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Sun, Nov 16, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Montréal Canadiens 4, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% of the time.

DET winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL062627419
DET0703119129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:20MTLBrandon PrustAssists: P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:36MTLP.K. SubbanGWGAssists: Andrei Markov, Max Pacioretty · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:47MTLTomas PlekanecAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Nathan Beaulieu · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–0
  4. P3 4:06DETRiley SheahanPPAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Tomas Tatar · Backhand, 0.29 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:41MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Tomas Plekanec · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 12:10DETJoakim Andersson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:53MTLLars Eller: Holding2 min
  3. P2 1:15MTLSergei Gonchar: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:51MTLSergei Gonchar: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 9:27MTLDale Weise: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 16:53DETDrew Miller: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 18:14DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 min
  8. P3 2:08MTLNathan Beaulieu: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 8:58MTLBrandon Prust: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 8:58DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 15:35MTLTom Gilbert: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 15:42DETJustin Abdelkader: 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 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← MTL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Desharnais won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLDET
19Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals3.0
37Shot attempts56
34Faceoffs won41
4Power plays6
14Penalty minutes10
16Hits25
13Blocked shots6
2Giveaways11
3Takeaways3

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. bestPrust – Eller – Sekac7:38

    xG 0.29–0.06 (84%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Plekanec – Gallagher – Galchenyuk8:34

    xG 0.40–0.35 (53%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Parenteau – Desharnais – Pacioretty9:44

    xG 0.24–0.24 (49%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  4. Malhotra – Pacioretty – Weise2:02

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Gilbert5:08

    xG 0.39–0.25 (61%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Gilbert – Beaulieu3:59

    xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Markov – Subban13:28

    xG 0.31–0.23 (57%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFranzen – Nyquist – Sheahan2:30

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Helm – Tatar – Sheahan2:26

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Abdelkader – Jurco4:22

    xG 0.13–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader5:17

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Smith – Lashoff8:44

    xG 0.22–0.18 (56%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – DeKeyser2:07

    xG 0.08–0.05 (63%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser6:12

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

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 3.0 xGMTL 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 · #883 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 65% 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).