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Wed, Nov 16, 2011·Centre Bell, Montreal

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 51% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0408013025
MTL21621604436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:15MTLMichael CammalleriGWGAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Carey Price · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:16MTLYannick WeberPPAssists: Erik Cole, Tomas Plekanec · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:13MTLP.K. SubbanAssists: Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:21MTLTravis MoenAssists: Scott Gomez, P.K. Subban · Backhand, 0.02 xG0–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 5:10MTLLars Eller: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:42MTLFrédéric St-Denis: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:37CARBryan Allen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 3:52CARTuomo Ruutu: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 4:27MTLDavid Desharnais: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 5:09MTLScott Gomez: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 6:47CARTuomo Ruutu: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 14:44MTLFrédéric St-Denis: Holding the stick2 min
  9. P3 17:35MTLMax Pacioretty: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 17:35MTLMax Pacioretty: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 17:35CARTim Brent: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 17:35CARTim Brent: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 19:16MTLLars Eller: Roughing2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

CARMTL
25Shots on goal36
1.7Expected goals1.7
57Shot attempts66
32Faceoffs won27
6Power plays3
10Penalty minutes16
25Hits25
25Blocked shots21
6Giveaways8
3Takeaways2

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestLaRose – Staal – Sutter9:25

    xG 0.42–0.21 (66%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Brent – Dwyer – Boychuk2:08

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Ruutu – Jokinen – Skinner8:18

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

  4. Tlusty – Boychuk – Dalpe3:23

    xG 0.02–0.16 (12%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJoslin – McBain12:25

    xG 0.36–0.22 (62%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Kaberle – Harrison15:58

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 11–18goals 0–2

  3. Allen – Gleason14:47

    xG 0.26–0.53 (33%)attempts 11–19goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDarche – Nokelainen – Palushaj6:37

    xG 0.18–0.02 (89%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Gomez – Moen – Eller9:22

    xG 0.26–0.29 (48%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Gionta – Cammalleri – Plekanec10:31

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Desharnais – Pacioretty10:32

    xG 0.26–0.36 (42%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSt-Denis – Weber11:54

    xG 0.50–0.19 (73%)attempts 22–8goals 1–0

  2. Gorges – Subban17:22

    xG 0.52–0.48 (52%)attempts 15–13goals 2–0

  3. Emelin – Diaz12:34

    xG 0.11–0.44 (21%)attempts 10–16goals 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.

MTL 1.7 xGCAR 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1187 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 51% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).