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Sat, Jan 23, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Montréal Canadiens 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 67% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL2140507032329
TOR031814041219

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:41MTLDavid DesharnaisAssists: Dale Weise, Nathan Beaulieu · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:33MTLTomas FleischmannAssists: Lars Eller, Daniel Carr · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:14TORNazem KadriAssists: Morgan Rielly, Leo Komarov · Snap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:37TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Peter Holland, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.16 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Peter Holland scored
  2. 2. MTL Alex Galchenyuk stopped
  3. 3. TOR PA Parenteau stopped
  4. 4. MTL Brian Flynn stopped
  5. 5. TOR Nazem Kadri stopped
  6. 6. MTL Max Pacioretty scored
  7. 7. TOR Tyler Bozak stopped
  8. 8. MTL David Desharnais stopped
  9. 9. TOR Joffrey Lupul stopped
  10. 10. MTL Lars Eller scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:27TORLeo Komarov: Closing hand on puck2 min
  2. P1 12:28TORPeter Holland: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 0:43MTLDale Weise: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 9:20TORDion Phaneuf: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 11:29MTLDale Weise: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 16:54TORJosh Leivo: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
47% to win54% to win
← MTL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTOR
29Shots on goal19
3.1Expected goals2.1
69Shot attempts53
25Faceoffs won30
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
39Hits46
21Blocked shots16
9Giveaways8
12Takeaways12

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 – Pacioretty – Gallagher11:54

    xG 0.67–0.15 (82%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  2. Desharnais – Weise – Galchenyuk12:54

    xG 0.51–0.10 (83%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  3. Fleischmann – Eller – Carr9:20

    xG 0.27–0.08 (77%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  4. Mitchell – Smith-Pelly – Flynn6:28

    xG 0.00–0.33 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Beaulieu12:32

    xG 0.89–0.07 (92%)attempts 23–8goals 2–0

  2. Emelin – Petry14:31

    xG 0.59–0.07 (89%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Subban15:17

    xG 0.15–0.49 (23%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLupul – Holland – Leivo6:09

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Winnik – Clune – Froese8:33

    xG 0.14–0.04 (77%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Matthias – Bozak9:45

    xG 0.08–0.31 (20%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

  4. Komarov – Grabner – Kadri10:48

    xG 0.02–0.65 (3%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Gardiner2:28

    xG 0.14–0.07 (67%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Hunwick2:17

    xG 0.09–0.05 (64%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Gardiner12:01

    xG 0.32–0.30 (51%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

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.

TOR 2.1 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 78/100 · #244 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 67% 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).