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Wed, Feb 26, 2014·Centre Bell, Montreal

Detroit Red Wings 2, Montréal Canadiens 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 59% of the time.

MTL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET18090914230
MTL07021803120

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:01DETTodd BertuzziPPAssists: Johan Franzen, Daniel Alfredsson · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:31MTLBrian GiontaAssists: Daniel Brière, Andrei Markov · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:32DETGustav NyquistGWGAssists: Johan Franzen, Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:14DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 min
  2. P1 13:00MTLP.K. Subban: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:28DETBrian Lashoff: Hooking2 min
  4. OT 1:51DETTomas Tatar: Hooking2 min
  5. OT 1:51MTLP.K. Subban: Diving2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMTL
30Shots on goal20
2.3Expected goals1.9
62Shot attempts53
29Faceoffs won25
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
19Hits26
22Blocked shots20
4Giveaways10
6Takeaways4

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Andersson – Nyquist9:42

    xG 0.55–0.22 (71%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Sheahan – Jurco11:16

    xG 0.47–0.31 (61%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Franzen – Nyquist2:37

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Datsyuk – Franzen9:32

    xG 0.14–0.12 (53%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Lashoff11:41

    xG 0.61–0.24 (72%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson18:56

    xG 0.52–0.41 (56%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser18:18

    xG 0.06–0.38 (14%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDesharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher15:35

    xG 0.62–0.17 (79%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Bourque – Eller – Weise2:07

    xG 0.03–0.04 (48%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Gionta – Plekanec8:46

    xG 0.15–0.16 (48%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Plekanec – Galchenyuk5:22

    xG 0.05–0.13 (27%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Emelin17:28

    xG 0.47–0.30 (61%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

  2. Murray – Emelin2:00

    xG 0.08–0.13 (39%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Murray – Tinordi10:43

    xG 0.09–0.25 (27%)attempts 8–9goals 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 1.9 xGDET 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #601 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 59% of the time.

MTL winsDET wins

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

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