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2026-01-17 · Canadian Tire Centre

6 – 5Final/OT

MTL beat OTT 6–5 in overtime. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 2.5 to 3.7 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Cole Caufield scored at 0:33 of overtime, moving MTL’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Leevi Meriläinen allowed 3.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
19 – 34
Expected goals
2.5 – 3.7
xG share
OTT 60%
Home-ice start
OTT 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 goalOTT goal

Expected goals

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

MTLOTT

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 · 20:00 TOI
Finishing +1.61
+1.53
MTL
2 G, 1 A · 19:19 TOI
Finishing +1.49
+1.44
OTT
1 G, 0 A · 13:17 TOI
On-ice +0.32 · Finishing +0.71 · Penalties +0.19
+1.22

Rough nights

OTT
Leevi Meriläinen
60:33 TOI
GSAx −3.68
−3.68
MTL
60:12 TOI
GSAx −1.23
−1.23
MTL
Ivan Demidov
0 G, 1 A · 15:07 TOI
On-ice −0.16 · Finishing −0.32 · Penalties −0.19
−0.66

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–OTTWin prob.
P1 3:06 MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPP
from Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki
1–047% → 62%
P1 17:50 MTLCole CaufieldPP
from Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson
2–066% → 79%
P2 0:42 OTTBrady TkachukPP
from Claude Giroux, Jake Sanderson
2–123% → 35%
P2 3:07 OTTTim Stützle
from Nick Cousins, Lars Eller
2–234% → 53%
P2 4:26 MTLJosh Anderson
from Mike Matheson, Noah Dobson
3–247% → 67%
P2 15:31 OTTDylan CozensPP
from Tim Stützle, Jake Sanderson
3–330% → 53%
P2 18:24 OTTDavid Perron
from Artem Zub, Jake Sanderson
3–453% → 76%
P3 7:55 OTTJake Sanderson
from Ridly Greig
3–580% → 95%
P3 15:36 MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPP
from Lane Hutson, Phillip Danault
4–51% → 11%
P3 16:41 MTLAlexandre Carrier
from Ivan Demidov, Josh Anderson
5–59% → 49%
OT 0:33 MTLCole Caufield
from Lane Hutson
6–548% → 100%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Juraj Slafkovský L20:002+1.53−0.05+1.61−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.01
Cole Caufield R19:1921+1.44−0.02+1.49+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D17:121+0.81−0.28+0.90−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Josh Anderson R12:5311+0.58+0.01+0.79−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D7:40+0.17−0.01+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Mike Matheson D23:591+0.15+0.02−0.03−0.01−0.02+0.19+0.00
Noah Dobson D21:541+0.10−0.00−0.11−0.00+0.02+0.19+0.00
Phillip Danault C10:591+0.09+0.09+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.02
Brendan Gallagher R12:48+0.05−0.13+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R13:36−0.03−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Texier L12:56−0.07−0.05+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C21:252−0.07+0.28−0.38+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.01
Joe Veleno C15:32−0.14−0.12−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C15:20−0.18−0.19+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Oliver Kapanen C14:04−0.23−0.20+0.00−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Lane Hutson D26:223−0.30+0.11−0.41+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D15:42−0.48−0.28+0.00−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Ivan Demidov R15:071−0.66−0.16−0.32+0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Montembeault G60:12−1.23

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dylan Cozens C13:171+1.22+0.32+0.71−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Tim Stützle C22:1311+0.88−0.04+0.71+0.04−0.04+0.19+0.01
Jake Sanderson D25:3913+0.68+0.08+0.59−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
David Perron L10:371+0.46+0.03+0.63−0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
Ridly Greig C17:301+0.32+0.12+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Tyler Kleven D15:57+0.17+0.20−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Spence D14:51+0.13+0.18−0.04−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Jensen D17:36+0.11+0.08+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Artem Zub D21:451+0.03+0.02+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C9:561−0.04+0.09−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Claude Giroux R17:351−0.07−0.06+0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.02
Michael Amadio R13:21−0.09−0.01−0.08−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Fabian Zetterlund L10:36−0.10+0.02−0.13+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Drake Batherson R14:54−0.24+0.19−0.23−0.00+0.00−0.19−0.01
Nick Cousins C10:501−0.25+0.14+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.39+0.00
Brady Tkachuk L16:141−0.31+0.09−0.39+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Thomas Chabot D21:42−0.38−0.09−0.10+0.02−0.01−0.19+0.00
Shane Pinto C18:14−0.61+0.03−0.62−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Leevi Meriläinen G60:33−3.68

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.