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First round, Game 7 · MTL wins series 4–3 · 2026-05-03 · Benchmark International Arena

2 – 1Final

MTL beat TBL 2–1. MTL lost the expected-goals battle 1.0 to 3.0 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Alex Newhook scored at 11:07 of the third, moving MTL’s win probability from 48% to 81%. Jakub Dobes saved 2.4 goals above expected. MTL won the series 4–3.

Shots on goal
9 – 29
Expected goals
1.0 – 3.0
xG share
TBL 75%
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 +2.38
+2.38
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 16:09 TOI
On-ice −0.15 · Finishing +0.83 · Penalties +0.19 · Faceoffs −0.05
+0.82
TBL
Dominic James
1 G, 0 A · 13:27 TOI
On-ice +0.35 · Finishing +0.47
+0.82

Rough nights

TBL
57:30 TOI
GSAx −1.33
−1.33
TBL
0 G, 0 A · 15:06 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing −0.18 · Penalties −0.19
−0.52
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 25:22 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Penalties −0.39
−0.47

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–TBLWin prob.
P1 18:39 MTLNick Suzuki
from Kaiden Guhle, Josh Anderson
1–047% → 65%
P2 13:27 TBLDominic JamesPP
from Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Gage Goncalves
1–131% → 53%
P3 11:07 MTLAlex Newhook
from Lane Hutson, Kaiden Guhle
2–148% → 81%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alex Newhook C16:091+0.82−0.15+0.83+0.19−0.05
Nick Suzuki C22:481+0.65−0.05+0.71+0.00−0.01
Phillip Danault C17:56+0.24+0.17+0.00+0.00+0.07
Juraj Slafkovský L21:25+0.03+0.10−0.07+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R6:48−0.04−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ivan Demidov R17:50−0.05−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jayden Struble D5:06−0.06−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Caufield R14:29−0.06−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R15:331−0.09−0.08+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jake Evans C16:46−0.16−0.18+0.00+0.00+0.02
Kaiden Guhle D20:562−0.17+0.03−0.01−0.19+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R8:51−0.19−0.19+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Dobson D18:37−0.20−0.20+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kirby Dach C11:02−0.22−0.24+0.00+0.00+0.02
Lane Hutson D23:271−0.23−0.23+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Texier L11:15−0.25−0.24−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D22:39−0.28−0.09−0.20+0.00+0.00
Mike Matheson D25:22−0.47−0.08+0.00−0.39+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jakub Dobes G60:00+2.38

TBL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dominic James C13:271+0.82+0.35+0.47+0.00+0.00
J.J. Moser D22:12+0.26+0.26+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Cirelli C17:50+0.17−0.03+0.00+0.19+0.01
Emil Lilleberg D15:42+0.08+0.21−0.13+0.00+0.00
Yanni Gourde C16:01+0.08+0.06+0.00+0.00+0.02
Erik Cernak D17:18+0.08+0.08+0.00+0.00+0.00
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D17:411+0.08+0.17−0.09+0.00+0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C14:00+0.06+0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan McDonagh D16:17+0.04+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Corey Perry R8:58+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Darren Raddysh D26:07−0.14+0.01−0.15+0.00+0.00
Nick Paul L12:38−0.15+0.11−0.24+0.00−0.02
Jake Guentzel C16:22−0.25−0.08−0.33+0.19−0.03
Oliver Bjorkstrand R12:12−0.27+0.29−0.55+0.00−0.01
Nikita Kucherov R20:16−0.28−0.10−0.18+0.00+0.00
Gage Goncalves C14:331−0.31+0.29−0.59+0.00−0.01
Brandon Hagel L21:53−0.35−0.09−0.26+0.00+0.00
Brayden Point C15:06−0.52−0.14−0.18−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Andrei Vasilevskiy G57:30−1.33

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.