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Wed, Feb 27, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Montréal Canadiens 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 63% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL111117312540
TOR1418011223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:44TORFrazer McLarenAssists: Mike Brown, Jay McClement · Snap, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:56MTLAlexei EmelinAssists: Colby Armstrong, Travis Moen · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:17MTLMax PaciorettyPPAssists: P.K. Subban, Andrei Markov · Snap, 0.58 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:47TORClarke MacArthurAssists: Nazem Kadri, Cody Franson · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:08MTLBrendan GallagherGWGAssists: Josh Gorges, David Desharnais · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:26MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: David Desharnais · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:34MTLBrian GiontaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG5–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 19:22TORMike Brown: Checking from behind5 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:22TORMike Brown: Game misconduct10 min
  3. P2 19:47MTLAlexei Emelin: Interference2 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 SOG0TOR
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00White won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTOR
40Shots on goal23
2.9Expected goals2.2
74Shot attempts56
29Faceoffs won25
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes15
27Hits40
18Blocked shots18
8Giveaways11
3Takeaways4

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. bestDesharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher10:54

    xG 0.47–0.16 (75%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  2. Ryder – Eller – Galchenyuk9:52

    xG 0.11–0.18 (37%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  3. Gionta – Plekanec – Prust12:31

    xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  4. Moen – Armstrong – White8:03

    xG 0.08–0.81 (9%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Kaberle – Subban8:29

    xG 0.26–0.24 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Kaberle – Bouillon4:36

    xG 0.11–0.14 (43%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Gorges – Subban6:46

    xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Grabovski – Kulemin6:13

    xG 0.24–0.11 (68%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Orr – MacArthur – Kadri12:42

    xG 0.25–0.15 (63%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Grabovski – Komarov – Kulemin7:41

    xG 0.45–0.36 (56%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak11:26

    xG 0.20–0.40 (33%)attempts 10–13goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Fraser15:27

    xG 0.93–0.08 (92%)attempts 19–9goals 2–0

  2. Gunnarsson – Kostka17:38

    xG 0.57–0.23 (71%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Holzer14:01

    xG 0.31–0.51 (38%)attempts 16–19goals 0–2

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.

TOR 2.2 xGMTL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #314 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TOR 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 63% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

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

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