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Sat, Oct 23, 2010·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Montréal Canadiens 3, Ottawa Senators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 60% of the time.

OTT winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL11021707334
OTT0401203019

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:54MTLAndrei KostitsynGWGAssists: Tomas Plekanec, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:42MTLBenoit PouliotAssists: Josh Gorges, Scott Gomez · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:37MTLAndrei KostitsynAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Jaroslav Spacek · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–0
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 16:11OTTJesse Winchester: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:12MTLTomas Plekanec: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:11MTLRoman Hamrlik: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 5:26OTTMike Fisher: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 5:26MTLTravis Moen: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 11:38OTTMatt Carkner: Interference2 min
  7. P2 11:38MTLJeff Halpern: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 11:38OTTJarkko Ruutu: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 3:02MTLHal Gill: Interference2 min
  10. P3 6:09OTTChris Campoli: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 19:40OTTNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 19:40OTTMatt Carkner: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 19:40OTTChris Neil: 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← MTL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLOTT
34Shots on goal19
2.6Expected goals2.1
56Shot attempts48
21Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
13Penalty minutes35
18Hits25
11Blocked shots16
11Giveaways14
6Takeaways7

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestHalpern – Lapierre – Pouliot10:28

    xG 0.70–0.19 (79%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  2. Gomez – Gionta – Moen2:00

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Darche – Moen – Eller6:11

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Plekanec – Kostitsyn12:10

    xG 0.39–0.69 (36%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGill – Gorges17:46

    xG 0.93–0.78 (54%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  2. Hamrlik – Spacek12:48

    xG 0.32–0.32 (50%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Picard – Subban15:26

    xG 0.57–0.71 (44%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Fisher – Michalek13:07

    xG 1.17–0.09 (93%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Neil – Kelly10:43

    xG 0.51–0.08 (87%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Kovalev – Regin – Foligno9:25

    xG 0.07–0.36 (15%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  4. Shannon – Smith – Winchester3:48

    xG 0.04–0.53 (7%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Phillips13:13

    xG 0.74–0.40 (65%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  2. Campoli – Karlsson3:28

    xG 0.01–0.02 (37%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Hale – Karlsson10:48

    xG 0.27–0.29 (48%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

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.

OTT 2.1 xGMTL 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 5/100 · #1148 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50OTT 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 60% of the time.

OTT winsMTL wins

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

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