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Mon, Apr 1, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 80% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR150806119
MTL1111929429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:38CARJordan StaalAssists: Patrick Dwyer, Brett Bellemore · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:03MTLAndrei MarkovPPAssists: P.K. Subban, Brendan Gallagher · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:46MTLJeff HalpernGWGAssists: Nathan Beaulieu · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:58MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: Francis Bouillon · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:30MTLMax PaciorettyENAssists: Brian Gionta, Tomas Plekanec · Wrist, 0.78 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:42CARKevin Westgarth: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:52CARDrayson Bowman: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:45MTLDavid Desharnais: Holding2 min
  4. P2 2:31MTLAlex Galchenyuk: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 12:44MTLP.K. Subban: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 17:26MTLP.K. Subban: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 0:41CAREric Staal: Interference2 min
  8. P3 8:18MTLFrancis Bouillon: Holding2 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 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARMTL
19Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals4.2
58Shot attempts54
28Faceoffs won36
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
16Hits12
13Blocked shots19
11Giveaways12
4Takeaways6

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. bestSemin – Staal – Tlusty11:31

    xG 0.81–0.60 (57%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Dwyer – Staal7:08

    xG 0.10–0.07 (61%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. LaRose – Brent – Westgarth2:39

    xG 0.05–0.04 (60%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. LaRose – Nash – Skinner3:07

    xG 0.03–0.19 (13%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – Bellemore9:48

    xG 0.78–0.35 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Corvo – Pitkanen2:34

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Harrison2:00

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDesharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher11:20

    xG 1.73–0.08 (96%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Halpern – Moen – Armstrong5:28

    xG 0.21–0.03 (86%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Prust – Eller – Galchenyuk6:24

    xG 0.08–0.25 (24%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

  4. Gionta – Ryder – Plekanec11:24

    xG 0.14–0.34 (28%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouillon – Beaulieu13:24

    xG 1.09–0.19 (85%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Gorges – Subban13:03

    xG 0.70–0.20 (78%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Bouillon – Gorges2:10

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 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 4.2 xGCAR 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 39/100 · #465 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 80% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

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

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

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