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Sun, Feb 4, 2018·Centre Bell, Montreal

Ottawa Senators 1, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 83% of the time.

MTL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT01015011126
MTL0732018435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:05OTTMike HoffmanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:16MTLJeff PetryPPAssists: Max Pacioretty, Alex Galchenyuk · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:54MTLArtturi LehkonenPPGWGAssists: Nikita Scherbak, Victor Mete · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:47MTLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:57MTLTomas PlekanecUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:14MTLArtturi Lehkonen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:14OTTMike Hoffman: Embellishment2 min
  3. P2 5:22OTTMark Borowiecki: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:06OTTErik Karlsson: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:14MTLBrendan Gallagher: Slashing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTMTL
26Shots on goal35
1.2Expected goals2.9
54Shot attempts70
33Faceoffs won24
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
22Hits19
25Blocked shots20
18Giveaways18
6Takeaways15

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Smith – Duchene – White2:21

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Duchene – White8:16

    xG 0.08–0.08 (51%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  3. Burrows – Thompson – Paajarvi5:54

    xG 0.02–0.09 (20%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Smith – Pageau6:49

    xG 0.12–0.20 (38%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Borowiecki2:11

    xG 0.07–0.02 (78%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Ceci2:40

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Karlsson2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGalchenyuk – Drouin – Scherbak11:40

    xG 0.80–0.05 (94%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Plekanec – Gallagher – Lehkonen8:09

    xG 0.56–0.20 (74%)attempts 15–7goals 1–1

  3. Deslauriers – Froese – Shaw11:08

    xG 0.55–0.19 (74%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Byron – Pacioretty – Hudon9:02

    xG 0.13–0.10 (56%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Morrow15:12

    xG 1.01–0.27 (79%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Mete13:27

    xG 0.74–0.24 (75%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  3. Petry – Alzner14:50

    xG 0.55–0.13 (81%)attempts 16–14goals 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 2.9 xGOTT 1.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #911 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 83% of the time.

MTL winsOTT wins

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

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