Sat, Dec 16, 2017·Lansdowne Park, OttawaOutdoor game
Montréal Canadiens 0, Ottawa Senators 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 85% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 08 | 08 | 012 | 028 |
| OTT | 014 | 115 | 29 | 338 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 14:55OTTJean-Gabriel PageauGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Tom Pyatt · Deflected, 0.09 xG0–1
- P3 17:02OTTBobby RyanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
- P3 19:49OTTNate ThompsonENAssists: Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.62 xG0–3
Penalties (4)
- P1 16:09MTLByron Froese: Slashing2 min
- P2 0:21MTLPhillip Danault: High sticking2 min
- P3 0:32MTLMax Pacioretty: Tripping2 min
- P3 5:50OTTThomas Chabot: Holding2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Danault
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestPlekanec – Gallagher – Hudon10:24
xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0
- Deslauriers – Froese – Carr10:01
xG 0.17–0.06 (75%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0
- Byron – Pacioretty – Danault11:06
xG 0.07–0.28 (20%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1
- Shaw – Galchenyuk – Drouin11:35
xG 0.04–0.66 (5%)attempts 7–18goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- Petry – Alzner18:59
xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 20–16goals 0–1
- Weber – Benn15:49
xG 0.27–0.50 (35%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0
- Schlemko – Jerabek13:01
xG 0.11–0.36 (23%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1
Ottawa Senators
Forward lines
- bestRyan – Duchene – Stone11:48
xG 0.58–0.42 (58%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0
- Pyatt – Smith – Pageau10:46
xG 0.29–0.13 (68%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0
- Brassard – Hoffman – Dzingel10:05
xG 0.07–0.05 (59%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0
- Burrows – Thompson – Dumont7:07
xG 0.02–0.03 (36%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestOduya – Karlsson15:33
xG 0.54–0.08 (87%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0
- Phaneuf – Ceci7:45
xG 0.19–0.03 (86%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0
- Phaneuf – Karlsson2:26
xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it MTL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 85% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (OTT − MTL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).