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Tue, Feb 28, 2017·Centre Bell, Montreal

Columbus Blue Jackets 0, Montréal Canadiens 1 (OT)

Expected result

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

MTL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ07060805026
MTL090110614130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 3:53MTLAlex GalchenyukPPGWGAssists: Shea Weber, Max Pacioretty · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:25CBJMarkus Hannikainen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:56CBJMarkus Hannikainen: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 15:02MTLAlexei Emelin: Holding2 min
  4. P2 0:00CBJBoone Jenner: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 12:51MTLAlexander Radulov: Interference2 min
  6. OT 2:57CBJSeth Jones: Holding2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJMTL
26Shots on goal30
2.1Expected goals3.0
58Shot attempts65
45Faceoffs won23
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
37Hits28
23Blocked shots17
10Giveaways17
4Takeaways3

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Gagner – Bjorkstrand3:20

    xG 0.12–0.05 (71%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner9:25

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Gagner – Saad5:34

    xG 0.61–0.62 (50%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg3:15

    xG 0.03–0.15 (16%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Jones – Werenski15:59

    xG 0.67–0.76 (47%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Savard17:19

    xG 0.52–0.65 (45%)attempts 19–21goals 0–0

  3. Murray – Nutivaara10:17

    xG 0.04–0.37 (10%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Pacioretty – Danault13:03

    xG 0.61–0.10 (85%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Lehkonen10:14

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Plekanec – Byron – Shaw11:06

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  4. Mitchell – Flynn – McCarron4:32

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEmelin – Petry16:19

    xG 0.65–0.48 (58%)attempts 20–14goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Weber16:48

    xG 0.35–0.26 (57%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Beaulieu10:59

    xG 0.48–0.48 (50%)attempts 7–12goals 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 3.0 xGCBJ 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1085 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 winsCBJ wins

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

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