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2026-03-21 · Centre Bell

3 – 7Final

MTL beat NYI 7–3. MTL also won the expected-goals battle 3.8 to 2.2: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Kaiden Guhle scored at 3:17 of the third, moving MTL’s win probability from 52% to 79%. Ilya Sorokin allowed 2.0 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
22 – 36
Expected goals
2.2 – 3.8
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.

NYI goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

NYIMTL

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
3 G, 2 A · 16:07 TOI
On-ice +0.27 · Finishing +1.11 · Playmaking +0.15 · Penalties +0.19
+1.71
MTL
2 G, 2 A · 17:14 TOI
On-ice +0.29 · Finishing +0.67 · Playmaking +0.19 · Penalties +0.19
+1.33
MTL
0 G, 4 A · 18:47 TOI
On-ice +0.32 · Finishing −0.20 · Playmaking +0.64 · Faceoffs +0.06
+0.81

Rough nights

NYI
50:47 TOI
GSAx −2.04
−2.04
MTL
Jacob Fowler
60:00 TOI
GSAx −1.38
−1.38
NYI
0 G, 1 A · 21:01 TOI
On-ice −0.33 · Finishing −0.07 · Suppression −0.05 · Penalties −0.39
−0.79

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNYI–MTLWin prob.
P1 4:10 MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPP
from Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield
0–154% → 69%
P1 6:46 NYIEmil HeinemanPP
from Anders Lee, Tony DeAngelo
1–131% → 47%
P1 13:19 NYISimon Holmstrom
from Adam Pelech
2–147% → 64%
P2 17:49 MTLAlex Newhook
from Kaiden Guhle, Oliver Kapanen
2–229% → 53%
P2 19:08 MTLCole CaufieldPP
from Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský
2–353% → 77%
P3 0:45 NYIMatthew SchaeferPP
from Mathew Barzal, Bo Horvat
3–323% → 48%
P3 3:17 MTLKaiden Guhle
from Alexandre Carrier, Brendan Gallagher
3–452% → 79%
P3 8:08 MTLJuraj Slafkovský
from Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki
3–582% → 95%
P3 11:20 MTLCole Caufield
from Juraj Slafkovský, Kaiden Guhle
3–697% → 100%
P3 14:59 MTLCole CaufieldPP
from Nick Suzuki
3–7100% → 100%

Every player

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NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matthew Schaefer D22:251+0.42+0.05+0.22−0.02−0.02+0.19+0.00
Anders Lee C17:151+0.33+0.02+0.00+0.13−0.01+0.19−0.01
Simon Holmstrom R15:091+0.28−0.10+0.35+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Emil Heineman L17:461+0.18−0.26+0.32−0.06−0.00+0.19−0.01
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C13:55+0.05−0.10+0.00+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.07
Ondrej Palat L11:42−0.01−0.11+0.00+0.08+0.02+0.00+0.00
Calum Ritchie C14:11−0.12−0.01−0.06−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Marc Gatcomb C10:46−0.13−0.02−0.08−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Scott Mayfield D14:48−0.14−0.13−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Pulock D22:19−0.18−0.19−0.09+0.09+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brayden Schenn C15:15−0.20−0.17+0.00−0.03+0.02+0.00−0.02
Carson Soucy D15:24−0.20−0.19−0.00−0.04+0.03+0.00+0.00
Anthony Duclair L12:37−0.21−0.17−0.08+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Bo Horvat C20:211−0.22−0.13−0.05+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.05
Adam Pelech D20:291−0.23−0.21−0.03−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Mathew Barzal C18:241−0.26+0.03−0.28+0.20−0.01−0.19+0.00
Casey Cizikas C13:20−0.36−0.09−0.04−0.06−0.00−0.19+0.02
Tony DeAngelo D21:011−0.79−0.33−0.07+0.05−0.05−0.39+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
David Rittich G8:11−0.02
Ilya Sorokin G50:47−2.04

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cole Caufield R16:0732+1.71+0.27+1.11+0.15−0.01+0.19+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L17:1422+1.33+0.29+0.67+0.19−0.01+0.19−0.01
Nick Suzuki C18:474+0.81+0.32−0.20+0.64−0.00+0.00+0.06
Kaiden Guhle D16:2112+0.76+0.10+0.39+0.27−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D20:371+0.32+0.12−0.00+0.20+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Newhook C13:521+0.27+0.04+0.25−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Lane Hutson D21:42+0.24+0.28−0.00−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Oliver Kapanen C13:501+0.09+0.06+0.00+0.05−0.01+0.00−0.01
Jake Evans C16:02+0.05+0.11+0.00−0.08+0.00+0.00+0.01
Jayden Struble D14:51+0.02+0.02−0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Texier L11:38+0.02+0.17−0.06−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ivan Demidov R16:14+0.02+0.18−0.26+0.10+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R13:151+0.02+0.00−0.04+0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joe Veleno C12:04+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mike Matheson D21:45−0.02+0.11−0.06−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R14:11−0.14+0.20−0.29−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Phillip Danault C15:30−0.15−0.03−0.09+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.04
Noah Dobson D21:27−0.19+0.12−0.10−0.02+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jacob Fowler G60:00−1.38

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.