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Sat, Mar 6, 2010·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Montréal Canadiens 4, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 66% of the time.

LAK winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL1141823425
LAK1110519225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:22MTLBrian GiontaAssists: Benoit Pouliot, Scott Gomez · Wrist, 0.42 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:16LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Jack Johnson, Ryan Smyth · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:43MTLDominic MooreSHAssists: Andrei Markov, Ryan O'Byrne · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:36MTLBenoit PouliotGWGAssists: Scott Gomez, Brian Gionta · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:12LAKFreddy ModinAssists: Michal Handzus, Randy Jones · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:49MTLTomas PlekanecENAssists: Sergei Kostitsyn · Wrist, 0.67 xG4–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:45LAKRich Clune: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 12:45MTLRyan O'Byrne: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:25MTLTom Pyatt: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:50MTLJaroslav Spacek: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:14MTLAndrei Markov: Interference2 min
  6. P2 11:59MTLRyan O'Byrne: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P2 14:38LAKRandy Jones: Holding2 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 SOG0LAK
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gomez won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLLAK
25Shots on goal25
3.6Expected goals2.8
39Shot attempts59
22Faceoffs won33
1Power plays4
13Penalty minutes7
19Hits35
15Blocked shots6
9Giveaways13
5Takeaways3

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.

LAK 2.8 xGMTL 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #642 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50LAK 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, Montréal Canadiens win this game 66% of the time.

LAK winsMTL wins

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

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-1
0
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+7

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