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Tue, Jan 5, 2010·Verizon Center, Washington

Montréal Canadiens 2, Washington Capitals 4

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
MTL03110113226
WSH011317115443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:14WSHTomas FleischmannPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:03MTLJosh GorgesUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:45WSHEric FehrAssists: Brooks Laich, Mike Green · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:21WSHAlexander SeminGWGAssists: Tom Poti, Tomas Fleischmann · Snap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:10MTLBenoit PouliotPPAssists: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Andrei Markov · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:58WSHAlexander SeminAssists: Tomas Fleischmann · Slap, 0.03 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 17:56MTLBenoit Pouliot: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 3:16MTLJaroslav Spacek: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:14WSHJason Chimera: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:21WSHTom Poti: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 16:21MTLScott Gomez: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:32MTLMaxim Lapierre: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 5:13MTLRoman Hamrlik: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 10:44WSHMike Knuble: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 13:30WSHMike Knuble: Slashing2 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 Backstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLWSH
26Shots on goal43
2.4Expected goals4.1
52Shot attempts80
24Faceoffs won33
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
13Hits30
18Blocked shots12
11Giveaways13
7Takeaways12

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 4.1 xGMTL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 46/100 · #651 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).