Mon, Feb 16, 2015·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit
Montréal Canadiens 2, Detroit Red Wings 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 70% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 07 | 014 | 28 | 229 |
| DET | 06 | 012 | 07 | 025 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P3 17:30MTLTomas PlekanecGWGAssists: Dale Weise, Max Pacioretty · Slap, 0.10 xG1–0
- P3 19:50MTLMax PaciorettyENAssists: Tomas Plekanec, P.K. Subban · Slap, 0.61 xG2–0
Penalties (7)
- P1 3:11MTLAlexei Emelin: Cross checking2 min
- P2 0:38MTLAndrei Markov: Hooking2 min
- P2 13:27DETKyle Quincey: Roughing2 min
- P2 13:27MTLBrendan Gallagher: High sticking2 min
- P2 16:14DETGustav Nyquist: Tripping2 min
- P2 16:14MTLAndrei Markov: Cross checking2 min
- P2 17:54DETRiley Sheahan: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Zetterberg
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestMalhotra – Bournival – Thomas6:28
xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0
- Prust – Eller – de la Rose9:38
xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0
- Desharnais – Pacioretty – Thomas2:11
xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0
- Plekanec – Gallagher – Galchenyuk12:02
xG 0.19–0.19 (50%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGilbert – Emelin15:01
xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0
- Weaver – Beaulieu11:19
xG 0.36–0.34 (51%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0
- Markov – Subban19:41
xG 0.54–0.82 (40%)attempts 13–19goals 0–0
Detroit Red Wings
Forward lines
- bestDatsyuk – Helm – Nyquist11:10
xG 0.92–0.32 (74%)attempts 19–4goals 0–1
- Weiss – Sheahan – Glendening10:21
xG 0.19–0.16 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0
- Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Tatar10:52
xG 0.27–0.38 (41%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0
- Miller – Andersson – Jurco7:18
xG 0.08–0.21 (28%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestQuincey – DeKeyser11:57
xG 0.64–0.25 (72%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0
- Ericsson – DeKeyser2:08
xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0
- Kronwall – Ericsson13:39
xG 0.57–0.52 (52%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it MTL. Dots are goals.
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 70% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (DET − MTL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).