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Tue, Feb 4, 2014·Centre Bell, Montreal

Calgary Flames 0, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 68% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0401508027
MTL0511418227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:15MTLRene BourqueGWGAssists: Brandon Prust, Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.42 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:49MTLDavid DesharnaisENAssists: Max Pacioretty, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.62 xG0–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 4:36MTLTomas Plekanec: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 4:36MTLLars Eller: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  3. P2 11:16MTLTomas Plekanec: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 11:16MTLTomas Plekanec: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 11:16CGYMikael Backlund: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 11:16CGYMark Giordano: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 19:29CGYMichael Cammalleri: Hooking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYMTL
27Shots on goal27
1.9Expected goals2.8
63Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won32
2Power plays1
6Penalty minutes8
34Hits27
20Blocked shots23
6Giveaways22
0Takeaways5

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Colborne – Monahan14:21

    xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Jones – Bouma11:21

    xG 0.30–0.49 (37%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. McGrattan – Westgarth – Galiardi6:00

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Stempniak – Backlund14:06

    xG 0.26–0.85 (24%)attempts 19–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie18:02

    xG 0.55–0.38 (59%)attempts 22–14goals 0–0

  2. Wideman – Russell4:25

    xG 0.13–0.27 (32%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Butler14:24

    xG 0.42–0.58 (42%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPrust – Bourque – Eller10:16

    xG 0.77–0.16 (83%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  2. Brière – Gionta – Plekanec12:45

    xG 0.63–0.31 (67%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. White – Weise – Bournival10:06

    xG 0.37–0.17 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher13:48

    xG 0.25–0.54 (32%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban2:13

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Gorges – Subban17:43

    xG 0.38–0.30 (55%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

  3. Murray – Beaulieu11:31

    xG 0.17–0.30 (37%)attempts 8–13goals 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.

MTL 2.8 xGCGY 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #1226 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 68% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

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

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