MTL @ OTT 6–5 · 2026-01-17

Team	1	2	3	OT	SOG
MTL	2	1	2	1	19
OTT	0	4	1	0	34

Story

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Result MTL 6–5 OTCall No lean · OTT 56%xG 2.32–3.39 · deserved OTT 68%Swing Caufield +52 OT 0:33Method

Goals and penalties with OTT win probability
Time	Event	OTT win before	OTT win after
1st 1:32	OTT penalty · D. Batherson · tripping · 2 min
1st 3:06	Goal MTL · J. Slafkovský (PP)	56%	37%
1st 16:32	OTT penalty · D. Perron · holding · 2 min
1st 17:50	Goal MTL · C. Caufield (PP)	34%	17%
1st 19:25	MTL penalty · K. Guhle · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 0:00	MTL penalty · J. Anderson · tripping · 2 min
2nd 0:42	Goal OTT · B. Tkachuk (PP)	16%	33%
2nd 3:07	Goal OTT · T. Stützle	32%	55%
2nd 4:26	Goal MTL · J. Anderson	55%	32%
2nd 10:12	OTT penalty · N. Cousins · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 12:39	OTT penalty · N. Cousins · roughing removing opponents helmet · 2 min
2nd 13:34	MTL penalty · I. Demidov · tripping · 2 min
2nd 15:03	OTT penalty · B. Tkachuk · roughing · 2 min
2nd 15:03	MTL penalty · P. Danault · roughing · 2 min
2nd 15:31	Goal OTT · D. Cozens (PP)	27%	54%
2nd 18:24	Goal OTT · D. Perron	54%	81%
3rd 5:48	OTT penalty · T. Chabot · roughing · 2 min
3rd 7:55	Goal OTT · J. Sanderson	86%	97%
3rd 15:36	Goal MTL · J. Slafkovský	99%	93%
3rd 16:41	Goal MTL · A. Carrier	95%	53%
OT 0:33	Goal MTL · C. Caufield	52%	0%

On ice · final horn

MTL4 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
14N. SuzukiC	0:33	21:25	25	0	2	2	3	5	0	2	0	7-6
13C. CaufieldR	0:23	19:19	23	1	1	2	2	4	0	0	0	–
8M. MathesonD	0:02	23:59	29	0	1	1	1	4	0	2	5	–
48L. HutsonD	0:33	26:22	26	0	2	2	2	6	0	0	3	–
35S. MontembeaultG		60:12	SA34GA5SV%.853xGA3.39GSAx−1.61

OTT3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
18T. StützleC	0:33	22:13	30	1	1	2	2	5	0	1	1	8-7
7B. TkachukL	0:06	16:14	24	1	0	1	8	10	2	1	0	0-1
85J. SandersonD	0:33	25:39	37	1	3	4	3	5	0	1	1	–
1L. MeriläinenG		60:33	SA18GA5SV%.722xGA2.24GSAx−2.76

Goals

1st
Juraj Slafkovský(1)PP
C. Caufield (1), N. Suzuki (1)
xG 0.11snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 MTL1st 03:06+18.563%
Cole Caufield(1)PP
N. Suzuki (2), L. Hutson (1)
xG 0.11wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 MTL1st 17:50+16.783%
2nd
Brady Tkachuk(1)PP
C. Giroux (1), J. Sanderson (1)
xG 0.07wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 MTL2nd 00:42+16.833%
Tim Stützle(1)
N. Cousins (1), L. Eller (1)
xG 0.05between-legsClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied2nd 03:07+22.755%
Josh Anderson(1)
M. Matheson (1), N. Dobson (1)
xG 0.03wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–2 MTL2nd 04:26+23.168%
Dylan Cozens(1)PP
T. Stützle (1), J. Sanderson (2)
xG 0.10wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–3 Tied2nd 15:31+27.154%
David Perron(1)
A. Zub (1), J. Sanderson (3)
xG 0.13tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
3–4 OTT2nd 18:24+26.681%
3rd
Jake Sanderson(1)
R. Greig (1)
xG 0.13wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–5 OTT3rd 07:55+11.497%
Juraj Slafkovský(2)6v5
L. Hutson (2), P. Danault (1)
xG 0.07tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
4–5 OTT3rd 15:36+6.17%
Alexandre Carrier(1)
I. Demidov (1), J. Anderson (1)
xG 0.02slapClip(opens nhl.com)
5–5 Tied3rd 16:41+42.247%
OT
Cole Caufield(2)
L. Hutson (3)
xG 0.08slapClip(opens nhl.com)
6–5 MTLOT 00:33+52.4100%

Shots

MTL2.32 xG33 unblocked · 16 blocked33 unblocked · 16 blocked

OTT3.39 xG48 unblocked · 26 blocked48 unblocked · 26 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

MTLOTT6Goals52.32xG3.3919Shots3433Unblocked4849Attempts743High danger22/5Power play2/332Faceoffs2828Hits2626Blocks165Takeaways514Giveaways168PIM12

