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Fri, Nov 20, 2009·Verizon Center, Washington

Montréal Canadiens 3, Washington Capitals 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 77% of the time.

WSH winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL0142414322
WSH17011116234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 11:52WSHEric FehrAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Mike Green · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:59MTLTravis MoenAssists: Roman Hamrlik, Michael Cammalleri · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:46MTLTomas PlekanecAssists: Andrei Kostitsyn, Max Pacioretty · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:29MTLMichael CammalleriPPGWGAssists: Paul Mara, Tomas Plekanec · Slap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:28WSHBrendan MorrisonAssists: Mike Green, Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:43MTLJosh Gorges: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:20MTLJaroslav Spacek: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:59MTLGeorges Laraque: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:59WSHJohn Erskine: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 3:21WSHMathieu Perreault: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 5:49MTLGuillaume Latendresse: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:49WSHBrendan Morrison: Diving2 min
  8. P3 12:07WSHBrooks Laich: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 18:08MTLMaxim Lapierre: Hooking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gomez won the faceoff against Beagle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLWSH
22Shots on goal34
1.5Expected goals3.1
43Shot attempts79
31Faceoffs won33
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
17Hits26
26Blocked shots13
13Giveaways16
9Takeaways12

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

WSH 3.1 xGMTL 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WSH's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WSH is favoured, below it MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #801 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 77% of the time.

WSH winsMTL wins

Simulated goal difference (WSH − MTL), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).