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Fri, Jan 24, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Montréal Canadiens 1, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 58% of the time.

DET winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL0131909131
DET1821315426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:27DETHenrik ZetterbergPPAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Niklas Kronwall · Slap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:48DETRiley SheahanGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:56MTLBrendan GallagherPPAssists: David Desharnais, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:29DETNiklas KronwallAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Jonathan Ericsson · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:41DETGustav NyquistAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Justin Abdelkader · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 6:42DETHenrik Zetterberg: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:30MTLBrendan Gallagher: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 11:25MTLAlexei Emelin: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 19:15MTLBrandon Prust: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 2:19DETBrendan Smith: Interference2 min
  6. P2 7:22DETDanny DeKeyser: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 7:48MTLMax Pacioretty: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 12:40DETJustin Abdelkader: Boarding2 min · PPG
  9. P2 17:56MTLP.K. Subban: Holding2 min
  10. P3 5:41MTLP.K. Subban: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 11:58MTLTravis Moen: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 11:58DETKyle Quincey: Cross checking2 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 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← MTL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Helm won the faceoff against Brière
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLDET
31Shots on goal26
1.9Expected goals2.4
51Shot attempts48
25Faceoffs won43
4Power plays6
14Penalty minutes10
24Hits23
9Blocked shots10
5Giveaways7
3Takeaways8

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. bestGionta – Plekanec – Eller10:44

    xG 0.71–0.12 (86%)attempts 18–3goals 0–0

  2. Moen – Leblanc – Bournival5:16

    xG 0.03–0.13 (17%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Prust – Bourque10:47

    xG 0.13–0.33 (28%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher8:26

    xG 0.08–0.46 (15%)attempts 6–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Beaulieu9:10

    xG 0.20–0.04 (85%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Gorges – Subban2:34

    xG 0.06–0.01 (85%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Subban – Beaulieu3:50

    xG 0.21–0.23 (48%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist9:36

    xG 0.55–0.14 (80%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  2. Alfredsson – Cleary – Helm6:40

    xG 0.26–0.05 (85%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Sheahan – Jurco5:26

    xG 0.17–0.12 (59%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  4. Eaves – Miller – Glendening12:27

    xG 0.29–0.74 (28%)attempts 5–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson9:25

    xG 0.50–0.29 (63%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Lashoff10:27

    xG 0.21–0.09 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Smith – DeKeyser2:11

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

DET 2.4 xGMTL 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #845 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50DET 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 58% of the time.

DET winsMTL wins

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

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