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Sun, Nov 10, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

New York Islanders 2, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 60% of the time.

MTL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0101818226
MTL010310111431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:46MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:23NYIPierre-Marc BouchardPPAssists: John Tavares · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:14MTLLars EllerPPAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:04MTLMichael BournivalPPGWGAssists: Raphael Diaz, Tomas Plekanec · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:10NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: John Tavares, Frans Nielsen · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:37MTLAlex GalchenyukAssists: Lars Eller, Brendan Gallagher · Tip-in, 0.19 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 13:00MTLLars Eller: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:10NYIColin McDonald: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:59MTLTomas Plekanec: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  4. P2 7:12MTLFrancis Bouillon: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:34NYIMichael Grabner: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:36NYIThomas Hickey: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  7. P3 3:44MTLDavid Desharnais: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:24NYIThomas Hickey: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 19:25NYIMatt Carkner: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIMTL
26Shots on goal31
2.1Expected goals2.7
60Shot attempts59
31Faceoffs won34
4Power plays5
20Penalty minutes8
15Hits18
13Blocked shots23
5Giveaways5
1Takeaways4

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBoulton – Martin – Cizikas5:25

    xG 0.43–0.30 (58%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Bouchard – McDonald – Regin8:45

    xG 0.42–0.33 (56%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  3. Okposo – Tavares – Nelson13:09

    xG 0.31–0.44 (41%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Grabner – Bailey8:27

    xG 0.05–0.30 (15%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Ness11:50

    xG 1.03–0.37 (74%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic16:37

    xG 0.27–0.51 (35%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

  3. Hickey – Donovan13:23

    xG 0.12–0.63 (16%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Gallagher – Galchenyuk12:08

    xG 0.69–0.12 (85%)attempts 15–15goals 2–0

  2. Gionta – Plekanec – Pacioretty10:24

    xG 0.38–0.24 (61%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Moen – Bourque – Desharnais3:09

    xG 0.01–0.02 (40%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Bourque – Desharnais – Bournival8:40

    xG 0.20–0.78 (21%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Diaz12:12

    xG 0.25–0.15 (63%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  2. Markov – Subban15:48

    xG 0.72–0.63 (54%)attempts 19–13goals 1–0

  3. Bouillon – Murray11:41

    xG 0.30–0.62 (33%)attempts 9–15goals 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 2.7 xGNYI 2.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #606 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 60% of the time.

MTL winsNYI wins

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

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