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Thu, Feb 9, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Montréal Canadiens 5, Arizona Coyotes 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 56% of the time.

ARI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MTL2801521314540
ARI063121601425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:57MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: Phillip Danault, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:10MTLAndrei MarkovAssists: Michael McCarron, Daniel Carr · Slap, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:46ARIChristian DvorakPPAssists: Max Domi, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:45ARIMax DomiAssists: Peter Holland, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:07ARIAlex GoligoskiSHAssists: Jordan Martinook · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:52MTLMax PaciorettyPPAssists: Andrei Markov, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P3 9:56MTLAlexander RadulovAssists: Phillip Danault, Max Pacioretty · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–3
  8. P3 15:08ARIChristian DvorakAssists: Shane Doan, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:13MTLAlex GalchenyukGWGAssists: Max Pacioretty · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 11:02MTLAndrew Shaw: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 13:09MTLPhillip Danault: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:01MTLPaul Byron: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:16ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 1:33ARILawson Crouse: High sticking2 min · PPG

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
44% to win56% to win
← MTL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLARI
40Shots on goal25
3.2Expected goals2.8
82Shot attempts48
33Faceoffs won38
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
20Hits33
12Blocked shots17
3Giveaways4
2Takeaways4

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. bestMitchell – McCarron – Carr9:19

    xG 0.62–0.07 (90%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Radulov – Pacioretty – Danault14:47

    xG 0.73–0.26 (74%)attempts 19–8goals 2–0

  3. Byron – Galchenyuk – Lehkonen10:01

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Shaw – Andrighetto13:13

    xG 0.45–0.47 (49%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Emelin17:31

    xG 0.63–0.17 (79%)attempts 21–10goals 1–0

  2. Pateryn – Beaulieu15:29

    xG 0.59–0.22 (73%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Petry16:55

    xG 0.72–0.60 (55%)attempts 21–12goals 2–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhite – Martinook – Crouse6:30

    xG 0.19–0.06 (77%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Holland – Perlini2:23

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – Rieder – Martinook5:21

    xG 0.15–0.18 (46%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. White – Holland – Crouse3:03

    xG 0.01–0.10 (13%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Stone17:39

    xG 0.54–0.46 (54%)attempts 15–20goals 1–1

  2. Murphy – Chychrun15:05

    xG 0.14–0.56 (20%)attempts 7–21goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson18:48

    xG 0.17–1.04 (14%)attempts 7–23goals 0–2

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 2.8 xGMTL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 98/100 · #16 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.80 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 56% of the time.

ARI winsMTL wins

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

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