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Thu, Nov 10, 2011·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Montréal Canadiens 3, Phoenix Coyotes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 51% of the time.

PHX winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MTL0172110711336
PHX1701711000234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:43PHXMikkel BoedkerAssists: Cal O'Reilly, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:28MTLBrian GiontaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:46MTLTravis MoenAssists: Brian Gionta, Tomas Plekanec · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:50PHXRaffi TorresAssists: Keith Yandle, Boyd Gordon · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:45MTLJosh GorgesGWGUnassisted · Slap, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 11:16MTLBrian Gionta: Interference2 min
  2. P1 16:08PHXDerek Morris: Holding2 min
  3. P2 7:22MTLLars Eller: Holding2 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 SOG0PHX
45% to win55% to win
← MTL attackPHX 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.

MTLPHX
36Shots on goal34
3.0Expected goals2.9
79Shot attempts64
33Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
31Hits31
17Blocked shots21
7Giveaways5
5Takeaways8

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. bestGionta – Moen – Plekanec11:27

    xG 0.74–0.48 (61%)attempts 20–12goals 2–0

  2. Cole – Darche – Desharnais3:07

    xG 0.15–0.00 (98%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – Moen – Eller2:01

    xG 0.02–0.01 (67%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Moen – Palushaj – Eller3:39

    xG 0.24–0.24 (49%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Spacek – Weber7:45

    xG 0.11–0.16 (41%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Spacek – Emelin5:01

    xG 0.24–0.30 (44%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Gorges – Subban18:16

    xG 0.43–0.56 (44%)attempts 24–19goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestTorres – O'Sullivan – Chipchura5:50

    xG 0.56–0.05 (91%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal10:52

    xG 0.77–0.41 (65%)attempts 17–13goals 0–1

  3. Torres – Chipchura – Boedker4:12

    xG 0.33–0.06 (85%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  4. Pyatt – Gordon – Korpikoski4:09

    xG 0.17–0.08 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Ekman-Larsson16:19

    xG 0.88–0.40 (69%)attempts 20–14goals 1–0

  2. Morris – Yandle16:59

    xG 0.88–0.42 (67%)attempts 22–17goals 1–0

  3. Klesla – Schlemko17:49

    xG 1.03–0.93 (53%)attempts 19–30goals 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.

PHX 2.9 xGMTL 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 57/100 · #492 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 51% of the time.

PHX winsMTL wins

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

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