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First round, Game 3 · MTL leads 2–1 · 2026-04-24 · Centre Bell

2 – 3Final/OT

MTL beat TBL 3–2 in overtime. Expected goals were close to even (TBL 2.2, MTL 2.4), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Lane Hutson scored at 2:09 of overtime, moving MTL’s win probability from 52% to 100%.

Shots on goal
17 – 29
Expected goals
2.2 – 2.4
xG share
MTL 52%
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.

TBL goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

TBLMTL

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
1 G, 0 A · 24:58 TOI
Finishing +0.79
+0.81
MTL
1 G, 1 A · 11:29 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing +0.75
+0.80
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 26:40 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.72
+0.78

Rough nights

MTL
Ivan Demidov
0 G, 0 A · 17:32 TOI
On-ice −0.15 · Finishing −0.52 · Penalties −0.19
−0.86
TBL
0 G, 0 A · 25:27 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.51
−0.46
TBL
0 G, 0 A · 17:54 TOI
On-ice −0.05 · Finishing −0.13 · Penalties −0.19
−0.38

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalTBL–MTLWin prob.
P1 4:53 MTLAlexandre Texier
from Zachary Bolduc, Kirby Dach
0–153% → 69%
P1 7:42 TBLBrayden PointPP
from Jake Guentzel, Nikita Kucherov
1–131% → 47%
P2 4:47 TBLBrandon Hagel
unassisted
2–147% → 67%
P2 12:43 MTLKirby Dach
from Arber Xhekaj
2–231% → 53%
OT 2:09 MTLLane Hutson
from Alexandre Texier, Zachary Bolduc
2–352% → 100%

Every player

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TBL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brandon Hagel L24:581+0.81+0.02+0.79+0.00+0.00
Brayden Point C18:221+0.63−0.13+0.74+0.00+0.02
Yanni Gourde C16:08+0.22+0.03+0.00+0.19−0.01
Ryan McDonagh D20:12+0.13−0.06+0.00+0.19+0.00
Declan Carlile D11:20+0.11−0.08+0.00+0.19+0.00
Jake Guentzel C24:171+0.02+0.05+0.00+0.00−0.03
Scott Sabourin R3:44−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Cirelli C17:52−0.05+0.06−0.17+0.00+0.05
Gage Goncalves C16:04−0.08+0.08−0.16+0.00+0.00
Corey Perry R9:32−0.10−0.10+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nikita Kucherov R20:351−0.12−0.09−0.04+0.00+0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C13:18−0.15+0.04−0.17+0.00−0.01
Nick Paul L7:58−0.17−0.05−0.14+0.00+0.03
Dominic James C12:20−0.20−0.14−0.24+0.19−0.01
Emil Lilleberg D14:27−0.26−0.02−0.05−0.19+0.00
Darren Raddysh D26:17−0.32−0.02−0.11−0.19+0.00
Erik Cernak D17:54−0.38−0.05−0.13−0.19+0.00
J.J. Moser D25:27−0.46+0.06−0.51+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Andrei Vasilevskiy G62:09−0.23

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alexandre Texier L11:2911+0.80+0.05+0.75+0.00+0.00
Lane Hutson D26:401+0.78+0.06+0.72+0.00+0.00
Kirby Dach C11:3211+0.56+0.08+0.68−0.19−0.01
Jake Evans C16:18+0.28+0.11−0.06+0.19+0.04
Alexandre Carrier D23:25+0.20+0.02−0.01+0.19+0.00
Alex Newhook C17:51+0.13−0.01−0.06+0.19+0.01
Jayden Struble D9:58+0.12+0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D10:401+0.08+0.14−0.05+0.00+0.00
Cole Caufield R17:37+0.03+0.06−0.22+0.19+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D21:44−0.08−0.08+0.00+0.00+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L18:08−0.10+0.06−0.15+0.00−0.01
Oliver Kapanen C8:35−0.14−0.14+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Suzuki C21:11−0.18−0.05−0.10+0.00−0.04
Phillip Danault C15:18−0.19+0.05−0.21+0.00−0.03
Zachary Bolduc R12:192−0.21+0.05−0.26+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R14:51−0.25+0.10−0.16−0.19+0.00
Mike Matheson D24:36−0.32−0.11−0.02−0.19+0.00
Ivan Demidov R17:32−0.86−0.15−0.52−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jakub Dobes G61:34+0.00

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.