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Tue, Nov 27, 2018·Centre Bell, Montreal

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Montréal Canadiens 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 66% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11011002222
MTL015012122149

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:45CARVictor RaskAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Brock McGinn · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:59CARTrevor van RiemsdykGWGAssists: Calvin de Haan, Phillip Di Giuseppe · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 9:29MTLPhillip DanaultAssists: Artturi Lehkonen, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 2:29CARJaccob Slavin: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:24MTLAndrew Shaw: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 6:53CARWarren Foegele: Holding2 min
  4. P3 13:54CARJustin Williams: Tripping2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARMTL
22Shots on goal49
2.4Expected goals3.4
47Shot attempts93
30Faceoffs won30
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
30Hits31
26Blocked shots15
10Giveaways14
10Takeaways9

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. Rask – Di Giuseppe – McGinn8:53

    xG 0.29–0.54 (35%)attempts 6–12goals 2–0

  2. Martinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov9:57

    xG 0.07–0.33 (18%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Staal – Foegele10:39

    xG 0.22–0.48 (31%)attempts 8–20goals 0–0

  4. Ferland – Teravainen – Aho9:55

    xG 0.17–0.83 (17%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hamilton – Slavin17:48

    xG 0.47–0.51 (48%)attempts 18–20goals 1–0

  2. de Haan – Faulk15:37

    xG 0.23–0.64 (27%)attempts 10–21goals 0–1

  3. Slavin – van Riemsdyk2:10

    xG 0.00–0.54 (0%)attempts 0–11goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDeslauriers – Chaput – Agostino6:25

    xG 0.83–0.21 (80%)attempts 12–4goals 0–1

  2. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault9:58

    xG 0.62–0.10 (86%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  3. Hudon – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi9:37

    xG 0.45–0.18 (71%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. Agostino – Danault – Lehkonen2:21

    xG 0.21–0.09 (69%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Kulak17:35

    xG 1.17–0.34 (77%)attempts 29–15goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Schlemko14:58

    xG 0.78–0.48 (62%)attempts 24–14goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Mete10:55

    xG 0.43–0.16 (73%)attempts 12–7goals 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.

MTL 3.4 xGCAR 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #1029 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 66% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

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

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0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).