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Sun, Jan 17, 2010·Madison Square Garden, New York

Montréal Canadiens 2, New York Rangers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 57% of the time.

NYR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL2802010220
NYR09315310634

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:30MTLMichael CammalleriAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Hal Gill · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:50MTLBrian GiontaPPAssists: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Andrei Markov · Backhand, 0.33 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:57NYRRyan CallahanAssists: Marian Gaborik, Vinny Prospal · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:28NYRBrandon DubinskySHAssists: Ryan Callahan · Backhand, 0.00 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:04NYRBrandon DubinskyGWGAssists: Vinny Prospal, Marian Gaborik · Slap, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:56NYRRyan CallahanPPAssists: Chris Drury, Michael Del Zotto · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:17NYRMarian GaborikAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Marc Staal · Slap, 0.11 xG2–5
  8. P3 15:49NYRChris DruryAssists: Ryan Callahan · Slap, 0.10 xG2–6
Penalties (24)
  1. P1 0:11NYRSean Avery: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 10:37MTLPaul Mara: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:38NYRSean Avery: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:49MTLMatt D'Agostini: Interference2 min
  5. P2 7:54NYRChris Drury: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 7:54MTLPaul Mara: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P2 8:20NYRMichal Rozsival: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 11:48NYRSean Avery: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 11:48MTLJosh Gorges: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 11:48NYRAaron Voros: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 11:48MTLTravis Moen: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 12:33MTLBenoit Pouliot: Boarding2 min
  13. P2 15:02NYRWade Redden: Fighting5 min
  14. P2 15:02MTLBenoit Pouliot: Fighting5 min
  15. P2 15:02MTLTomas Plekanec: Interference2 min
  16. P2 15:02MTLMaxim Lapierre: Roughing2 min
  17. P2 15:02NYREnver Lisin: Roughing2 min
  18. P2 15:02NYRBrian Boyle: Misconduct10 min
  19. P2 17:44MTLMatt D'Agostini: Too many men on the ice2 min
  20. P3 2:33NYRMichal Rozsival: Tripping2 min
  21. P3 4:30MTLBenoit Pouliot: Hooking2 min · PPG
  22. P3 6:13MTLRoman Hamrlik: Slashing2 min
  23. P3 6:13NYREnver Lisin: Slashing2 min
  24. P3 16:52NYRArtem Anisimov: Tripping2 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 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Boyle won the faceoff against Lapierre
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLNYR
20Shots on goal34
4.0Expected goals3.6
50Shot attempts53
20Faceoffs won31
5Power plays6
30Penalty minutes38
23Hits27
8Blocked shots14
2Giveaways5
7Takeaways11

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.

NYR 3.6 xGMTL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #326 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 57% of the time.

NYR winsMTL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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