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Fri, Nov 15, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Montréal Canadiens 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 76% of the time.

CBJ winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL114115011001340
CBJ2100605040225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:33CBJR.J. UmbergerAssists: Nick Foligno, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:12CBJArtem AnisimovAssists: Nikita Nikitin, David Savard · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:52MTLAlex GalchenyukUnassisted · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:34MTLLars EllerPPAssists: Daniel Brière, Andrei Markov · Wrist, 0.44 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CBJ Mark Letestu stopped
  2. 2. MTL Alex Galchenyuk stopped
  3. 3. CBJ Artem Anisimov stopped
  4. 4. MTL David Desharnais scored
  5. 5. CBJ Ryan Johansen stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:54MTLP.K. Subban: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 6:19MTLLars Eller: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:39CBJRyan Murray: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 18:34CBJJack Johnson: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 18:34MTLBrandon Prust: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 6:59CBJCam Atkinson: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 9:22CBJFedor Tyutin: Holding2 min
  8. P2 16:26CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 16:26MTLBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 5:53CBJNick Foligno: Illegal check to head2 min
  11. P3 11:13MTLP.K. Subban: Holding2 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 SOG0CBJ
48% to win52% to win
← MTL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eller won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLCBJ
40Shots on goal25
3.4Expected goals1.9
67Shot attempts52
31Faceoffs won27
4Power plays3
13Penalty minutes15
25Hits31
14Blocked shots15
2Giveaways3
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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPrust – Eller – Galchenyuk7:49

    xG 0.31–0.04 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Moen – Desharnais – White2:13

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Bourque – Pacioretty4:14

    xG 0.16–0.08 (67%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  4. Bourque – Desharnais – Pacioretty7:15

    xG 0.29–0.23 (56%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban13:35

    xG 0.74–0.41 (64%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Gorges – Diaz12:54

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  3. Gorges – Subban3:21

    xG 0.21–0.11 (66%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Comeau – Letestu9:47

    xG 0.41–0.08 (84%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Umberger – Foligno – Chaput9:14

    xG 0.22–0.14 (62%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  3. Boll – Anisimov – Collins3:33

    xG 0.05–0.09 (38%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. Umberger – Foligno – Anisimov2:01

    xG 0.07–0.21 (25%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Wisniewski – Murray14:33

    xG 0.33–0.31 (51%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Nikitin – Savard13:56

    xG 0.38–0.55 (41%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  3. Tyutin – Johnson14:06

    xG 0.33–0.51 (39%)attempts 10–13goals 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.

CBJ 1.9 xGMTL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #377 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 76% of the time.

CBJ winsMTL wins

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

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