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Sun, Feb 7, 2016·Centre Bell, Montreal

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Montréal Canadiens 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 56% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR112010012010135
MTL01411007031234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:27CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Jordan Staal · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:11MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: Andrei Markov, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Alex Galchenyuk stopped
  2. 2. CAR Riley Nash stopped
  3. 3. MTL Brian Flynn stopped
  4. 4. CAR Elias Lindholm stopped
  5. 5. MTL Max Pacioretty stopped
  6. 6. CAR Victor Rask stopped
  7. 7. MTL Lars Eller stopped
  8. 8. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
  9. 9. MTL Sven Andrighetto scored
  10. 10. CAR Eric Staal stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:11MTLJeff Petry: Holding2 min
  2. P2 5:06MTLDale Weise: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 13:11CARJustin Faulk: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 14:09CAREric Staal: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARMTL
35Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals2.2
61Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
26Hits24
13Blocked shots16
10Giveaways19
6Takeaways10

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. Staal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom10:32

    xG 0.18–0.13 (57%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Versteeg – Lindholm11:46

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Gerbe – Nash5:29

    xG 0.02–0.16 (12%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Skinner – Rask – Di Giuseppe11:41

    xG 0.14–0.31 (31%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Slavin15:17

    xG 0.81–0.41 (66%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Jordan – Hanifin12:45

    xG 0.36–0.22 (62%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Faulk18:34

    xG 0.28–0.60 (32%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDesharnais – Pacioretty – Weise12:01

    xG 0.64–0.07 (90%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Smith-Pelly – Flynn7:22

    xG 0.12–0.28 (31%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Fleischmann – Eller – Andrighetto12:37

    xG 0.21–0.43 (33%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Gallagher – Galchenyuk11:51

    xG 0.25–0.47 (35%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban16:46

    xG 0.70–0.41 (63%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Subban – Barberio2:18

    xG 0.09–0.01 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Emelin – Petry10:59

    xG 0.14–0.13 (51%)attempts 10–7goals 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.

MTL 2.2 xGCAR 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #729 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 56% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).