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Wed, Nov 30, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Montréal Canadiens 1, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 78% of the time.

ANA winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL1701003120
ANA1711129427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:10MTLAndrei KostitsynAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Brian Gionta · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:41ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:06ANADevante Smith-PellyPPGWGAssists: Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:55ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Ryan Getzlaf · Deflected, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:31ANANiklas HagmanENAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.69 xG1–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 13:00ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:55ANADevante Smith-Pelly: Holding2 min
  3. P1 16:46ANASheldon Brookbank: Closing hand on puck2 min
  4. P2 3:09MTLFrédéric St-Denis: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 3:40MTLTomas Plekanec: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:59ANATeemu Selanne: Interference2 min
  7. P2 16:39ANANiklas Hagman: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 1:51MTLRaphael Diaz: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 4:13ANABobby Ryan: Boarding2 min
  10. P3 7:30MTLTravis Moen: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 9:59MTLP.K. Subban: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 12:48MTLP.K. Subban: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 16:06ANAToni Lydman: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← MTL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eller won the faceoff against Maxwell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLANA
20Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals4.1
47Shot attempts61
21Faceoffs won25
7Power plays7
14Penalty minutes14
17Hits29
21Blocked shots13
10Giveaways7
6Takeaways10

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. bestMoen – Eller – Leblanc6:24

    xG 0.50–0.10 (83%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Cammalleri – Desharnais6:42

    xG 0.39–0.20 (66%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – Plekanec – Kostitsyn7:40

    xG 0.45–0.51 (46%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGill – Diaz7:32

    xG 0.54–0.11 (83%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Gorges – Subban8:06

    xG 0.42–0.03 (93%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Emelin – St-Denis8:39

    xG 0.29–0.54 (35%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGordon – Macenauer – Smith-Pelly2:57

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey8:16

    xG 0.56–0.53 (52%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Hagman – Ryan – Maxwell6:31

    xG 0.03–0.15 (16%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Koivu – Cogliano8:48

    xG 0.36–0.48 (43%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Beauchemin2:22

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Sbisa8:06

    xG 0.33–0.17 (65%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Brookbank – Guenin5:50

    xG 0.06–0.24 (19%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

ANA 4.1 xGMTL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #822 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 78% of the time.

ANA winsMTL wins

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

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