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Thu, Oct 10, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Montréal Canadiens 4, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 67% of the time.

EDM winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL0122827427
EDM0911009128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:28EDMRyan SmythPPAssists: Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:24MTLBrendan GallagherPPAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:05MTLBrandon PrustGWGAssists: Travis Moen, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:15MTLAlex GalchenyukAssists: Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:42MTLMax PaciorettyENAssists: Daniel Brière, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.61 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:26MTLRene Bourque: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 2:41MTLAlex Galchenyuk: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 5:24EDMNail Yakupov: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 8:05EDMLuke Gazdic: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 8:05MTLBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 1:00MTLBrendan Gallagher: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P2 8:35EDMNick Schultz: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 12:33MTLLars Eller: Boarding2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← MTL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLEDM
27Shots on goal28
3.3Expected goals2.3
59Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won36
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
13Hits29
21Blocked shots21
11Giveaways19
6Takeaways4

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. bestMoen – Prust – Bournival5:04

    xG 0.65–0.08 (89%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Plekanec – Gallagher – Galchenyuk10:19

    xG 0.19–0.31 (38%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  3. Gionta – Bourque – Desharnais10:12

    xG 0.11–0.26 (30%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  4. Brière – Pacioretty – Eller12:11

    xG 0.27–0.61 (31%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Diaz15:50

    xG 0.41–0.17 (70%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Subban15:53

    xG 0.91–0.83 (52%)attempts 17–15goals 2–0

  3. Bouillon – Beaulieu9:38

    xG 0.18–0.38 (32%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Perron – Arcobello5:40

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Hall – Arcobello4:37

    xG 0.11–0.01 (90%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins8:40

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Perron – Nugent-Hopkins4:39

    xG 0.11–0.18 (38%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Smid10:22

    xG 0.70–0.42 (62%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Belov12:51

    xG 0.26–0.32 (45%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Schultz15:25

    xG 0.48–0.78 (38%)attempts 20–17goals 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.

EDM 2.3 xGMTL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #772 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 67% of the time.

EDM winsMTL wins

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

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

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