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First round, Game 5 · MTL leads 3–2 · 2026-04-29 · Benchmark International Arena

3 – 2Final

MTL beat TBL 3–2. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 2.1 to 3.0 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Alexandre Texier scored at 1:06 of the third, moving MTL’s win probability from 48% to 73%. Jakub Dobes saved 1.8 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
24 – 40
Expected goals
2.1 – 3.0
xG share
TBL 59%
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.

MTL
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.84
+1.84
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 6:48 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.71
+0.78
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 11:46 TOI
Finishing +0.75
+0.76

Rough nights

TBL
57:27 TOI
GSAx −0.65
−0.65
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 19:27 TOI
On-ice −0.30 · Finishing −0.28
−0.60
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 15:14 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing −0.44 · Penalties −0.19 · Faceoffs +0.10
−0.48

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–TBLWin prob.
P1 3:00 MTLBrendan Gallagher
from Alex Newhook
1–047% → 62%
P2 6:49 TBLDominic James
from Gage Goncalves, Yanni Gourde
1–133% → 53%
P2 7:00 MTLKirby Dach
from Zachary Bolduc, Kaiden Guhle
2–147% → 67%
P2 17:23 TBLJake Guentzel
unassisted
2–229% → 53%
P3 1:06 MTLAlexandre Texier
from Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki
3–248% → 73%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brendan Gallagher R6:481+0.78+0.07+0.71+0.00+0.00
Kirby Dach C11:461+0.76−0.01+0.75+0.00+0.02
Alexandre Texier L13:401+0.76−0.06+0.83+0.00+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D21:411+0.03+0.14−0.11+0.00+0.00
Jayden Struble D10:23+0.01+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Cole Caufield R13:13+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R13:261−0.05−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Lane Hutson D23:311−0.08+0.15−0.03−0.19+0.00
Josh Anderson R15:32−0.08−0.02−0.05+0.00−0.01
Alex Newhook C14:351−0.13+0.11−0.23+0.00−0.01
Nick Suzuki C20:421−0.20−0.26+0.00+0.00+0.06
Arber Xhekaj D9:54−0.21+0.04−0.06−0.19+0.00
Phillip Danault C19:40−0.28−0.30+0.00+0.00+0.02
Alexandre Carrier D23:27−0.34−0.34+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mike Matheson D27:54−0.34−0.34−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ivan Demidov R11:07−0.41+0.01−0.42+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C15:14−0.48+0.05−0.44−0.19+0.10
Juraj Slafkovský L19:27−0.60−0.30−0.28+0.00−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jakub Dobes G60:00+1.84

TBL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dominic James C13:141+0.60−0.02+0.70+0.00−0.08
Jake Guentzel C22:111+0.59+0.18+0.44+0.00−0.03
Max Crozier D17:40+0.05−0.03−0.11+0.19+0.00
Brayden Point C21:17+0.01+0.22−0.19+0.00−0.01
Ryan McDonagh D16:23−0.00+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Emil Lilleberg D15:47−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Conor Geekie C5:04−0.04−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01
Zemgus Girgensons C7:21−0.04−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.01
Erik Cernak D15:56−0.05−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Oliver Bjorkstrand R14:47−0.07+0.08−0.15+0.00+0.00
J.J. Moser D20:33−0.07−0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00
Yanni Gourde C14:231−0.08−0.07+0.00+0.00−0.01
Corey Perry R6:55−0.15−0.04−0.11+0.00+0.00
Darren Raddysh D25:26−0.20+0.26−0.46+0.00+0.00
Gage Goncalves C13:511−0.22−0.02−0.19+0.00−0.01
Brandon Hagel L23:12−0.24+0.39−0.63+0.00+0.00
Anthony Cirelli C20:49−0.29+0.17−0.46+0.00+0.00
Nikita Kucherov R21:44−0.35+0.32−0.67+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Andrei Vasilevskiy G57:27−0.65

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.