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Sun, Feb 5, 2012·Centre Bell, Montreal

Winnipeg Jets 0, Montréal Canadiens 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 58% of the time.

MTL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG070808023
MTL11121101323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:02MTLMax PaciorettyGWGAssists: Yannick Weber, Aaron Palushaj · Backhand, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:20MTLAlexei EmelinSHAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Mathieu Darche · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:28MTLTomas PlekanecPPAssists: Tomas Kaberle, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:31WPGDustin Byfuglien: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 9:03MTLAndrei Kostitsyn: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 1:05MTLMathieu Darche: Interference2 min
  4. P2 5:59MTLAndrei Kostitsyn: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:12WPGBlake Wheeler: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:05MTLP.K. Subban: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 16:05WPGBlake Wheeler: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 12:25MTLErik Cole: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 15:03WPGMark Stuart: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 17:58MTLRene Bourque: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 19:07WPGDustin Byfuglien: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMTL
23Shots on goal23
2.3Expected goals2.7
59Shot attempts50
22Faceoffs won23
5Power plays4
13Penalty minutes15
15Hits19
18Blocked shots12
10Giveaways14
5Takeaways4

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestMiettinen – Gagnon – Burmistrov6:45

    xG 0.79–0.14 (85%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Antropov – Wellwood – Machacek7:22

    xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Wheeler – Little10:28

    xG 0.15–0.31 (33%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Slater – Glass8:51

    xG 0.21–0.37 (36%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien14:47

    xG 0.78–0.31 (72%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Bogosian13:45

    xG 0.41–0.27 (60%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Stuart10:16

    xG 0.43–0.77 (36%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDarche – Plekanec – Bourque12:42

    xG 0.44–0.25 (64%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  2. Palushaj – Eller – Leblanc7:30

    xG 0.18–0.24 (43%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Desharnais – Pacioretty6:59

    xG 0.26–0.44 (37%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Gomez – Cole – Kostitsyn4:11

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGill – Weber7:58

    xG 0.35–0.07 (83%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  2. Gorges – Subban10:04

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Gorges – Campoli2:24

    xG 0.21–0.05 (79%)attempts 5–1goals 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 2.7 xGWPG 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1147 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 58% of the time.

MTL winsWPG wins

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

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