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Thu, Apr 25, 2013·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Montréal Canadiens 4, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 71% of the time.

WPG winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL08111311430
WPG1519011225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:10WPGJames WrightAssists: Chris Thorburn · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:54MTLRene BourqueAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:43WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Bryan Little, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.42 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:07MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Lars Eller, Jarred Tinordi · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:57MTLDavid DesharnaisPPGWGAssists: P.K. Subban, Andrei Markov · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:50MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:04MTLLars Eller: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:36WPGAndrew Ladd: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:02MTLBrandon Prust: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 6:21WPGAndrew Ladd: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:18WPGChris Thorburn: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 16:27WPGAaron Gagnon: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 17:18WPGMark Stuart: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 17:18MTLMax Pacioretty: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 17:18WPGMark Stuart: Misconduct10 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 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Desharnais won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLWPG
30Shots on goal25
3.9Expected goals2.5
65Shot attempts47
32Faceoffs won21
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes20
16Hits34
12Blocked shots18
8Giveaways9
5Takeaways6

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. bestBourque – Eller – Galchenyuk7:54

    xG 0.80–0.37 (68%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  2. Halpern – Armstrong – Prust5:45

    xG 0.37–0.10 (79%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Eller – Gallagher – Galchenyuk2:42

    xG 0.41–0.17 (70%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  4. Bourque – Desharnais – Pacioretty4:52

    xG 0.15–0.02 (90%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouillon – Tinordi10:42

    xG 1.35–0.63 (68%)attempts 23–9goals 2–1

  2. Gorges – Diaz14:01

    xG 0.70–0.47 (60%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Subban16:39

    xG 0.44–0.63 (41%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little11:39

    xG 1.22–0.30 (80%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Thorburn – Gagnon – Wright7:12

    xG 0.33–0.27 (56%)attempts 5–9goals 1–2

  3. Santorelli – Tangradi – Burmistrov6:02

    xG 0.21–0.40 (35%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Antropov – Santorelli – Kane4:28

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Stuart13:05

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Clitsome12:51

    xG 0.83–0.56 (60%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

  3. Meech – Byfuglien4:06

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

WPG 2.5 xGMTL 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #260 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50WPG 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 71% of the time.

WPG winsMTL wins

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

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