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Thu, Oct 24, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Anaheim Ducks 1, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

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

MTL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0801519132
MTL2101916425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:39MTLMichael BournivalAssists: Nathan Beaulieu, Josh Gorges · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:32MTLTomas PlekanecGWGAssists: Michael Bournival · Slap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:49MTLBrian GiontaPPAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.45 xG0–3
  4. P3 8:58ANAPatrick MaroonAssists: Nick Bonino, Devante Smith-Pelly · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:39MTLRene BourquePPAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Brian Gionta · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:05ANAMathieu Perreault: Holding2 min
  2. P1 9:26ANAMark Fistric: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 13:20MTLLars Eller: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:03MTLMike Blunden: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:03ANAPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 11:07ANAMathieu Perreault: Boarding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 11:21ANACam Fowler: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 14:08ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 6:38MTLLars Eller: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 10:32MTLRene Bourque: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 11:47ANANick Bonino: Holding the stick2 min · PPG

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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eller won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMTL
32Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals4.4
58Shot attempts61
30Faceoffs won39
3Power plays6
17Penalty minutes11
24Hits15
21Blocked shots17
8Giveaways14
3Takeaways9

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Perreault – Etem7:56

    xG 0.84–0.14 (86%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Getzlaf – Winnik7:52

    xG 0.42–0.09 (82%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Bonino – Maroon – Smith-Pelly3:03

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  4. Winnik – Bonino – Smith-Pelly2:56

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFistric – Fowler7:43

    xG 0.66–0.30 (69%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Vatanen – Fowler4:51

    xG 0.17–0.05 (77%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Lindholm2:25

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

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Gallagher – Galchenyuk10:13

    xG 0.44–0.26 (63%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  2. Gionta – Plekanec – Bournival10:36

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 9–11goals 2–0

  3. Blunden – White – Holland4:25

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Moen – Bourque – Desharnais11:44

    xG 0.23–0.86 (21%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Diaz12:10

    xG 0.72–0.51 (58%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  2. Bouillon – Gorges3:40

    xG 0.03–0.11 (23%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Subban15:08

    xG 0.39–0.59 (40%)attempts 11–15goals 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 4.4 xGANA 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #898 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 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 winsANA wins

Simulated goal difference (MTL − ANA), 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).