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First round, Game 2 · Series tied 1–1 · 2026-04-21 · Benchmark International Arena

2 – 3Final/OT

TBL beat MTL 3–2 in overtime. Expected goals were close to even (MTL 2.9, TBL 2.7), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: J.J. Moser scored at 12:48 of overtime, moving TBL’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Andrei Vasilevskiy saved 1.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
27 – 34
Expected goals
2.9 – 2.7
xG share
MTL 51%
Home-ice start
TBL 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 goalTBL goal

Expected goals

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

MTLTBL

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

TBL
72:14 TOI
GSAx +1.13
+1.13
TBL
1 G, 0 A · 29:14 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.88
+1.01
TBL
1 G, 1 A · 23:52 TOI
Finishing +0.90
+0.92

Rough nights

MTL
0 G, 0 A · 26:24 TOI
On-ice −0.18 · Finishing −0.12 · Penalties −0.19
−0.49
MTL
0 G, 1 A · 25:08 TOI
Finishing −0.27 · Faceoffs −0.05
−0.35
TBL
0 G, 0 A · 18:41 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing −0.37 · Faceoffs −0.05
−0.35

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–TBLWin prob.
P1 8:40 TBLBrandon Hagel
from Jake Guentzel, Erik Cernak
0–153% → 70%
P1 16:11 MTLLane HutsonPP
from Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield
1–130% → 47%
P2 18:36 MTLJosh Anderson
from Phillip Danault, Jake Evans
2–147% → 72%
P3 12:33 TBLNikita Kucherov
from Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Hagel
2–217% → 51%
OT 12:48 TBLJ.J. Moser
from Anthony Cirelli
2–352% → 100%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Josh Anderson R17:211+0.21−0.27+0.29+0.19+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R12:02+0.16+0.07−0.30+0.39+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D27:18+0.08−0.11+0.00+0.19+0.00
Lane Hutson D32:001+0.06−0.17+0.24+0.00+0.00
Kirby Dach C10:53+0.04+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Oliver Kapanen C10:04+0.02+0.05−0.05+0.00+0.01
Cole Caufield R24:501−0.01−0.06−0.14+0.19+0.00
Jayden Struble D15:05−0.06−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Phillip Danault C18:381−0.13−0.17+0.00+0.00+0.04
Mike Matheson D28:47−0.14+0.03−0.17+0.00+0.00
Alex Newhook C18:57−0.17−0.14+0.00+0.00−0.03
Alexandre Texier L16:37−0.17−0.06−0.10+0.00−0.01
Ivan Demidov R20:39−0.18+0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L25:33−0.23+0.01−0.24+0.00+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D9:05−0.31+0.08+0.00−0.39+0.00
Jake Evans C16:391−0.32−0.14−0.19+0.00+0.01
Nick Suzuki C25:081−0.35−0.03−0.27+0.00−0.05
Kaiden Guhle D26:24−0.49−0.18−0.12−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jakub Dobes G72:48−0.25

TBL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
J.J. Moser D29:141+1.01+0.13+0.88+0.00+0.00
Brandon Hagel L23:5211+0.92+0.03+0.90+0.00−0.01
Nikita Kucherov R23:221+0.70+0.10+0.60+0.00+0.00
Dominic James C13:25+0.25+0.22−0.15+0.19−0.02
Gage Goncalves C19:58+0.16+0.36−0.19+0.00+0.00
Erik Cernak D21:261+0.10+0.11−0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Cirelli C22:432+0.10+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.07
Jake Guentzel C25:101+0.01+0.16−0.18+0.00+0.03
Declan Carlile D17:38−0.07−0.15−0.11+0.19+0.00
Brayden Point C21:34−0.09+0.11−0.37+0.19−0.02
Ryan McDonagh D21:06−0.09+0.17−0.07−0.19+0.00
Emil Lilleberg D23:31−0.12−0.07−0.05+0.00+0.00
Darren Raddysh D27:28−0.25+0.20−0.25−0.19+0.00
Nick Paul L13:32−0.25−0.06−0.23+0.00+0.05
Corey Perry R10:49−0.26−0.02−0.04−0.19−0.01
Zemgus Girgensons C12:54−0.26−0.18−0.08+0.00−0.01
Scott Sabourin R8:20−0.26−0.07+0.00−0.19+0.00
Yanni Gourde C18:41−0.35+0.07−0.37+0.00−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Andrei Vasilevskiy G72:14+1.13

Playoff recaps: the playoff ledgers have no per-game split of playmaking and suppression, so those credits stay inside the on-ice and finishing columns.

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.