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Tue, Mar 16, 2010·Madison Square Garden, New York

Montréal Canadiens 3, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 67% of the time.

NYR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL1901828335
NYR061509120

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:34MTLGlen MetropolitPPAssists: Andrei Markov, Scott Gomez · Slap, 0.30 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:02NYRSean AveryAssists: Matt Gilroy, Chris Drury · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:59MTLSergei KostitsynGWGAssists: Travis Moen, Dominic Moore · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:24MTLTomas PlekanecENAssists: Hal Gill · Wrist, 0.61 xG3–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:58NYRBrandon Prust: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:15MTLBrian Gionta: Holding2 min
  3. P1 15:59NYRVinny Prospal: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 4:04MTLAndrei Kostitsyn: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 8:10NYRArtem Anisimov: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:02NYRVinny Prospal: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 18:29MTLAndrei Kostitsyn: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 11:20MTLScott Gomez: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 19:05MTLBenoit Pouliot: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 19:53MTLScott Gomez: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:53NYRSean Avery: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 19:53NYRSean Avery: Slashing5 min
  13. P3 19:53NYRSean Avery: Game misconduct10 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 20:00Gomez won the faceoff against Anisimov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLNYR
35Shots on goal20
4.2Expected goals3.1
47Shot attempts45
24Faceoffs won18
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes25
23Hits27
10Blocked shots7
1Giveaways6
9Takeaways8

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 3.1 xGMTL 4.2 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 32/100 · #842 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 67% 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).