → 83%
P3 5:06 WSHEthen Frank
from Matt Roy, Rasmus Sandin
2–18% → 24%
P3 18:06 WSHEthen FrankPP
from Rasmus Sandin, Anthony Beauvillier
2–27% → 50%
OT 4:21 WSHConnor McMichael
from Dylan Strome, Rasmus Sandin
2–352% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Josh Anderson R12:321+0.71−0.09+0.82−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R8:431+0.66+0.02+0.66−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ivan Demidov R16:03+0.06+0.04−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D8:57−0.04−0.03+0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jayden Struble D9:44−0.05−0.05+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C22:01−0.09−0.20−0.15+0.03−0.01+0.19+0.05
Alexandre Texier L17:18−0.10−0.02−0.26−0.00−0.01+0.19−0.01
Noah Dobson D28:37−0.21−0.19−0.04+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R11:081−0.24+0.01−0.25−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sammy Blais L6:58−0.27−0.06+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Mike Matheson D29:14−0.33−0.27−0.03−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D23:08−0.34−0.34+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Lane Hutson D26:06−0.38−0.37+0.00+0.03−0.04+0.00+0.00
Phillip Danault C17:031−0.42−0.30−0.12−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Joe Veleno C12:58−0.44−0.23+0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Cole Caufield R18:23−0.47+0.03−0.28+0.01−0.03−0.19+0.00
Oliver Kapanen C23:10−0.62−0.27−0.31−0.00−0.03+0.00−0.01
Juraj Slafkovský L21:21−1.01−0.49−0.51+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Montembeault G73:48+2.28

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ethen Frank R18:522+1.32+0.21+1.10−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Connor McMichael L23:151+0.59+0.11+0.32+0.01+0.01+0.19−0.05
Aliaksei Protas L21:31+0.45+0.45−0.00+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Dylan McIlrath D7:10+0.28+0.07+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D16:20+0.28+0.09−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00
Nic Dowd C13:31+0.04+0.05+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.02
Ryan Leonard R16:32+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Roy D23:531−0.00+0.02−0.03+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C8:35−0.05−0.03+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Rasmus Sandin D25:203−0.08+0.40−0.48+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Strome C25:191−0.08+0.71−0.62+0.04−0.01−0.19−0.01
Brett Leason R10:09−0.11+0.13−0.22−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Martin Fehérváry D18:46−0.11+0.11−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R19:311−0.13−0.03−0.12+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sonny Milano L9:21−0.16+0.02−0.18−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Alex Ovechkin L24:45−0.17+0.56−0.83+0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandon Duhaime R9:29−0.28+0.02−0.29−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
John Carlson D29:58−0.30+0.39−0.71+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Logan Thompson G83:38+0.33

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.