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Conference final, Game 2 · Series tied 1–1 · 2026-05-23 · Lenovo Center

2 – 3Final/OT

CAR beat MTL 3–2 in overtime. CAR also won the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 1.7: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Nikolaj Ehlers scored at 3:29 of overtime, moving CAR’s win probability from 52% to 100%.

Shots on goal
12 – 26
Expected goals
1.7 – 3.1
xG share
CAR 64%
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.

MTL goalCAR goal

Expected goals

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

MTLCAR

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
2 G, 0 A · 14:33 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing +1.44 · Penalties +0.19
+1.72
CAR
2 G, 0 A · 19:57 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing +1.34
+1.53
CAR
1 G, 0 A · 10:12 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing +0.70
+0.87

Rough nights

MTL
63:29 TOI
GSAx −0.76
−0.95
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 20:50 TOI
On-ice −0.36 · Finishing −0.07
−0.44
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 20:29 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing −0.52
−0.44

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–CARWin prob.
P1 2:33 CAREric Robinson
from William Carrier, Mark Jankowski
0–153% → 69%
P1 11:11 MTLJosh Anderson
from Phillip Danault, Kaiden Guhle
1–130% → 47%
P2 17:03 CARNikolaj Ehlers
from Jaccob Slavin, Jalen Chatfield
1–253% → 76%
P3 12:51 MTLJosh Anderson
from Alexandre Carrier, Phillip Danault
2–214% → 49%
OT 3:29 CARNikolaj Ehlers
from Mark Jankowski, Jalen Chatfield
2–352% → 100%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Josh Anderson R14:332+1.72+0.08+1.44+0.19+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D19:231+0.37+0.17+0.00+0.19+0.00
Phillip Danault C14:332+0.03+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Oliver Kapanen C10:01−0.08−0.11+0.00+0.00+0.03
Ivan Demidov R15:42−0.08−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Lane Hutson D24:52−0.12−0.12+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Caufield R17:53−0.12−0.10−0.02+0.00+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R12:53−0.14−0.14+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kirby Dach C11:22−0.15−0.15+0.00+0.00+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L18:51−0.17−0.13−0.04+0.00+0.00
Noah Dobson D24:34−0.19−0.19+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jayden Struble D11:56−0.19−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D22:141−0.22−0.01−0.21+0.00+0.00
Alex Newhook C19:15−0.25−0.13−0.09+0.00−0.03
Jake Evans C19:47−0.28−0.09−0.21+0.00+0.02
Nick Suzuki C19:45−0.34−0.08−0.26+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Texier L13:01−0.36+0.03−0.19−0.19+0.00
Mike Matheson D20:50−0.44−0.36−0.07+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jakub Dobes G63:29−0.95

CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nikolaj Ehlers L19:572+1.53+0.18+1.34+0.00+0.00
Eric Robinson L10:121+0.87+0.16+0.70+0.00+0.00
Jordan Staal C16:39+0.30+0.26+0.00+0.00+0.04
Jaccob Slavin D22:211+0.26+0.26+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jalen Chatfield D23:222+0.21+0.26−0.05+0.00+0.00
K'Andre Miller D23:05+0.18−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Mark Jankowski L12:082+0.12+0.07−0.12+0.19−0.03
Jordan Martinook L16:10+0.06+0.10−0.02+0.00−0.01
William Carrier L9:391+0.04+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Shayne Gostisbehere D18:45+0.04+0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00
Sebastian Aho C20:35−0.02+0.15−0.16+0.00−0.02
Jackson Blake R17:32−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Walker D20:32−0.03+0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00
Taylor Hall L15:33−0.09−0.01−0.07+0.00−0.01
Alexander Nikishin D13:36−0.14−0.10−0.04+0.00+0.00
Andrei Svechnikov R17:57−0.28+0.06−0.35+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C16:11−0.35−0.11−0.05−0.19+0.01
Seth Jarvis R20:29−0.44+0.09−0.52+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Frederik Andersen G63:29−0.40

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.