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Tue, Dec 17, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Phoenix Coyotes 1, Montréal Canadiens 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 77% of the time.

MTL winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX1150705127
MTL03011314328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:14PHXMikkel BoedkerAssists: Kyle Chipchura, Connor Murphy · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:26MTLAndrei MarkovPPAssists: Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 13:18MTLMax PaciorettyPPGWGAssists: David Desharnais, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:57MTLMax PaciorettyENAssists: Brian Gionta · Wrist, 0.51 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:07MTLDaniel Brière: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:16MTLMax Pacioretty: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 0:56PHXMartin Hanzal: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:51MTLBrandon Prust: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 6:51MTLBrandon Prust: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 16:04PHXTim Kennedy: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 2:01PHXDavid Moss: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 11:43PHXOliver Ekman-Larsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXMTL
27Shots on goal28
1.9Expected goals3.6
70Shot attempts58
34Faceoffs won22
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
23Hits16
14Blocked shots27
5Giveaways4
1Takeaways3

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestHalpern – Bissonnette – Szwarz4:06

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Halpern – Klinkhammer – Szwarz2:25

    xG 0.04–0.03 (58%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Chipchura – Boedker10:33

    xG 0.25–0.45 (36%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  4. Vrbata – Hanzal – Kennedy11:10

    xG 0.34–0.60 (36%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Murphy6:17

    xG 0.36–0.06 (87%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Stone6:01

    xG 0.30–0.15 (66%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Schlemko – Murphy4:30

    xG 0.01–0.09 (14%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestMoen – Prust – Bourque3:07

    xG 0.48–0.05 (91%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher10:36

    xG 0.57–0.27 (68%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – Plekanec – Galchenyuk12:11

    xG 0.88–0.69 (56%)attempts 15–21goals 0–1

  4. Prust – Bourque – Eller2:25

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Diaz7:29

    xG 0.66–0.08 (90%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Gorges – Subban9:54

    xG 0.79–0.44 (64%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Gorges – Emelin2:52

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 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 3.6 xGPHX 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLPHX

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 PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #773 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 77% of the time.

MTL winsPHX wins

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

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

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