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Thu, Nov 10, 2016·Centre Bell, Montreal

Los Angeles Kings 1, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

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

MTL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0607111124
MTL2131515423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:48MTLPaul ByronAssists: Alexander Radulov, Alexei Emelin · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:53MTLDaniel CarrGWGAssists: Andrei Markov, Torrey Mitchell · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:37MTLPhillip DanaultAssists: Jeff Petry, Max Pacioretty · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 11:57LAKTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:11MTLAlex GalchenyukENAssists: Nathan Beaulieu, Max Pacioretty · Wrist, 0.60 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:56LAKMatt Greene: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:18MTLJeff Petry: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 15:04MTLPhillip Danault: Holding2 min
  4. P3 7:33LAKDustin Brown: Holding2 min
  5. P3 9:17MTLBrendan Gallagher: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  6. P3 15:52MTLAndrei Markov: High sticking2 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
44% to win56% to win
← LAK attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Galchenyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKMTL
24Shots on goal23
1.8Expected goals2.6
48Shot attempts48
33Faceoffs won30
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
58Hits21
13Blocked shots16
13Giveaways10
5Takeaways12

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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestLewis – Clifford – Shore6:09

    xG 0.18–0.10 (65%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Purcell – Pearson11:35

    xG 0.17–0.28 (37%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Carter – King – Toffoli8:55

    xG 0.05–0.32 (14%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Brown – Setoguchi – Dowd10:50

    xG 0.34–0.64 (34%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Martinez14:05

    xG 0.43–0.26 (62%)attempts 11–8goals 0–2

  2. Doughty – Forbort15:37

    xG 0.44–0.46 (48%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Gravel2:02

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPlekanec – Gallagher – Andrighetto10:00

    xG 0.45–0.17 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Pacioretty – Shaw – Danault11:20

    xG 0.51–0.30 (63%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Mitchell – Flynn – Carr7:27

    xG 0.11–0.01 (95%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  4. Radulov – Byron – Galchenyuk10:38

    xG 0.43–0.40 (52%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Emelin15:41

    xG 0.58–0.05 (92%)attempts 14–3goals 1–0

  2. Markov – Petry16:11

    xG 0.72–0.33 (69%)attempts 17–9goals 2–0

  3. Beaulieu – Hanley12:51

    xG 0.48–0.42 (53%)attempts 9–14goals 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 2.6 xGLAK 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLLAK

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 LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #927 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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.

MTL winsLAK wins

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

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