Thu, Jan 12, 2012·TD Garden, Boston
Montréal Canadiens 1, Boston Bruins 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 70% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 016 | 06 | 112 | 134 |
| BOS | 112 | 08 | 110 | 230 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 1:23BOSJordan CaronAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Zdeno Chara · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
- P3 3:43BOSMilan LucicGWGAssists: Nathan Horton, David Krejci · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–2
- P3 12:46MTLYannick WeberPPAssists: Tomas Kaberle, David Desharnais · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
- P1 17:41MTLLars Eller: Holding2 min
- P1 19:07BOSBenoit Pouliot: Boarding2 min
- P2 16:08MTLTravis Moen: Interference goalkeeper2 min
- P3 6:32MTLRaphael Diaz: Holding2 min
- P3 12:17MTLP.K. Subban: Elbowing2 min
- P3 12:17BOSAndrew Ference: Roughing2 min · PPG
- P3 12:17BOSAndrew Ference: Roughing2 min
- P3 14:47MTLPetteri Nokelainen: Holding the stick2 min
- P3 18:48MTLTomas Plekanec: Holding the stick2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Campbell won the faceoff against Nokelainen
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestCole – Desharnais – Pacioretty10:38
xG 0.68–0.34 (66%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0
- Cole – Darche – Nokelainen2:20
xG 0.16–0.07 (70%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0
- Cammalleri – Plekanec – Blunden3:32
xG 0.12–0.06 (67%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0
- Darche – Nokelainen – Blunden4:34
xG 0.01–0.03 (33%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGill – Weber8:20
xG 0.44–0.06 (88%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0
- Kaberle – Diaz5:54
xG 0.22–0.07 (77%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0
- Kaberle – Gorges4:04
xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0
Boston Bruins
Forward lines
- bestHorton – Krejci – Lucic10:44
xG 0.53–0.11 (83%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0
- Kelly – Peverley – Caron8:24
xG 0.44–0.33 (57%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0
- Bergeron – Pouliot – Seguin11:49
xG 0.33–0.33 (50%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0
- Thornton – Campbell – Paille9:09
xG 0.14–0.70 (16%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestChara – Boychuk13:43
xG 0.58–0.36 (62%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0
- Ference – McQuaid9:36
xG 0.18–0.06 (76%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0
- Ference – Boychuk3:42
xG 0.30–0.24 (55%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
BOS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BOS is favoured, below it MTL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 70% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BOS − MTL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).