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Mon, Feb 18, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Montréal Canadiens 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 68% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR050806019
MTL0701138326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 2:06MTLBrandon PrustGWGAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 12:03MTLTomas PlekanecAssists: Max Pacioretty, Alexei Emelin · Snap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:21MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: David Desharnais, Raphael Diaz · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:21MTLAlex Galchenyuk: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 11:21CARPatrick Dwyer: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 16:19MTLAlex Galchenyuk: Holding2 min
  4. P2 3:45CARJiri Tlusty: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 8:36CARJay Harrison: Holding2 min
  6. P2 10:25MTLP.K. Subban: Interference2 min
  7. P2 13:00CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 15:19MTLDavid Desharnais: Holding2 min
  9. P3 18:10CARJay Harrison: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
43% to win57% to win
← CAR attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARMTL
19Shots on goal26
1.2Expected goals1.9
40Shot attempts50
23Faceoffs won27
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
26Hits19
15Blocked shots10
9Giveaways7
1Takeaways7

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Dwyer – Staal5:30

    xG 0.13–0.02 (87%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Semin – Staal – Tlusty10:16

    xG 0.42–0.31 (58%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Dwyer – Staal – Nodl3:29

    xG 0.03–0.01 (86%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

  4. Wallace – Nash – Bowman4:13

    xG 0.16–0.15 (52%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorvo – McBain10:17

    xG 0.20–0.08 (72%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – Faulk19:30

    xG 0.48–0.46 (51%)attempts 16–15goals 0–1

  3. Sanguinetti – Jordan7:10

    xG 0.05–0.23 (16%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Plekanec – Bourque13:10

    xG 0.20–0.04 (82%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Eller3:54

    xG 0.17–0.11 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Desharnais – Pacioretty4:35

    xG 0.02–0.02 (46%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  4. Moen – Armstrong – White6:40

    xG 0.08–0.09 (49%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouillon – Subban13:45

    xG 0.40–0.33 (55%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Gorges – Diaz13:46

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 10–12goals 2–0

  3. Markov – Emelin13:41

    xG 0.12–0.40 (24%)attempts 11–12goals 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 1.9 xGCAR 1.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #644 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 68% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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