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Mon, Feb 15, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Montréal Canadiens 2, Arizona Coyotes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 55% of the time.

ARI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL161805219
ARI2831118627

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:47ARIMartin HanzalAssists: Michael Stone, Anthony Duclair · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:02MTLDale WeiseAssists: Jacob de la Rose, Torrey Mitchell · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:48ARIAnthony DuclairPPAssists: Martin Hanzal, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:04ARIBrad RichardsonGWGAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P2 10:06MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Nathan Beaulieu · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P2 11:52ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonPPAssists: Max Domi, Martin Hanzal · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P2 15:38ARIKevin ConnautonAssists: Kyle Chipchura, Tyler Gaudet · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–5
  8. P3 4:19ARIAntoine VermetteAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Zbynek Michalek · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:15MTLDavid Desharnais: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:11MTLP.K. Subban: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 0:27ARIBrad Richardson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 7:40ARIMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 7:40ARIMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 7:40MTLGreg Pateryn: Cross checking5 min · PPG
  7. P2 7:40MTLGreg Pateryn: Game misconduct10 min
  8. P3 4:59ARIMax Domi: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 4:59MTLBrendan Gallagher: 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 SOG0ARI
47% to win54% to win
← MTL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLARI
19Shots on goal27
2.1Expected goals2.5
44Shot attempts55
19Faceoffs won23
1Power plays4
21Penalty minutes8
22Hits25
13Blocked shots10
4Giveaways5
4Takeaways9

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. bestDesharnais – Pacioretty – Andrighetto8:21

    xG 0.57–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Fleischmann – Byron – Eller6:55

    xG 0.32–0.13 (72%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Weise – de la Rose8:54

    xG 0.34–0.17 (67%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  4. Byron – Pacioretty – Eller2:06

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban10:04

    xG 0.42–0.15 (74%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Gilbert – Beaulieu11:20

    xG 0.48–0.23 (68%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  3. Markov – Emelin2:28

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Boedker – Martinook8:59

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Doan – Chipchura – Gaudet4:16

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Hanzal – Duclair – Domi9:38

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  4. Doan – Richardson – Rieder12:46

    xG 0.23–0.33 (41%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Dahlbeck11:20

    xG 0.37–0.13 (74%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Tinordi4:15

    xG 0.13–0.12 (52%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Tinordi6:54

    xG 0.26–0.26 (51%)attempts 8–7goals 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.

ARI 2.5 xGMTL 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #552 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 55% of the time.

ARI winsMTL wins

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

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