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Sat, Nov 6, 2010·Centre Bell, Montreal

Ottawa Senators 3, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 77% of the time.

MTL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1811716331
MTL081619223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:50OTTAlex KovalevAssists: Erik Karlsson, Peter Regin · Deflected, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:15OTTZack SmithAssists: Erik Karlsson, Jesse Winchester · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:39MTLJaroslav SpacekAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Michael Cammalleri · Slap, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:42OTTAlex KovalevPPGWGAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Peter Regin · Snap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 15:53MTLBrian GiontaAssists: Jaroslav Spacek, Roman Hamrlik · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:31MTLMaxim Lapierre: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 8:15OTTChris Kelly: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:25OTTJarkko Ruutu: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 10:09MTLMichael Cammalleri: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:55MTLJeff Halpern: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 18:57MTLTomas Plekanec: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 5:59MTLJaroslav Spacek: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 12:40MTLBenoit Pouliot: Hooking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
47% to win53% to win
← OTT attackMTL 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.

OTTMTL
31Shots on goal23
2.6Expected goals1.2
49Shot attempts45
28Faceoffs won26
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
20Hits32
10Blocked shots11
4Giveaways10
4Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestShannon – Smith – Winchester5:07

    xG 0.75–0.17 (81%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Ruutu – Neil – Kelly9:47

    xG 0.43–0.08 (85%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Kovalev – Spezza – Regin11:12

    xG 0.26–0.09 (75%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Alfredsson – Fisher – Foligno10:21

    xG 0.01–0.12 (10%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHale – Karlsson10:21

    xG 0.88–0.03 (96%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Carkner – Campoli11:28

    xG 0.36–0.17 (68%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Karlsson2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestHalpern – Darche – Pouliot11:33

    xG 0.28–0.14 (67%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Gomez – Kostitsyn – Lapierre2:19

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – Cammalleri – Plekanec9:54

    xG 0.06–0.03 (68%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  4. Gomez – Moen – Kostitsyn6:05

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamrlik – Spacek14:20

    xG 0.51–0.21 (70%)attempts 18–8goals 2–0

  2. Markov – Gorges13:30

    xG 0.18–0.07 (71%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Subban4:36

    xG 0.09–0.34 (21%)attempts 2–6goals 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.

MTL 1.2 xGOTT 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLOTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 33/100 · #791 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 77% of the time.

MTL winsOTT wins

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

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