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Sun, Oct 9, 2011·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Montréal Canadiens 5, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL171936522
WPG0809114131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:05MTLMichael CammalleriUnassisted · Snap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:17MTLTomas PlekanecGWGAssists: Travis Moen, Yannick Weber · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:27WPGNik AntropovAssists: Mark Stuart, Alexander Burmistrov · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:51MTLYannick WeberPPAssists: Tomas Plekanec, David Desharnais · Slap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:31MTLTravis MoenAssists: Tomas Plekanec · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–1
  6. P3 12:32MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: Josh Gorges · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 8:35WPGJim Slater: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:26MTLErik Cole: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:49MTLHal Gill: Interference2 min
  4. P1 19:30MTLAlexei Emelin: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 1:44WPGZach Bogosian: Holding2 min
  6. P2 3:22MTLYannick Weber: Holding2 min
  7. P2 6:53WPGDustin Byfuglien: Interference2 min
  8. P2 12:15MTLScott Gomez: Holding2 min
  9. P3 3:43MTLP.K. Subban: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 3:43WPGMark Stuart: Roughing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 4:28WPGDustin Byfuglien: Interference2 min
  12. P3 17:15MTLRaphael Diaz: Interference2 min
  13. P3 19:58MTLP.K. Subban: Interference2 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 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← MTL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLWPG
22Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals2.5
39Shot attempts57
33Faceoffs won31
4Power plays7
16Penalty minutes10
7Hits26
14Blocked shots7
10Giveaways9
2Takeaways5

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 – Pacioretty12:36

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Darche – Kostitsyn – Desharnais8:39

    xG 0.31–0.40 (44%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  3. Cole – Moen – Plekanec7:06

    xG 0.09–0.32 (23%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Emelin3:33

    xG 0.50–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Emelin – Weber7:44

    xG 0.28–0.14 (67%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Gorges – Diaz7:38

    xG 0.21–0.52 (29%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWellwood – Kane – Scheifele5:00

    xG 0.21–0.02 (92%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Thorburn – Slater – Glass4:52

    xG 0.15–0.05 (74%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Wheeler – Little9:31

    xG 0.60–0.55 (52%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  4. Wellwood – Glass – Scheifele2:08

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Enstrom11:04

    xG 0.19–0.13 (59%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Bogosian10:54

    xG 0.54–0.57 (48%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  3. Oduya – Byfuglien9:45

    xG 0.33–0.72 (31%)attempts 7–12goals 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.

WPG 2.5 xGMTL 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #756 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsMTL wins

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

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