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2026-10-03 ·

5 – 6Final/OT

PIT beat MTL 6–5 in overtime. Expected goals were close to even (MTL 2.9, PIT 2.9), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Tommy Novak scored at 1:33 of overtime, moving PIT’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Jakub Dobes allowed 3.6 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
25 – 30
Expected goals
2.9 – 2.9
xG share
MTL 51%
Model before the game
MTL 55%

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 goalPIT goal

Expected goals

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

MTLPIT

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

MTL
1 G, 1 A · 14:57 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing +0.84 · Playmaking +0.23
+0.95
MTL
2 G, 0 A · 22:50 TOI
Finishing +0.84 · Playmaking +0.06
+0.89
PIT
1 G, 2 A · 19:41 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.36 · Playmaking +0.33
+0.76

Rough nights

MTL
59:04 TOI
GSAx −3.81
−3.62
PIT
61:33 TOI
GSAx −2.33
−2.33
MTL
0 G, 0 A · 15:43 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing −0.15
−0.25

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–PITWin prob.
P1 3:49 MTLCole Caufield
from Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson
1–047% → 63%
P1 14:07 PITEvgeni MalkinPP
from Kris Letang, Hendrix Lapierre
1–136% → 53%
P2 0:32 PITDeclan Carlile
from Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson
1–253% → 72%
P2 7:59 PITSamuel Girard
from Sidney Crosby, Kaedan Korczak
1–373% → 88%
P2 14:01 PITTommy Novak
from Egor Chinakhov, Evgeni Malkin
1–490% → 97%
P2 15:32 PITBen KindelPP
from Erik Karlsson, Tommy Novak
1–598% → 100%
P2 18:46 MTLNick Suzuki
from Lane Hutson, Noah Dobson
2–50% → 2%
P3 3:31 MTLCole Caufield
from Chris Kreider
3–51% → 7%
P3 18:52 MTLChris KreiderPP
from Nick Suzuki, Ivan Demidov
4–50% → 4%
P3 19:16 MTLIvan DemidovPP
from Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson
5–54% → 49%
OT 1:33 PITTommy Novak
from Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang
5–652% → 100%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Chris Kreider L14:5711+0.95−0.13+0.84+0.23+0.01+0.00+0.00
Cole Caufield R22:502+0.89+0.05+0.84+0.06−0.04+0.00−0.01
Nick Suzuki C22:4313+0.64+0.21+0.21+0.25−0.00+0.00−0.02
Ivan Demidov R16:0311+0.60−0.10+0.72−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jayden Struble D16:09+0.10+0.00−0.01+0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00
Phillip Danault C11:24+0.01+0.02−0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.03
Juraj Slafkovský L18:12−0.01+0.08−0.05−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Arber Xhekaj D13:43−0.03−0.10−0.01+0.09−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Carrier D8:32−0.04+0.00−0.01−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Zachary Bolduc R11:31−0.07+0.04−0.00−0.12+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mike Matheson D26:24−0.08+0.03−0.09+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C14:36−0.09+0.01−0.10−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.06
Noah Dobson D23:041−0.09−0.02−0.03+0.13+0.01−0.18+0.00
Lane Hutson D29:063−0.10+0.08−0.11−0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alexandre Texier L9:14−0.16−0.06−0.08−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kirby Dach C11:40−0.17−0.11−0.00−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.02
Josh Anderson R12:10−0.24+0.10−0.11−0.05−0.00−0.18+0.01
Alex Newhook C15:43−0.25−0.12−0.15−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jakub Dobes G59:04−3.62

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Evgeni Malkin C19:4112+0.76+0.07+0.36+0.33−0.02+0.00+0.02
Tommy Novak C14:4221+0.76+0.07+0.72+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.04
Declan Carlile D20:321+0.43+0.01+0.40+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D21:111+0.36+0.02+0.21−0.04−0.01+0.18+0.00
Kris Letang D19:302+0.32+0.12−0.08+0.29−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sidney Crosby C19:531+0.22+0.01−0.19+0.20−0.01+0.18+0.01
Erik Karlsson D19:382+0.09−0.14−0.01+0.28−0.04+0.00+0.00
Kaedan Korczak D17:391+0.07+0.05−0.02+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Filip Hallander C9:39+0.06+0.09−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Egor Chinakhov R17:591+0.02−0.09−0.09+0.22−0.01+0.00+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D18:08−0.00+0.03−0.06+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C11:221−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.04−0.02+0.00−0.03
Ben Kindel C14:181−0.02−0.01+0.08−0.07−0.01+0.00−0.02
Connor Dewar C13:54−0.02+0.00−0.02−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Blake Lizotte C14:49−0.06−0.01−0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00−0.02
Andrei Kuzmenko L11:43−0.07−0.01−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicholas Robertson L13:35−0.10−0.01−0.06−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Rickard Rakell R18:261−0.12+0.03−0.07+0.12−0.01−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Arturs Silovs G61:33−2.33

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.