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Sat, Nov 26, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Montréal Canadiens 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 73% of the time.

DET winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MTL010051712224
DET0501511003133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 3:20DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Frans Nielsen, Luke Glendening · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 11:05MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Greg Pateryn · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:37MTLAlex GalchenyukGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 19:57DETTomas Tatar: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 19:57MTLTomas Plekanec: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 9:50MTLAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 19:09MTLPhillip Danault: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 5:25DETHenrik Zetterberg: Holding2 min
  6. OT 0:27MTLShea Weber: 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 SOG0DET
44% to win56% to win
← MTL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLDET
24Shots on goal33
2.2Expected goals3.5
50Shot attempts58
27Faceoffs won34
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
26Hits31
12Blocked shots13
7Giveaways11
3Takeaways6

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 – Gallagher12:38

    xG 0.46–0.34 (57%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  2. Mitchell – Danault – Carr9:18

    xG 0.09–0.07 (55%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Byron – Galchenyuk11:28

    xG 0.27–0.56 (32%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Desharnais – Shaw – Lehkonen11:35

    xG 0.62–0.92 (40%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Barberio11:55

    xG 0.40–0.25 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Markov – Petry17:43

    xG 0.79–0.90 (47%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Emelin19:35

    xG 0.33–0.53 (39%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Tatar – Mantha13:04

    xG 0.73–0.30 (71%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Glendening9:26

    xG 0.30–0.25 (55%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  3. Miller – Sheahan – Bertuzzi5:46

    xG 0.08–0.11 (41%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Vanek – Nyquist – Larkin11:43

    xG 0.34–0.63 (35%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Green3:12

    xG 0.41–0.08 (83%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Ouellet4:43

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Ouellet – DeKeyser3:24

    xG 0.19–0.04 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

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.

DET 3.5 xGMTL 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #596 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 73% of the time.

DET winsMTL wins

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

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