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Wed, Mar 5, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

Montréal Canadiens 4, Anaheim Ducks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 64% of the time.

ANA winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL2101909033431
ANA01331907032342

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:23MTLBrian GiontaAssists: Tomas Plekanec · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:36MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: David Desharnais, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:08ANATim JackmanAssists: Luca Sbisa, Nick Bonino · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:07ANAFrancois BeaucheminPPAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Jonas Hiller · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:11ANADaniel WinnikAssists: Matt Beleskey, Ben Lovejoy · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:24MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: P.K. Subban, Travis Moen · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Nick Bonino scored
  2. 2. MTL Alex Galchenyuk stopped
  3. 3. ANA Jakob Silfverberg stopped
  4. 4. MTL David Desharnais scored
  5. 5. ANA Corey Perry scored
  6. 6. MTL Daniel Brière scored
  7. 7. ANA Ryan Getzlaf stopped
  8. 8. MTL Brendan Gallagher stopped
  9. 9. ANA Kyle Palmieri stopped
  10. 10. MTL Tomas Plekanec stopped
  11. 11. ANA Saku Koivu stopped
  12. 12. MTL Andrei Markov scored
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 5:03MTLGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:03ANATim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:03MTLGeorge Parros: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 10:01MTLP.K. Subban: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 13:15ANAMark Fistric: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 19:10MTLDaniel Brière: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 19:21ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 3:24MTLAlexei Emelin: Holding2 min
  9. P2 7:36MTLAlexei Emelin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P2 15:48ANABen Lovejoy: Boarding2 min
  11. P3 6:30ANABryan Allen: Interference2 min
  12. P3 12:20MTLRene Bourque: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 14:55ANASaku Koivu: Hooking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← MTL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against White
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLANA
31Shots on goal42
3.7Expected goals4.7
68Shot attempts76
38Faceoffs won37
5Power plays6
17Penalty minutes15
33Hits37
16Blocked shots15
10Giveaways12
4Takeaways8

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 – Galchenyuk8:27

    xG 0.91–0.64 (59%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1

  2. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher10:32

    xG 0.57–0.38 (60%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Brière – Bourque – Weise4:58

    xG 0.16–0.09 (64%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Bourque – White – Weise3:25

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Emelin11:13

    xG 0.84–0.24 (78%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Gorges – Subban9:10

    xG 0.74–0.23 (76%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Emelin – Subban2:23

    xG 0.08–0.10 (46%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestBonino – Maroon – Silfverberg6:13

    xG 0.32–0.12 (72%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Palmieri10:42

    xG 0.56–0.47 (54%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Koivu – Cogliano – Beleskey8:23

    xG 0.27–0.63 (30%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Fistric8:41

    xG 0.57–0.16 (78%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Fowler10:39

    xG 0.29–0.53 (35%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  3. Beauchemin – Lindholm12:45

    xG 0.37–1.16 (24%)attempts 15–19goals 0–2

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.

ANA 4.7 xGMTL 3.7 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #137 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.18 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 64% of the time.

ANA winsMTL wins

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

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