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Sat, Apr 27, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Montréal Canadiens 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 69% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL1921118428
TOR1601010117

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:36TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:01MTLLars EllerAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Alex Galchenyuk · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:19MTLAndrei MarkovGWGAssists: Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:18MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Lars Eller, Andrei Markov · Snap, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 2:25MTLTomas PlekanecAssists: Brandon Prust, Josh Gorges · Snap, 0.03 xG4–1
Penalties (18)
  1. P1 7:53MTLP.K. Subban: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 12:08TORMichael Kostka: Interference2 min
  3. P1 14:57MTLAndrei Markov: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:19MTLRaphael Diaz: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:21MTLMichael Ryder: Holding2 min
  6. P2 18:08MTLRene Bourque: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 19:30TORClarke MacArthur: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 3:05TORFrazer McLaren: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 3:05TORFrazer McLaren: Charging2 min
  10. P3 3:05TORFrazer McLaren: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 3:05TORFrazer McLaren: Game misconduct10 min
  12. P3 3:39MTLAndrei Markov: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 9:02MTLBrendan Gallagher: Interference2 min
  14. P3 13:32TORClarke MacArthur: Slashing2 min
  15. P3 13:32TORClarke MacArthur: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  16. P3 13:32TORClarke MacArthur: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 17:15MTLP.K. Subban: High sticking2 min
  18. P3 0:00TORDion Phaneuf: Cross checking2 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 20:00McClement won the faceoff against White
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTOR
28Shots on goal17
2.5Expected goals1.5
62Shot attempts48
34Faceoffs won30
6Power plays7
16Penalty minutes44
39Hits45
15Blocked shots17
10Giveaways18
1Takeaways7

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. bestEller – Gallagher – Galchenyuk7:35

    xG 0.58–0.04 (94%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Moen – Prust – White5:16

    xG 0.23–0.03 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Bourque – Desharnais – Pacioretty7:41

    xG 0.44–0.30 (59%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Ryder – Plekanec7:40

    xG 0.23–0.21 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban11:59

    xG 0.83–0.22 (79%)attempts 14–8goals 2–0

  2. Bouillon – Subban2:04

    xG 0.16–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Bouillon – Diaz2:18

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Lupul – Kulemin – Colborne4:57

    xG 0.16–0.19 (46%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Komarov – Kulemin2:33

    xG 0.03–0.09 (24%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Komarov3:14

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–2

  4. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Kadri8:00

    xG 0.18–0.40 (31%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Franson – Fraser10:18

    xG 0.26–0.43 (38%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson8:08

    xG 0.11–0.31 (26%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Kostka11:21

    xG 0.02–0.65 (3%)attempts 6–19goals 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 1.5 xGMTL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 44/100 · #416 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 69% 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).