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Wed, Mar 13, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Ottawa Senators 3, Montréal Canadiens 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 76% of the time.

MTL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT11311313031332
MTL117211013042445

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:02MTLLars EllerAssists: Gabriel Dumont, Josh Gorges · Wrist, 0.34 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:26OTTMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Chris Neil · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:40MTLBrendan GallagherPPAssists: Max Pacioretty, P.K. Subban · Tip-in, 0.33 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:11MTLP.K. SubbanPPAssists: Andrei Markov, Tomas Plekanec · Slap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:58OTTDaniel AlfredssonPPAssists: Kyle Turris, Sergei Gonchar · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:50OTTPatrick WierciochAssists: Andre Benoit, Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Alex Galchenyuk scored
  2. 2. OTT Daniel Alfredsson stopped
  3. 3. MTL David Desharnais stopped
  4. 4. OTT Jakob Silfverberg scored
  5. 5. MTL Lars Eller scored
  6. 6. OTT Kyle Turris stopped
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 8:28MTLColby Armstrong: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:36OTTMark Stone: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:47MTLAndrei Markov: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 15:30OTTEric Gryba: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:19MTLAlexei Emelin: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 0:00OTTKaspars Daugavins: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 0:00MTLColby Armstrong: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 2:56OTTChris Phillips: Holding2 min
  9. P3 2:56OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 2:56MTLTravis Moen: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 9:17OTTEric Gryba: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 12:06OTTPatrick Wiercioch: 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.

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
32Shots on goal45
2.7Expected goals4.4
64Shot attempts80
42Faceoffs won38
3Power plays5
14Penalty minutes10
39Hits18
22Blocked shots22
13Giveaways13
5Takeaways7

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Latendresse – Smith7:04

    xG 0.26–0.15 (64%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Condra – Zibanejad2:14

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Greening – Turris – Silfverberg5:58

    xG 0.22–0.62 (26%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenoit – Wiercioch4:11

    xG 0.37–0.14 (72%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Methot11:37

    xG 0.26–0.59 (30%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Gryba11:25

    xG 0.01–0.68 (2%)attempts 6–20goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Dumont – Galchenyuk6:42

    xG 1.30–0.32 (80%)attempts 19–6goals 1–0

  2. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher8:16

    xG 0.54–0.04 (93%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – Ryder – Plekanec7:49

    xG 0.31–0.11 (73%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Moen – Armstrong – White5:15

    xG 0.10–0.13 (43%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Subban9:48

    xG 1.13–0.32 (78%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Bouillon – Pateryn5:08

    xG 0.65–0.10 (86%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Emelin11:43

    xG 0.52–0.25 (68%)attempts 17–10goals 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 4.4 xGOTT 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 86/100 · #112 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.16 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 76% of the time.

MTL winsOTT wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).