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Sat, Mar 16, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

Montréal Canadiens 2, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 72% of the time.

NJD winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL190419222
NJD0718018133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:08MTLColby ArmstrongUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:54NJDPeter HarroldPPAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:49MTLTomas PlekanecGWGAssists: Jarred Tinordi · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 18:28NJDDavid Clarkson: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 2:32MTLRyan White: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:11MTLTravis Moen: Closing hand on puck2 min
  4. P2 8:35NJDPatrik Elias: Holding2 min
  5. P2 12:41NJDPeter Harrold: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:36MTLAlexei Emelin: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0NJD
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLNJD
22Shots on goal33
1.3Expected goals2.3
36Shot attempts56
46Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits26
15Blocked shots7
7Giveaways13
5Takeaways3

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 – Gallagher12:23

    xG 0.48–0.38 (56%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Eller – Dumont – Galchenyuk8:23

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Armstrong – Eller – Galchenyuk2:54

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Armstrong – Blunden – White5:02

    xG 0.05–0.09 (34%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Subban14:36

    xG 0.76–0.42 (64%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Bouillon – Tinordi14:38

    xG 0.26–0.42 (39%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  3. Gorges – Emelin2:14

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPonikarovsky – Kovalchuk – Zajac11:24

    xG 0.47–0.25 (66%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Elias – Clarkson – Gionta3:17

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Bernier – Carter – Henrique10:05

    xG 0.31–0.22 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Elias – Clarkson – Pesonen5:55

    xG 0.09–0.00 (97%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Larsson13:11

    xG 0.87–0.10 (90%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Greene3:24

    xG 0.25–0.01 (95%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Volchenkov – Harrold6:28

    xG 0.10–0.03 (80%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

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.

NJD 2.3 xGMTL 1.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #438 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 72% of the time.

NJD winsMTL wins

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

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