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Wed, Jan 30, 2013·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Montréal Canadiens 1, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 62% of the time.

OTT winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL19010013132
OTT11131115527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:31MTLTomas PlekanecPPAssists: Andrei Markov, Raphael Diaz · Wrist, 0.50 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:53OTTJim O'BrienAssists: Erik Karlsson, Erik Condra · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:27OTTDaniel AlfredssonPPGWGAssists: Patrick Wiercioch, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:25OTTMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Colin Greening, Andre Benoit · Slap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:02OTTChris PhillipsAssists: Zack Smith, Colin Greening · Slap, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:46OTTChris NeilAssists: Andre Benoit, Zack Smith · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG1–5
Penalties (22)
  1. P1 1:27OTTZack Smith: Fighting5 min · PPG
  2. P1 1:27MTLRyan White: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:18OTTChris Phillips: Interference2 min
  4. P1 5:38OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 5:38MTLBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 5:38OTTChris Neil: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P1 6:48MTLErik Cole: Slashing2 min
  8. P1 6:48OTTMark Borowiecki: Cross checking2 min
  9. P1 13:05MTLAlexei Emelin: Holding2 min
  10. P1 14:15OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  11. P1 16:11OTTKyle Turris: Slashing2 min
  12. P1 17:58OTTMark Borowiecki: Cross checking2 min
  13. P1 17:58MTLRene Bourque: Slashing2 min
  14. P2 3:23MTLColby Armstrong: Roughing2 min
  15. P2 7:24MTLRyan White: Roughing2 min · PPG
  16. P2 7:24MTLRyan White: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  17. P2 15:16MTLRene Bourque: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  18. P2 15:42OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Slashing2 min
  19. P3 9:37OTTErik Condra: Tripping2 min
  20. P3 0:00MTLBrandon Prust: Roughing2 min
  21. P3 0:00OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  22. P3 0:00MTLBrandon Prust: Misconduct10 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 SOG0OTT
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLOTT
32Shots on goal27
2.7Expected goals2.0
63Shot attempts51
32Faceoffs won36
6Power plays5
36Penalty minutes28
23Hits30
15Blocked shots19
8Giveaways5
6Takeaways8

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. bestPrust – Gallagher – Galchenyuk9:01

    xG 0.56–0.01 (98%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Desharnais – Eller7:21

    xG 0.23–0.11 (67%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Armstrong – White – Eller2:29

    xG 0.01–0.01 (46%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Plekanec – Bourque10:34

    xG 0.14–0.22 (40%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKaberle – Bouillon10:53

    xG 0.54–0.11 (83%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  2. Bouillon – Gorges3:03

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Gorges – Diaz12:10

    xG 0.22–0.38 (37%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Michalek – Turris12:41

    xG 0.47–0.18 (72%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Regin – Latendresse – Silfverberg8:15

    xG 0.10–0.02 (82%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Condra – O'Brien – Zibanejad6:01

    xG 0.00–0.27 (1%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Greening – Smith8:30

    xG 0.16–0.58 (22%)attempts 9–10goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson15:55

    xG 0.56–0.16 (77%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  2. Benoit – Wiercioch12:52

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Borowiecki9:58

    xG 0.09–0.33 (22%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

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.

OTT 2.0 xGMTL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #471 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 62% of the time.

OTT winsMTL wins

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

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