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Sun, Feb 3, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Ottawa Senators 1, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

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

MTL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT16016011133
MTL21201307232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:38OTTJakob SilfverbergPPAssists: Patrick Wiercioch, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:13MTLDavid DesharnaisAssists: Max Pacioretty, Erik Cole · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:29MTLErik ColeGWGAssists: Francis Bouillon, P.K. Subban · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:24MTLTomas Plekanec: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:26OTTDaniel Alfredsson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:51OTTKyle Turris: Interference2 min
  4. P2 4:37MTLJosh Gorges: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 5:50OTTErik Karlsson: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 15:06MTLLars Eller: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 17:38MTLFrancis Bouillon: Diving2 min
  8. P2 17:38OTTErik Condra: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 18:18OTTKyle Turris: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 1:26OTTJakob Silfverberg: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackMTL 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.

OTTMTL
33Shots on goal32
2.8Expected goals3.2
68Shot attempts60
30Faceoffs won28
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
20Hits28
12Blocked shots25
9Giveaways15
3Takeaways5

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestDaugavins – O'Brien – Zibanejad4:18

    xG 0.49–0.17 (74%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Greening – Smith7:44

    xG 0.45–0.50 (47%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Alfredsson – Condra – Turris7:42

    xG 0.67–0.85 (44%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  4. Michalek – Regin – Silfverberg7:34

    xG 0.04–0.29 (12%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Borowiecki9:07

    xG 0.61–0.23 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  2. Phillips – Karlsson2:11

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Benoit – Karlsson2:00

    xG 0.03–0.15 (18%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Plekanec – Bourque12:03

    xG 0.76–0.28 (73%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Desharnais – Pacioretty8:48

    xG 0.68–0.58 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  3. Moen – Armstrong – Eller5:49

    xG 0.21–0.15 (59%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Prust – Gallagher – Galchenyuk6:44

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Diaz12:58

    xG 1.09–0.56 (66%)attempts 20–18goals 0–0

  2. Bouillon – Subban9:52

    xG 0.57–0.20 (74%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Gorges – Emelin2:29

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 1–6goals 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 3.2 xGOTT 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #486 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 winsOTT wins

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

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