Sat, Feb 23, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal
New York Rangers 0, Montréal Canadiens 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 72% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYR | 06 | 07 | 04 | 017 |
| MTL | 03 | 312 | 03 | 318 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 1:20MTLErik ColeGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
- P2 13:36MTLAlex GalchenyukAssists: Lars Eller, Erik Cole · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
- P2 19:34MTLLars EllerPPAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
- P1 19:00NYRMarc Staal: Interference2 min
- P2 7:20MTLMax Pacioretty: Boarding2 min
- P2 18:07NYRMarian Gaborik: Hooking2 min · PPG
- P3 6:30MTLAndrei Markov: Interference2 min
- P3 18:03NYRStu Bickel: High sticking2 min
- P3 18:23NYRJeff Halpern: Closing hand on puck2 min
- P3 19:17NYRBrian Boyle: Roughing2 min
- P3 19:17MTLTravis Moen: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Plekanec
- 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.
New York Rangers
Forward lines
- bestCallahan – Hagelin – Stepan13:35
xG 0.68–0.33 (67%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0
- Halpern – Mashinter – Miller2:39
xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0
- Richards – Pyatt – Thomas3:17
xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0
- Halpern – Kreider – Miller5:53
xG 0.10–0.26 (28%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestStralman – McDonagh8:29
xG 0.57–0.16 (78%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0
- Stralman – Gilroy2:07
xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0
- Staal – Stralman7:48
xG 0.17–0.12 (58%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0
Montréal Canadiens
Forward lines
- bestGionta – Plekanec – Prust13:13
xG 1.26–0.32 (80%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0
- Desharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher11:58
xG 0.46–0.35 (57%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0
- Cole – Eller – Galchenyuk11:38
xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0
- Moen – Armstrong – White8:03
xG 0.07–0.58 (10%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestBouillon – Subban16:52
xG 1.14–0.23 (83%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0
- Markov – Emelin16:43
xG 0.63–0.79 (44%)attempts 14–21goals 0–0
- Gorges – Diaz12:55
xG 0.26–0.45 (36%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0
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.
MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it NYR. 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, Montréal Canadiens win this game 72% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MTL − NYR), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).