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Tue, Oct 20, 2015·Centre Bell, Montreal

St. Louis Blues 0, Montréal Canadiens 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 60% of the time.

MTL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL017011010038
MTL111113112336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:27MTLMax PaciorettyGWGAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:52MTLAlexander SeminAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 11:53MTLTorrey MitchellAssists: P.K. Subban, Devante Smith-Pelly · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 18:59MTLAndrei Markov: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:01STLSteve Ott: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 5:01MTLNathan Beaulieu: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 13:13MTLTom Gilbert: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:03STLJoel Edmundson: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 16:29STLDmitrij Jaskin: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 18:26STLSteve Ott: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 19:51MTLAlexei Emelin: Closing hand on puck2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
47% to win54% to win
← STL attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Mitchell won the faceoff against Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLMTL
38Shots on goal36
1.7Expected goals2.2
65Shot attempts56
39Faceoffs won36
3Power plays2
19Penalty minutes11
46Hits25
12Blocked shots18
14Giveaways18
8Takeaways10

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestOtt – Brodziak – Jaskin3:03

    xG 0.43–0.04 (91%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Steen – Lehtera – Tarasenko12:04

    xG 0.55–0.39 (59%)attempts 17–13goals 0–2

  3. Gomez – Upshall – Jaskin5:05

    xG 0.18–0.11 (62%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Ott – Brodziak – Reaves5:35

    xG 0.07–0.15 (30%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Edmundson9:27

    xG 0.69–0.13 (84%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  2. Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo2:31

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Parayko17:12

    xG 0.29–0.53 (35%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Smith-Pelly – Flynn11:03

    xG 0.63–0.22 (74%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Semin – Eller – Galchenyuk9:26

    xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Fleischmann – Desharnais – Weise11:48

    xG 0.20–0.17 (54%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Pacioretty – Gallagher12:13

    xG 0.34–0.61 (36%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Markov – Subban17:33

    xG 0.63–0.61 (51%)attempts 17–22goals 2–0

  2. Gilbert – Beaulieu10:39

    xG 0.40–0.39 (51%)attempts 11–19goals 0–0

  3. Emelin – Petry18:01

    xG 0.43–0.53 (45%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

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.

MTL 2.2 xGSTL 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 4/100 · #1205 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50MTL 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, Montréal Canadiens win this game 60% of the time.

MTL winsSTL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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