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Tue, Oct 23, 2018·Centre Bell, Montreal

Calgary Flames 2, Montréal Canadiens 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 61% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY170818223
MTL01232206340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:46CGYMichael FrolikAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Mikael Backlund · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:50MTLJeff PetryPPAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Max Domi · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:29MTLBrendan GallagherPPAssists: Jeff Petry, Max Domi · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:11MTLJonathan DrouinGWGAssists: Xavier Ouellet · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:10CGYElias LindholmAssists: Mikael Backlund, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:19MTLJeff Petry: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:24MTLAndrew Shaw: Holding2 min
  3. P1 19:53CGYMichael Frolik: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:47MTLJeff Petry: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 6:01CGYMark Giordano: Holding2 min
  6. P2 9:21CGYDerek Ryan: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 14:47CGYTJ Brodie: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P2 16:26CGYNoah Hanifin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 19:36MTLAndrew Shaw: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 14:04MTLMax Domi: Hooking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYMTL
23Shots on goal40
2.4Expected goals3.0
54Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won30
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
23Hits35
14Blocked shots20
16Giveaways13
9Takeaways10

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk3:08

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Neal – Backlund – Bennett5:39

    xG 0.24–0.08 (76%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Neal – Gaudreau – Monahan2:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Neal – Bennett – Ryan2:41

    xG 0.02–0.02 (40%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie10:58

    xG 0.19–0.04 (81%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Hanifin – Välimäki2:07

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Välimäki10:23

    xG 0.57–0.46 (55%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestByron – Armia – Kotkaniemi8:57

    xG 0.30–0.02 (95%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Lehkonen – Drouin – Domi8:43

    xG 0.37–0.24 (60%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault9:53

    xG 0.59–0.54 (52%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  4. Deslauriers – Peca – Shaw3:23

    xG 0.10–0.05 (65%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOuellet – Mete10:50

    xG 0.84–0.33 (72%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Petry – Benn13:57

    xG 0.68–0.80 (46%)attempts 15–17goals 0–2

  3. Reilly – Juulsen12:10

    xG 0.12–0.34 (27%)attempts 6–12goals 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 xGCGY 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #682 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 61% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

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

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