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Conference final, Game 4 · CAR leads 3–1 · 2026-05-27 · Centre Bell

4 – 0Final

CAR beat MTL 4–0. CAR also won the expected-goals battle 5.3 to 1.0: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Sebastian Aho scored on the power play at 14:59 of the first, moving CAR’s win probability from 47% to 64%. Jakub Dobes saved 2.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
44 – 18
Expected goals
5.3 – 1.0
xG share
CAR 84%
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.

CAR goalMTL goal

Expected goals

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

CARMTL

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
59:01 TOI
GSAx +2.11
+2.11
CAR
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.28
+1.28
CAR
1 G, 0 A · 16:21 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.80 · Penalties +0.19
+1.13

Rough nights

MTL
0 G, 0 A · 11:09 TOI
Finishing −0.17 · Penalties −0.39
−0.57
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 17:34 TOI
Finishing −0.47
−0.46
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 12:51 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing −0.71 · Penalties +0.19
−0.44

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCAR–MTLWin prob.
P1 14:59 CARSebastian AhoPP
from Nikolaj Ehlers, Shayne Gostisbehere
1–047% → 64%
P1 16:07 CARJordan Staal
from K'Andre Miller, Nikolaj Ehlers
2–065% → 79%
P1 17:46 CARLogan Stankoven
from Jackson Blake, Shayne Gostisbehere
3–079% → 92%
P3 18:06 CARAndrei SvechnikovEN
from Jalen Chatfield
4–0100% → 100%

Every player

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CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jordan Staal C16:211+1.13+0.11+0.80+0.19+0.02
Sebastian Aho C20:201+0.80+0.05+0.73+0.00+0.02
Alexander Nikishin D12:41+0.33+0.13+0.00+0.19+0.00
Nikolaj Ehlers L17:052+0.33+0.08−0.13+0.39−0.01
Jaccob Slavin D19:41+0.14+0.03−0.09+0.19+0.00
K'Andre Miller D24:411+0.14+0.17−0.03+0.00+0.00
Sean Walker D20:40+0.09+0.20−0.11+0.00+0.00
Eric Robinson L10:43−0.04+0.06−0.10+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C14:161−0.09+0.10−0.19+0.00+0.00
Shayne Gostisbehere D16:082−0.09+0.09−0.18+0.00+0.00
Jordan Martinook L15:21−0.11+0.11−0.22+0.00+0.00
Jackson Blake R16:461−0.21+0.13−0.34+0.00+0.00
Mark Jankowski L10:41−0.27+0.06−0.25+0.00−0.07
Jalen Chatfield D18:441−0.28+0.00−0.09−0.19+0.00
Andrei Svechnikov R17:181−0.32−0.01−0.31+0.00+0.00
Taylor Hall L15:33−0.34+0.13−0.28−0.19+0.00
William Carrier L12:51−0.44+0.08−0.71+0.19+0.00
Seth Jarvis R17:34−0.46+0.02−0.47+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Frederik Andersen G60:00+1.28

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alexandre Carrier D23:22+0.04−0.15+0.00+0.19+0.00
Joe Veleno C6:05−0.02−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.02
Noah Dobson D20:05−0.08+0.00−0.08+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Texier L6:30−0.10−0.10+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C18:29−0.11−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jayden Struble D11:54−0.11−0.11+0.00+0.00+0.00
Juraj Slafkovský L17:18−0.11−0.11+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D17:27−0.16−0.16+0.00+0.00+0.00
Lane Hutson D21:04−0.20−0.17−0.03+0.00+0.00
Cole Caufield R19:14−0.20−0.10−0.30+0.19+0.00
Mike Matheson D23:05−0.21+0.00−0.02−0.19+0.00
Kirby Dach C8:45−0.25−0.04+0.00−0.19−0.01
Alex Newhook C18:17−0.25−0.13−0.12+0.00+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R11:27−0.26−0.06−0.01−0.19+0.00
Nick Suzuki C22:59−0.30−0.08−0.18+0.00−0.03
Phillip Danault C14:16−0.31−0.06−0.11−0.19+0.05
Ivan Demidov R18:52−0.32−0.17−0.14+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R11:09−0.57−0.02−0.17−0.39+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jakub Dobes G59:01+2.11

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.