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Tue, Nov 2, 2010·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Montréal Canadiens 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 54% of the time.

CBJ winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL01009010029
CBJ2901114324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:34CBJRick NashGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:57CBJDerick BrassardPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:22CBJKyle WilsonAssists: Jared Boll, Derek MacKenzie · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:45MTLJaroslav Spacek: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:51CBJDerek Dorsett: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 13:18MTLBenoit Pouliot: Boarding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:32MTLTomas Plekanec: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 15:18CBJAnton Stralman: Interference2 min
  6. P2 18:59CBJDerick Brassard: Cross checking2 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 SOG0CBJ
47% to win53% to win
← MTL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Pahlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLCBJ
29Shots on goal24
2.5Expected goals2.4
65Shot attempts40
19Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits25
8Blocked shots24
2Giveaways2
4Takeaways11

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. bestGomez – Gionta – Moen6:31

    xG 0.51–0.05 (91%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Halpern – Darche – Pouliot7:32

    xG 0.34–0.08 (81%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Plekanec – Eller5:18

    xG 0.31–0.18 (64%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Lapierre – Boyd – Eller4:08

    xG 0.15–0.08 (65%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamrlik – Spacek14:35

    xG 0.53–0.21 (71%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Subban15:27

    xG 1.13–0.91 (55%)attempts 21–14goals 0–0

  3. Gill – Gorges14:28

    xG 0.51–0.43 (54%)attempts 18–8goals 0–2

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Wilson – Boll6:59

    xG 0.54–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Vermette – Umberger – Filatov11:56

    xG 0.21–0.21 (49%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Clark – Pahlsson – Dorsett11:46

    xG 0.32–0.73 (30%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Brassard – Voracek10:38

    xG 0.23–0.69 (25%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Methot3:22

    xG 0.14–0.05 (73%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Russell10:34

    xG 0.35–0.41 (46%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Stralman13:44

    xG 0.17–0.46 (27%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

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.

CBJ 2.4 xGMTL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1136 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 54% of the time.

CBJ winsMTL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).