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Tue, Oct 29, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Dallas Stars 1, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 75% of the time.

MTL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL091909127
MTL1911203224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:02MTLMichael BournivalAssists: Raphael Diaz, Tomas Plekanec · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:55MTLRene BourqueGWGAssists: Raphael Diaz · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:27DALCody EakinAssists: Brenden Dillon · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:40MTLFrancis Bouillon: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 10:40DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:06DALShawn Horcoff: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:26DALAlex Goligoski: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 5:19DALTrevor Daley: Holding2 min
  6. P3 11:48MTLDouglas Murray: Interference2 min
  7. P3 17:39MTLBrendan Gallagher: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 17:39DALKari Lehtonen: Roughing2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALMTL
27Shots on goal24
1.7Expected goals3.1
64Shot attempts50
33Faceoffs won34
1Power plays3
13Penalty minutes9
17Hits22
11Blocked shots29
3Giveaways5
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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHorcoff – Peverley – Nichushkin12:50

    xG 0.65–0.40 (62%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Chiasson – Eakin13:38

    xG 0.54–0.34 (61%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  3. Fiddler – Roussel – MacDermid4:54

    xG 0.04–0.15 (23%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Benn – Seguin9:38

    xG 0.10–0.55 (15%)attempts 6–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Benn16:02

    xG 0.66–0.23 (74%)attempts 21–7goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Daley14:22

    xG 0.40–0.51 (44%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Dillon15:17

    xG 0.13–0.81 (14%)attempts 11–15goals 1–2

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Gallagher – Galchenyuk11:20

    xG 0.61–0.19 (76%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  2. Bourque – Desharnais – Leblanc14:08

    xG 0.60–0.22 (73%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Gionta – Plekanec – Bournival11:29

    xG 0.37–0.06 (86%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  4. Blunden – White – Holland6:38

    xG 0.00–0.64 (0%)attempts 0–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban18:43

    xG 0.77–0.35 (69%)attempts 18–19goals 0–1

  2. Gorges – Diaz12:33

    xG 0.53–0.12 (81%)attempts 9–13goals 2–0

  3. Bouillon – Gorges2:31

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 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 3.1 xGDAL 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1045 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 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 75% of the time.

MTL winsDAL wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).