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Thu, Feb 10, 2011·Centre Bell, Montreal

New York Islanders 4, Montréal Canadiens 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 54% of the time.

MTL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI112110110011433
MTL19220010010340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:10MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: David Desharnais, Jaroslav Spacek · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:35NYIJohn TavaresUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:49MTLBenoit PouliotAssists: Ryan White · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:10NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Frans Nielsen, Jack Hillen · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:08MTLTomas PlekanecUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:08NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Frans Nielsen, Jack Hillen · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Brian Gionta stopped
  2. 2. NYI Rob Schremp stopped
  3. 3. MTL Max Pacioretty stopped
  4. 4. NYI Frans Nielsen stopped
  5. 5. MTL Tomas Plekanec stopped
  6. 6. NYI PA Parenteau stopped
  7. 7. MTL Benoit Pouliot stopped
  8. 8. NYI Kyle Okposo scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:37MTLBenoit Pouliot: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:46MTLMax Pacioretty: Holding2 min
  3. P1 9:29NYIJack Hillen: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 10:13MTLP.K. Subban: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 11:06NYIRadek Martinek: Charging2 min
  6. P1 12:48MTLP.K. Subban: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 12:59NYIJohn Tavares: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 3:02NYIRadek Martinek: Interference2 min
  9. P3 5:56MTLRyan White: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
47% to win53% to win
← NYI attackMTL attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIMTL
33Shots on goal40
3.0Expected goals2.8
62Shot attempts76
29Faceoffs won32
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
24Hits14
22Blocked shots14
12Giveaways16
8Takeaways8

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Okposo – Grabner13:19

    xG 0.98–0.10 (91%)attempts 18–11goals 2–0

  2. Parenteau – Konopka – Martin2:01

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Schremp – Joensuu – Bailey8:37

    xG 0.28–0.35 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  4. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares11:57

    xG 0.62–1.01 (38%)attempts 13–21goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJurcina – Hillen13:57

    xG 0.60–0.33 (65%)attempts 6–13goals 2–0

  2. Martinek – Gervais9:09

    xG 0.58–0.63 (48%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Martinek – Hillen2:16

    xG 0.01–0.36 (3%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPouliot – Desharnais – White9:30

    xG 0.95–0.10 (90%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Gionta – Plekanec – Pacioretty13:07

    xG 1.02–0.53 (66%)attempts 23–11goals 0–1

  3. Gomez – Kostitsyn – Eller9:27

    xG 0.29–0.58 (33%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  4. Halpern – Moen – Pyatt7:46

    xG 0.06–0.42 (12%)attempts 4–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPicard – Weber11:12

    xG 0.81–0.33 (71%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Spacek – Wisniewski2:03

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Hamrlik – Wisniewski16:06

    xG 1.24–1.15 (52%)attempts 24–21goals 0–2

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 2.8 xGNYI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 80/100 · #226 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 54% of the time.

MTL winsNYI wins

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

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