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Thu, Apr 9, 2015·Centre Bell, Montreal

Detroit Red Wings 3, Montréal Canadiens 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

MTL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET191101800327
MTL191111412426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:19DETTomas TatarAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:36MTLAndrei MarkovAssists: P.K. Subban, David Desharnais · Slap, 0.00 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:24MTLJeff PetryAssists: Torrey Mitchell, Brandon Prust · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:07DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:34DETDarren HelmSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:39MTLTomas PlekanecPPAssists: Andrei Markov, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:21MTLLars EllerGWGAssists: Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:21MTLDavid Desharnais: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:50DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 min
  3. P2 11:57MTLBrandon Prust: Holding2 min
  4. P2 15:34MTLAlexei Emelin: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:21DETKyle Quincey: Interference2 min
  6. P3 7:42MTLDavid Desharnais: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 9:58DETDanny DeKeyser: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 11:07DETRiley Sheahan: Bench2 min
  9. P3 12:43MTLDevante Smith-Pelly: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMTL
27Shots on goal26
1.8Expected goals1.6
49Shot attempts44
32Faceoffs won25
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
24Hits22
8Blocked shots11
11Giveaways24
3Takeaways8

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. bestDatsyuk – Zetterberg – Helm13:59

    xG 0.32–0.15 (67%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan9:03

    xG 0.30–0.14 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Miller – Andersson – Glendening2:07

    xG 0.12–0.03 (81%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Pulkkinen – Glendening5:30

    xG 0.10–0.10 (51%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser14:45

    xG 0.35–0.12 (75%)attempts 11–4goals 1–1

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson14:14

    xG 0.35–0.31 (53%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  3. Zidlicky – Smith10:02

    xG 0.22–0.40 (35%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPrust – Mitchell – Flynn5:00

    xG 0.32–0.04 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – Desharnais – Smith-Pelly10:06

    xG 0.40–0.30 (57%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Eller – Weise – de la Rose10:07

    xG 0.06–0.18 (25%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Gallagher – Galchenyuk10:40

    xG 0.15–0.30 (33%)attempts 8–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban15:57

    xG 0.47–0.31 (60%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Pateryn – Beaulieu6:46

    xG 0.17–0.20 (45%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Emelin – Petry11:34

    xG 0.05–0.43 (11%)attempts 3–8goals 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.

MTL 1.6 xGDET 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 90/100 · #102 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.43 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 53% 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).