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First round, Game 2 · CAR leads 2–0 · 2026-04-20 · Lenovo Center

2 – 3Final/OT

CAR beat OTT 3–2 in overtime. CAR also won the expected-goals battle 4.9 to 4.5: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Jordan Martinook scored at 13:53 of the second overtime, moving CAR’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Linus Ullmark saved 2.6 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
39 – 49
Expected goals
4.5 – 4.9
xG share
CAR 53%
Home-ice start
CAR 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.

OTT goalCAR goal

Expected goals

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

OTTCAR

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.

OTT
93:34 TOI
GSAx +2.60
+2.60
CAR
93:33 TOI
GSAx +2.10
+2.10
OTT
1 G, 0 A · 27:33 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing +0.70 · Penalties +0.19
+0.76

Rough nights

CAR
0 G, 0 A · 25:49 TOI
On-ice −0.48 · Finishing −0.54 · Penalties −0.39
−1.40
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 28:17 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.56 · Penalties −0.19 · Faceoffs +0.05
−0.78
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 26:04 TOI
On-ice −0.31 · Finishing −0.31
−0.62

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalOTT–CARWin prob.
P1 6:31 CARLogan StankovenPP
from Taylor Hall, Jackson Blake
0–154% → 70%
P2 7:50 CARSebastian Aho
from Jordan Staal
0–272% → 88%
P2 10:47 OTTDrake Batherson
from Jake Sanderson
1–211% → 26%
P2 16:40 OTTDylan Cozens
from Ridly Greig, Jake Sanderson
2–224% → 47%
2OT 13:53 CARJordan Martinook
from Nikolaj Ehlers, K'Andre Miller
2–352% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Drake Batherson R27:331+0.76−0.13+0.70+0.19−0.01
Dylan Cozens C27:251+0.52−0.24+0.72+0.00+0.03
Jordan Spence D39:01+0.22+0.41−0.18+0.00+0.00
Thomas Chabot D40:50+0.18+0.34−0.16+0.00+0.00
Nick Cousins C15:04+0.12+0.11+0.00+0.00+0.01
Fabian Zetterlund L15:27+0.10+0.22−0.12+0.00+0.00
Warren Foegele L21:34+0.06+0.21−0.14+0.00+0.00
Dennis Gilbert D15:24−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Lassi Thomson D13:01−0.06−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C12:24−0.17+0.19−0.42+0.00+0.06
Nikolas Matinpalo D31:03−0.17−0.17+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tim Stützle C29:05−0.18−0.03−0.19+0.00+0.04
Ridly Greig C27:091−0.19+0.04−0.41+0.19−0.01
Shane Pinto C28:17−0.38−0.09−0.32+0.00+0.03
Michael Amadio R24:43−0.38−0.00−0.37+0.00−0.01
Jake Sanderson D43:062−0.59−0.49−0.10+0.00+0.00
Claude Giroux R27:04−0.60−0.39−0.43+0.19+0.03
Brady Tkachuk L28:17−0.78−0.08−0.56−0.19+0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Linus Ullmark G93:34+2.60

CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jordan Martinook L25:371+0.42+0.55−0.12+0.00−0.01
Sebastian Aho C27:031+0.41−0.35+0.63+0.19−0.06
Jordan Staal C27:221+0.20+0.85−0.61+0.00−0.04
Nikolaj Ehlers L24:201+0.09+0.50−0.40+0.00+0.00
Sean Walker D33:16+0.07+0.30−0.04−0.19+0.00
Jalen Chatfield D31:10+0.06+0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
K'Andre Miller D34:561+0.03+0.15−0.11+0.00+0.00
Jaccob Slavin D33:52+0.03+0.06−0.03+0.00+0.00
Eric Robinson L16:03−0.07−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C24:261−0.08−0.18+0.16+0.00−0.05
William Carrier L15:37−0.12−0.06−0.06+0.00+0.00
Alexander Nikishin D28:19−0.19−0.19+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Jankowski L15:48−0.25−0.20+0.00+0.00−0.05
Shayne Gostisbehere D24:59−0.34−0.34+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jackson Blake R25:081−0.55−0.14−0.41+0.00+0.00
Taylor Hall L21:561−0.57+0.03−0.59+0.00−0.01
Seth Jarvis R26:04−0.62−0.31−0.31+0.00+0.00
Andrei Svechnikov R25:49−1.40−0.48−0.54−0.39+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Frederik Andersen G93:33+2.10

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.