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Sat, Apr 11, 2015·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Montréal Canadiens 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 74% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL16210013042433
TOR261608020322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:58TORPhil KesselAssists: Tyler Bozak, Andrew MacWilliam · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:14MTLDavid DesharnaisUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:04TORCasey BaileyAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Peter Holland · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:59MTLTomas PlekanecAssists: Andrei Markov, Devante Smith-Pelly · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:11TORTyler BozakAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:51MTLJacob de la RoseUnassisted · Snap, 0.03 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Alex Galchenyuk scored
  2. 2. TOR Tyler Bozak stopped
  3. 3. MTL David Desharnais scored
  4. 4. TOR Joffrey Lupul stopped
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 18:39MTLAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:40MTLAlexei Emelin: Holding2 min
  3. P2 8:13TORCasey Bailey: Interference2 min
  4. P2 17:36MTLAlexei Emelin: Clipping2 min
  5. P2 17:36TOREric Brewer: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 3:40MTLJeff Petry: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 3:40TORJames van Riemsdyk: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 3:40TORDion Phaneuf: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 7:34TORJake Gardiner: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 13:38MTLDale Weise: High sticking2 min
  11. OT 0:30MTLP.K. Subban: High sticking2 min
  12. OT 4:22MTLAndrei Markov: Game misconduct10 min
  13. OT 4:22MTLPA Parenteau: Game misconduct10 min
  14. OT 4:56MTLP.K. Subban: Slashing2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← MTL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTOR
33Shots on goal22
3.1Expected goals1.7
70Shot attempts50
34Faceoffs won40
3Power plays5
34Penalty minutes10
13Hits36
13Blocked shots21
9Giveaways16
10Takeaways15

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. bestPlekanec – Gallagher – Galchenyuk9:35

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  2. Prust – Mitchell – Flynn5:33

    xG 0.07–0.01 (85%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Desharnais – Smith-Pelly10:12

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  4. Eller – Weise – de la Rose9:13

    xG 0.13–0.65 (17%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Beaulieu9:40

    xG 0.39–0.20 (66%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Subban15:41

    xG 0.56–0.65 (46%)attempts 22–14goals 3–1

  3. Emelin – Petry15:55

    xG 0.09–0.39 (18%)attempts 11–17goals 0–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak12:49

    xG 0.55–0.35 (61%)attempts 18–19goals 2–1

  2. Lindstrom – Lupul – Kadri3:01

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Orr – Booth – Sill4:50

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Lindstrom – Kadri – Panik8:09

    xG 0.15–0.25 (37%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Phaneuf9:28

    xG 0.48–0.26 (65%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Gardiner – Rielly12:07

    xG 0.39–0.19 (67%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

  3. Gardiner – Erixon3:24

    xG 0.08–0.03 (75%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

TOR 1.7 xGMTL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #211 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 pts

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 74% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

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

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