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Thu, Nov 24, 2016·Centre Bell, Montreal

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 52% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR1908015132
MTL180519222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:32CARElias LindholmAssists: Victor Rask, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:08MTLAndrew ShawAssists: Charles Hudon, David Desharnais · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:14MTLMax PaciorettyGWGAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Brendan Gallagher · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:23MTLPaul Byron: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:00CARJay McClement: Holding2 min
  3. P3 3:54CARVictor Rask: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 10:00MTLTomas Plekanec: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 15:22MTLMark Barberio: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARMTL
32Shots on goal22
2.3Expected goals2.3
65Shot attempts42
29Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
19Hits28
12Blocked shots20
12Giveaways23
5Takeaways10

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom7:41

    xG 0.51–0.08 (86%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Teravainen – Aho2:48

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Skinner – Rask – Lindholm2:10

    xG 0.18–0.18 (51%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – McGinn – Ryan5:56

    xG 0.16–0.18 (46%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce13:47

    xG 0.47–0.22 (68%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Faulk16:28

    xG 0.82–0.61 (58%)attempts 20–13goals 0–1

  3. Tennyson – Hanifin12:03

    xG 0.25–0.46 (35%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. Plekanec – Pacioretty – Gallagher12:45

    xG 0.46–0.47 (49%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Radulov – Byron – Galchenyuk8:36

    xG 0.20–0.22 (48%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  3. Desharnais – Shaw – Hudon8:06

    xG 0.34–0.41 (46%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  4. Mitchell – Terry – Danault9:04

    xG 0.22–0.45 (33%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Emelin16:33

    xG 0.67–0.29 (70%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  2. Markov – Petry15:06

    xG 0.63–0.52 (55%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  3. Pateryn – Barberio11:07

    xG 0.07–0.80 (8%)attempts 6–15goals 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.

MTL 2.3 xGCAR 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #974 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 52% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

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

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