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Sat, Oct 15, 2011·Centre Bell, Montreal

Colorado Avalanche 6, Montréal Canadiens 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 73% of the time.

MTL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL1931417002630
MTL12026215020543

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:51COLChuck KobasewAssists: David Jones · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:31MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: David Desharnais, Raphael Diaz · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:35MTLTomas PlekanecPPAssists: Brian Gionta, P.K. Subban · Slap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:37COLDavid JonesPPAssists: Erik Johnson, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:31COLPaul StastnyUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:51MTLTravis MoenAssists: Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. P2 18:42COLDavid JonesAssists: Ryan Wilson, Kyle Quincey · Tip-in, 0.10 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:57MTLBrian GiontaAssists: Josh Gorges, Erik Cole · Backhand, 0.07 xG4–4
  9. P3 13:17MTLDavid DesharnaisAssists: Max Pacioretty, Andrei Kostitsyn · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–5
  10. P3 15:57COLKyle QuinceyPPAssists: Milan Hejduk, Erik Johnson · Snap, 0.08 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Tomas Plekanec stopped
  2. 2. COL Milan Hejduk scored
  3. 3. MTL Max Pacioretty stopped
  4. 4. COL Matt Duchene scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 19:36COLShane O'Brien: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:57COLDaniel Winnik: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 4:45MTLYannick Weber: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 10:38MTLMax Pacioretty: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:18COLShane O'Brien: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 17:18MTLErik Cole: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 0:23COLKyle Quincey: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 10:16MTLP.K. Subban: Kneeing2 min
  9. P3 15:46MTLRaphael Diaz: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
45% to win55% to win
← COL 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.

COLMTL
30Shots on goal43
1.9Expected goals3.3
60Shot attempts82
37Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
20Hits23
24Blocked shots20
7Giveaways14
7Takeaways5

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Kobasew – Jones – Stastny10:52

    xG 0.22–0.35 (39%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

  2. McClement – Porter – McLeod4:10

    xG 0.06–0.22 (21%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Hejduk – Lindstrom – Duchene9:17

    xG 0.11–0.34 (24%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

  4. Winnik – O'Reilly – Landeskog11:56

    xG 0.37–0.66 (36%)attempts 21–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hejda – O'Brien2:51

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 4–4goals 1–1

  2. Quincey – Wilson3:46

    xG 0.04–0.01 (75%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Johnson14:06

    xG 0.44–0.61 (42%)attempts 12–20goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestKostitsyn – Desharnais – Pacioretty13:16

    xG 0.68–0.35 (66%)attempts 16–15goals 2–0

  2. Darche – Palushaj – Engqvist4:07

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0

  3. Gomez – Gionta – Moen10:14

    xG 0.34–0.15 (70%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  4. Cole – Plekanec – Eller10:25

    xG 0.29–0.10 (74%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGill – Subban14:14

    xG 0.53–0.16 (77%)attempts 21–7goals 1–0

  2. Gorges – Diaz15:31

    xG 0.77–0.42 (65%)attempts 18–20goals 1–0

  3. Emelin – Weber12:11

    xG 0.32–0.22 (59%)attempts 13–9goals 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.

MTL 3.3 xGCOL 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 99/100 · #12 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.63 · 10 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 73% of the time.

MTL winsCOL wins

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

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