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Thu, Jan 14, 2016·Centre Bell, Montreal

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Montréal Canadiens 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 75% of the time.

MTL winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI212011010233
MTL111012017140

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:26CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Andrew Shaw, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:36MTLPaul ByronAssists: David Desharnais, P.K. Subban · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:56CHIRyan GarbuttGWGAssists: Michal Rozsival, Richard Panik · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 4:20MTLDavid Desharnais: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 5:04CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Interference2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIMTL
33Shots on goal40
2.1Expected goals3.5
52Shot attempts68
36Faceoffs won28
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
13Hits22
21Blocked shots9
15Giveaways14
0Takeaways4

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Toews – Shaw12:42

    xG 0.67–0.45 (59%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  2. Desjardins – Danault – Teravainen11:03

    xG 0.21–0.24 (47%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin12:17

    xG 0.35–0.95 (27%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  4. Panik – Garbutt – Rasmussen8:26

    xG 0.27–0.94 (22%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Hjalmarsson20:46

    xG 0.89–0.70 (56%)attempts 24–23goals 1–0

  2. Scuderi – Seabrook3:20

    xG 0.09–0.05 (65%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – van Riemsdyk3:06

    xG 0.08–0.05 (62%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Flynn – Carr9:01

    xG 0.88–0.12 (88%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  2. Fleischmann – Desharnais – Byron8:35

    xG 0.83–0.27 (75%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Eller – Galchenyuk – Andrighetto8:35

    xG 0.40–0.25 (62%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Desharnais – Byron – Galchenyuk4:41

    xG 0.10–0.04 (71%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEmelin – Barberio6:11

    xG 0.84–0.22 (79%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Beaulieu6:41

    xG 0.88–0.27 (76%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  3. Markov – Subban19:09

    xG 0.66–0.67 (50%)attempts 19–18goals 1–1

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.

MTL 3.5 xGCHI 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #979 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 75% of the time.

MTL winsCHI wins

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

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