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Thu, Nov 11, 2010·TD Garden, Boston

Montréal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 64% of the time.

BOS winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL116010215341
BOS11301309135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:19MTLP.K. SubbanPPAssists: Andrei Markov, Tomas Plekanec · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:49BOSZdeno CharaAssists: Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:29MTLBrian GiontaPPGWGAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Tomas Plekanec · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:30MTLScott GomezAssists: Andrei Kostitsyn, Roman Hamrlik · Backhand, 0.30 xG3–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:00BOSTyler Seguin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:41MTLRoman Hamrlik: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 16:22BOSAdam McQuaid: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 1:18MTLMaxim Lapierre: Diving2 min
  5. P2 7:38BOSShawn Thornton: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 7:38MTLAndrei Markov: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 7:38BOSGregory Campbell: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 9:16MTLAndrei Kostitsyn: Elbowing2 min
  9. P2 9:42BOSShawn Thornton: Interference2 min
  10. P2 19:52BOSZdeno Chara: Interference2 min · PPG
  11. P3 5:58MTLTomas Plekanec: Slashing2 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 SOG0BOS
47% to win53% to win
← MTL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Halpern won the faceoff against Campbell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLBOS
41Shots on goal35
3.0Expected goals2.3
66Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won35
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes12
23Hits25
14Blocked shots15
5Giveaways8
7Takeaways0

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 – Darche – Pouliot9:44

    xG 0.46–0.04 (93%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Moen – Pyatt – Eller7:30

    xG 0.23–0.15 (61%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – Cammalleri – Plekanec10:30

    xG 0.23–0.33 (41%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  4. Gomez – Kostitsyn – Lapierre8:49

    xG 0.32–0.60 (35%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGill – Subban10:42

    xG 0.62–0.19 (76%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Gorges14:23

    xG 0.62–0.38 (62%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  3. Markov – Subban2:58

    xG 0.02–0.11 (15%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestRecchi – Wheeler – Caron6:12

    xG 0.56–0.35 (61%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Marchand7:44

    xG 0.13–0.28 (31%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Ryder – Paille – Seguin7:31

    xG 0.08–0.24 (24%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Horton – Bergeron – Lucic11:39

    xG 0.30–0.63 (33%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Stuart5:33

    xG 0.37–0.16 (69%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Ference14:59

    xG 0.39–0.30 (56%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  3. Seidenberg – Hunwick11:14

    xG 0.32–0.61 (34%)attempts 6–18goals 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.

BOS 2.3 xGMTL 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #829 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 64% of the time.

BOS winsMTL wins

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

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