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Tue, Jan 28, 2014·Centre Bell, Montreal

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Montréal Canadiens 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 53% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01301508036
MTL21011109330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:11MTLBrandon PrustGWGAssists: Josh Gorges, Rene Bourque · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:44MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: David Desharnais, Max Pacioretty · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:41MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: Andrei Markov, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:08CARJustin Faulk: Holding2 min
  2. P2 2:01MTLBrandon Prust: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:41MTLNathan Beaulieu: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:59MTLP.K. Subban: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 5:40CARAlexander Semin: Tripping2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARMTL
36Shots on goal30
2.6Expected goals2.8
75Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won35
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
14Hits17
10Blocked shots27
2Giveaways8
1Takeaways1

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMalhotra – Gerbe – Palushaj6:57

    xG 0.42–0.22 (66%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  2. Ruutu – Nash – Bowman8:01

    xG 0.24–0.09 (73%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  3. Semin – Staal – Tlusty13:07

    xG 0.31–0.51 (37%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  4. Staal – Skinner – Lindholm9:55

    xG 0.14–0.51 (22%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Faulk17:49

    xG 0.80–0.65 (55%)attempts 23–11goals 0–1

  2. Hainsey – Harrison3:09

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Liles15:49

    xG 0.39–0.65 (38%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDesharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher12:56

    xG 0.86–0.28 (75%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  2. Gionta – Plekanec – Bournival12:16

    xG 0.56–0.21 (73%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Prust – Bourque – Eller9:26

    xG 0.56–0.49 (53%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  4. Brière – Parros – Moen4:24

    xG 0.03–0.07 (28%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Emelin15:58

    xG 1.23–0.46 (73%)attempts 20–16goals 2–0

  2. Murray – Beaulieu11:32

    xG 0.45–0.14 (77%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Gorges – Subban17:46

    xG 0.44–0.55 (44%)attempts 8–20goals 1–0

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 2.8 xGCAR 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1173 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 53% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

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

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