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Sat, Nov 28, 2009·Centre Bell, Montreal

Washington Capitals 4, Montréal Canadiens 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 54% of the time.

MTL winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WSH240719031423
MTL072916020324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:47WSHEric FehrAssists: Karl Alzner, Brooks Laich · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:59WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alexandre Giroux · Slap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:40MTLJaroslav SpacekPPAssists: Roman Hamrlik, Max Pacioretty · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:50MTLTomas PlekanecAssists: Roman Hamrlik, Jaroslav Spacek · Backhand, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:34MTLTravis MoenPPAssists: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Michael Cammalleri · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:48WSHEric FehrPPAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Tomas Fleischmann · Backhand, 0.32 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Michael Cammalleri stopped
  2. 2. WSH Tomas Fleischmann stopped
  3. 3. MTL Maxim Lapierre stopped
  4. 4. WSH Alex Ovechkin stopped
  5. 5. MTL Tomas Plekanec stopped
  6. 6. WSH Nicklas Backstrom scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:07MTLMax Pacioretty: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:51WSHAlexandre Giroux: Interference2 min
  3. P2 3:44WSHJay Beagle: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 3:17WSHAlexandre Giroux: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:01WSHBrooks Laich: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 9:33MTLMax Pacioretty: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 19:44MTLPaul Mara: High sticking2 min · PPG

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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
43% to win57% to win
← WSH attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Perreault won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHMTL
23Shots on goal24
2.6Expected goals2.8
57Shot attempts55
28Faceoffs won22
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
13Hits16
14Blocked shots23
13Giveaways20
4Takeaways6

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.

MTL 2.8 xGWSH 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLWSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #80 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.42 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 54% of the time.

MTL winsWSH wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+6
+7

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