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Sat, Feb 3, 2018·Centre Bell, Montreal

Anaheim Ducks 2, Montréal Canadiens 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 54% of the time.

MTL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA01622009245
MTL3911119529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:10MTLLogan ShawAssists: Byron Froese · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:17MTLJoe MorrowPPAssists: Victor Mete, Nikita Scherbak · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 10:13MTLDavid SchlemkoGWGAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P2 3:45MTLJeff PetryPPAssists: Max Pacioretty, Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P2 8:32ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Rickard Rakell, Cam Fowler · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–4
  6. P2 12:15ANARickard RakellAssists: Nick Ritchie, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:46MTLJeff PetryPPAssists: Joe Morrow, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 6:32ANAKevin Bieksa: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:41ANARyan Getzlaf: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:55MTLDavid Schlemko: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:40ANACorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 6:42MTLNikita Scherbak: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:21MTLMax Pacioretty: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 9:57ANACorey Perry: Interference2 min
  8. P2 15:35MTLTomas Plekanec: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 4:04ANAAntoine Vermette: Interference2 min
  10. P3 15:29ANAHampus Lindholm: Hooking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 19:16ANARyan Getzlaf: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 19:16ANACorey Perry: Misconduct10 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Gallagher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMTL
45Shots on goal29
3.9Expected goals3.6
90Shot attempts54
30Faceoffs won23
4Power plays7
24Penalty minutes8
39Hits21
16Blocked shots27
8Giveaways11
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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Brown2:32

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Rakell – Kase4:16

    xG 0.21–0.05 (81%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Silfverberg – Rakell3:19

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg5:50

    xG 0.16–0.04 (81%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Montour12:19

    xG 1.00–0.03 (97%)attempts 28–3goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm11:46

    xG 0.20–0.28 (41%)attempts 12–7goals 0–2

  3. Bieksa – Fowler15:27

    xG 0.68–0.84 (45%)attempts 25–13goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDeslauriers – Froese – Shaw7:28

    xG 0.74–0.21 (78%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

  2. Plekanec – Gallagher – Galchenyuk2:10

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Byron – Pacioretty – Scherbak4:04

    xG 0.11–0.08 (56%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Gallagher – Lehkonen6:52

    xG 0.05–0.03 (59%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Mete9:37

    xG 0.63–0.41 (61%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

  2. Petry – Morrow2:01

    xG 0.03–0.05 (34%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Alzner11:49

    xG 0.38–0.46 (45%)attempts 7–14goals 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.

MTL 3.6 xGANA 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #495 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 54% of the time.

MTL winsANA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).