Skaters

Player

Player
48L. HutsonLane HutsonD	26:22	0	3	3	2	6	0.22	−0.22	0	3	1	3	—	0	+1
8M. MathesonMike MathesonD	23:59	0	1	1	1	4	0.03	−0.03	2	5	0	1	—	0	+1
53N. DobsonNoah DobsonD	21:54	0	1	1	2	5	0.10	−0.10	1	2	0	1	—	0	-1
14N. SuzukiNick SuzukiC	21:25	0	2	2	3	5	0.32	−0.32	2	0	1	2	54%	0	+2
20J. SlafkovskýJuraj SlafkovskýL	20:00	2	0	2	2	8	0.44	+1.56	4	2	0	0	0%	0	-1
13C. CaufieldCole CaufieldR	19:19	2	1	3	3	5	0.49	+1.51	0	0	0	2	—	0	+2
45A. CarrierAlexandre CarrierD	17:12	1	0	1	1	1	0.02	+0.98	1	4	0	1	—	0	0
21K. GuhleKaiden GuhleD	15:42	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	1	0	0	—	2	0
90J. VelenoJoseph VelenoC	15:32	0	0	0	1	2	0.08	−0.08	5	0	0	0	50%	0	0
71J. EvansJake EvansC	15:20	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	−0.06	0	1	0	1	56%	0	+1
93I. DemidovIvan DemidovR	15:07	0	1	1	2	3	0.12	−0.12	0	0	1	1	—	2	0
91O. KapanenOliver KapanenC	14:04	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	50%	0	-3
76Z. BolducZachary BolducR	13:36	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	−0.35	3	1	1	2	—	0	-1
85A. TexierAlexandre TexierL	12:56	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	—	0	0
17J. AndersonJosh AndersonR	12:53	1	1	2	2	2	0.10	+0.90	2	1	0	0	—	2	+2
11B. GallagherBrendan GallagherR	12:48	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	1	0	0	—	0	0
24P. DanaultPhillip DanaultC	10:59	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1	1	0	57%	2	+2
72A. XhekajArber XhekajD	7:40	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	—	0	-1
MTL total		6	11	17	19	49	2.32	+3.68	28	24	5	14	53%	8

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Caufield+1.57

Slafkovský+1.03

Anderson+0.38

Suzuki+0.30

Gallagher−0.06

Danault−0.07

Demidov−0.09

Bolduc−0.19

Texier−0.25

Evans−0.28

Veleno−0.35

Kapanen−0.48

Defence

Hutson+0.93

Matheson+0.73

Carrier+0.56

Dobson+0.26

Xhekaj+0.17

Guhle−0.39

Goalie

Montembeault−1.59

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Evans·Veleno·Bolduc	10:29	14	9	11	45.0%	1	5	0	0	0.50	0.34	59.2%	+0.15	1	5	17%
Danault·Gallagher·Anderson	7:18	12	5	9	35.7%	3	1	1	0	0.11	0.15	43.0%	−0.04	2	2	50%
Texier·Suzuki·Caufield	6:48	11	6	6	50.0%	1	1	0	0	0.31	0.09	77.6%	+0.22	1	0	100%
Slafkovský·Kapanen·Demidov	6:12	11	4	8	33.3%	0	4	0	2	0.02	0.60	3.9%	−0.57	1	1	50%
Slafkovský·Suzuki·Caufield	4:32	6	2	7	22.2%	0	7	0	0	0.07	0.51	12.0%	−0.44	0	1	0%
Occasional · 6 groups
Slafkovský·Kapanen·Gallagher	1:33	3	0	3	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Evans·Veleno·Anderson	1:25	3	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.06	0.0%	−0.06	0	0	—
Veleno·Gallagher·Anderson	1:00	1	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.16	0.0%	−0.16	0	0	—
Texier·Kapanen·Demidov	0:56	3	0	3	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.18	0.0%	−0.18	0	0	—
Texier·Suzuki·Anderson	0:40	1	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
Kapanen·Caufield·Demidov	0:32	3	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.08	0.0%	−0.08	0	0	—
MTL 5v5	47:20		31	56	35.6%	7	25	2	3	1.41	2.32	37.7%	−0.92

Goalies

Samuel Montembeault

MTL · 60:12

Saves: 29/34
SV%: .853
xGA: 3.39
GSAx: −1.61

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	23/26	.885	2.55	−0.45
Power play	5/7	.714	0.76	−1.24
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.08	+0.08
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.45	+0.45

Leevi Meriläinen

OTT · 60:33

Saves: 13/19
SV%: .684
xGA: 2.32
GSAx: −3.68

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	8/12	.667	1.78	−2.22
Power play	4/6	.667	0.47	−1.53
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.07	+0.07
High danger	1/1	1.000	0.57	+0.57

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Montréal Canadiens

Minutes

26:22Hutson
23:59Matheson
21:54Dobson
17:12Carrier
15:42Guhle
7:40Xhekaj

21:25Suzuki
20:00Slafkovský
19:19Caufield
15:32Veleno
15:20Evans
15:07Demidov
14:04Kapanen
13:36Bolduc
12:56Texier
12:53Anderson
12:48Gallagher
10:59Danault

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareMTLOTT

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

HutsonD1 O6
XhekajD0 O1
GuhleD2 O0
CarrierD4 O0
MathesonD8 O1
DobsonD7 O0
CaufieldD1 O7
DemidovD1 O7
SuzukiD1 O6
SlafkovskýD2 O7
GallagherD1 O2
TexierD1 O2
DanaultD3 O3
AndersonD2 O2
KapanenD3 O1
VelenoD4 O1
BolducD5 O1
EvansD6 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period