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Tue, Nov 29, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

Montréal Canadiens 1, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 72% of the time.

ANA winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL017013110140
ANA11012107238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:50ANARickard RakellPPAssists: Ryan Kesler, Sami Vatanen · Tip-in, 0.33 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:56ANACam FowlerGWGAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Ryan Kesler · Slap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:00MTLAndrew ShawAssists: Max Pacioretty, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:36ANANick Ritchie: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:39ANACorey Perry: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 14:57ANACorey Perry: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:57MTLAndrew Shaw: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 16:04MTLShea Weber: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 18:21MTLDaniel Carr: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:57MTLAlexei Emelin: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 13:43ANAAndrew Cogliano: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 19:32MTLAndrew Shaw: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 19:32MTLAndrew Shaw: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 19:38ANAAntoine Vermette: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
44% to win56% to win
← MTL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLANA
40Shots on goal38
3.6Expected goals5.1
74Shot attempts62
32Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
23Penalty minutes13
15Hits23
10Blocked shots18
13Giveaways17
7Takeaways5

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. bestRadulov – Byron – Galchenyuk11:36

    xG 0.66–0.45 (60%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  2. Desharnais – Shaw – Lehkonen10:39

    xG 0.57–0.47 (55%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Danault – Carr7:34

    xG 0.20–0.33 (37%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Pacioretty – Gallagher11:54

    xG 0.52–1.13 (32%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Barberio13:23

    xG 1.30–0.36 (78%)attempts 22–6goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Emelin15:29

    xG 0.60–0.58 (51%)attempts 22–12goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Petry13:29

    xG 0.34–1.27 (21%)attempts 10–22goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Rakell14:08

    xG 0.89–0.52 (63%)attempts 13–19goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Ritchie – Kase9:44

    xG 0.36–0.27 (57%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:26

    xG 0.95–1.03 (48%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

  4. Wagner – Garbutt – Shaw4:45

    xG 0.08–0.18 (32%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVatanen – Fowler12:24

    xG 1.29–0.92 (58%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Bieksa – Theodore12:52

    xG 0.70–0.47 (60%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm12:20

    xG 0.40–0.46 (47%)attempts 9–15goals 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.

ANA 5.1 xGMTL 3.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1072 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 72% of the time.

ANA winsMTL wins

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

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