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Mon, Nov 5, 2018·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Montréal Canadiens 4, New York Islanders 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 54% of the time.

NYI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL18115110021435
NYI380607030324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:04NYICasey CizikasAssists: Adam Pelech, Ross Johnston · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:59MTLJonathan DrouinAssists: Max Domi, Noah Juulsen · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:44NYIValtteri FilppulaAssists: Leo Komarov, Thomas Hickey · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P1 14:58NYICasey CizikasAssists: Cal Clutterbuck · Snap, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:36MTLMax DomiPPAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Joel Armia · Snap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:43MTLNoah JuulsenAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Snap, 0.00 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Jordan Eberle stopped
  2. 2. MTL Tomas Tatar stopped
  3. 3. NYI Brock Nelson stopped
  4. 4. MTL Jonathan Drouin stopped
  5. 5. NYI Josh Bailey stopped
  6. 6. MTL Max Domi stopped
  7. 7. NYI Mathew Barzal stopped
  8. 8. MTL Jesperi Kotkaniemi stopped
  9. 9. NYI Valtteri Filppula stopped
  10. 10. MTL Joel Armia scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:35MTLJeff Petry: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:25NYIRoss Johnston: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 11:25MTLAndrew Shaw: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 18:57MTLBrendan Gallagher: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 10:26NYIThomas Hickey: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:16NYIScott Mayfield: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 17:04NYIAnders Lee: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 19:28MTLCharles Hudon: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 19:34MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi: Too many men on the ice2 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← MTL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLNYI
35Shots on goal24
2.6Expected goals2.9
70Shot attempts50
26Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
29Hits23
15Blocked shots23
12Giveaways14
6Takeaways12

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi8:48

    xG 0.65–0.29 (69%)attempts 13–6goals 1–1

  2. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault10:06

    xG 0.49–0.37 (57%)attempts 17–8goals 0–1

  3. Deslauriers – Peca – Shaw6:20

    xG 0.02–0.22 (8%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  4. Hudon – Drouin – Domi11:07

    xG 0.14–0.42 (25%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOuellet – Mete10:59

    xG 0.51–0.20 (72%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Reilly2:35

    xG 0.19–0.06 (75%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – Juulsen12:07

    xG 0.35–0.33 (52%)attempts 14–8goals 2–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Ladd – Komarov10:42

    xG 0.53–0.21 (71%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Johnston4:57

    xG 0.21–0.23 (48%)attempts 5–7goals 2–1

  3. Eberle – Barzal – Beauvillier9:02

    xG 0.32–0.68 (32%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Lee – Nelson12:21

    xG 0.05–0.41 (11%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Pelech8:54

    xG 0.67–0.17 (80%)attempts 13–8goals 2–1

  2. Hickey – Mayfield16:23

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 9–19goals 1–0

  3. Leddy – Pulock15:29

    xG 0.20–0.70 (23%)attempts 8–18goals 0–1

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.

NYI 2.9 xGMTL 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYI is favoured, below it MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 73/100 · #346 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 54% of the time.

NYI winsMTL wins

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

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