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2026-03-11 · Canadian Tire Centre

3 – 2Final

MTL beat OTT 3–2. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 2.4 to 3.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Ivan Demidov scored at 12:40 of the third, moving MTL’s win probability from 49% to 83%. Jacob Fowler saved 1.8 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
23 – 34
Expected goals
2.4 – 3.2
xG share
OTT 57%
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
Jacob Fowler
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.62
+1.82
OTT
2 G, 0 A · 18:55 TOI
On-ice +0.32 · Finishing +1.35
+1.68
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 14:49 TOI
Finishing +0.80
+0.75

Rough nights

OTT
0 G, 0 A · 17:07 TOI
On-ice +0.23 · Finishing −0.78 · Penalties −0.19
−0.75
OTT
57:38 TOI
GSAx −0.66
−0.66
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 22:59 TOI
On-ice −0.25 · Finishing −0.24
−0.51

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–OTTWin prob.
P1 1:16 MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPP
from Ivan Demidov, Nick Suzuki
1–047% → 62%
P1 16:42 OTTDrake BathersonPP
from Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stützle
1–136% → 53%
P1 18:41 OTTDrake Batherson
from Tim Stützle, Claude Giroux
1–253% → 71%
P2 17:29 MTLAlexandre Texier
from Lane Hutson, Jake Evans
2–224% → 47%
P3 12:40 MTLIvan Demidov
from Alex Newhook, Kaiden Guhle
3–249% → 83%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alexandre Texier L14:491+0.75−0.03+0.80−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ivan Demidov R12:5011+0.69+0.15+0.52+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L19:431+0.64−0.10+0.75+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D23:191+0.10−0.02−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R11:03+0.09+0.08+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Oliver Kapanen C13:34+0.06+0.11+0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.03
Alexandre Carrier D15:34−0.05−0.05+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R8:48−0.06−0.05−0.02+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Newhook C13:041−0.07+0.03−0.11+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Dobson D23:39−0.12−0.03−0.10−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kirby Dach C14:14−0.15−0.03−0.09−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Jake Evans C17:211−0.18−0.20+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Phillip Danault C15:33−0.21−0.20+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jayden Struble D9:12−0.24−0.00−0.23−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C19:451−0.29−0.10−0.19+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Lane Hutson D23:301−0.41+0.14−0.18+0.04−0.03−0.39+0.00
Josh Anderson R14:30−0.49−0.15−0.13−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Mike Matheson D22:59−0.51−0.25−0.24−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jacob Fowler G60:00+1.82

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Drake Batherson R18:552+1.68+0.32+1.35+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nikolas Matinpalo D11:51+0.24+0.01+0.00+0.02+0.02+0.19+0.00
Tim Stützle C21:162+0.12+0.22−0.12+0.03−0.03+0.00+0.03
Jordan Spence D20:30+0.09+0.12+0.00−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Tyler Kleven D19:49+0.06+0.15−0.08−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ridly Greig C14:45+0.05+0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01
Nick Jensen D14:28+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C10:04−0.04−0.04+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Fabian Zetterlund L11:34−0.09−0.02−0.27+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Nick Cousins C13:05−0.15−0.15+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Thomas Chabot D28:32−0.19+0.08−0.27+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Artem Zub D20:18−0.20−0.22+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brady Tkachuk L16:261−0.22+0.27−0.51+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Warren Foegele L11:29−0.23−0.08−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Amadio R16:09−0.23−0.07−0.37−0.01+0.02+0.19+0.00
Claude Giroux R14:421−0.33+0.13−0.45+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
Shane Pinto C16:36−0.39−0.13−0.08−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Dylan Cozens C17:07−0.75+0.23−0.78−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Linus Ullmark G57:38−0.66

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.