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Sat, Jan 12, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Colorado Avalanche 0, Montréal Canadiens 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 69% of the time.

MTL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0701506028
MTL08010313331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 8:21MTLBrett KulakSHGWGAssists: Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:39MTLJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Mike Reilly · Snap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:44MTLJordie BennENAssists: Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.41 xG0–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:42MTLKenny Agostino: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:10COLJ.T. Compher: Interference2 min
  3. P1 11:22COLMikko Rantanen: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 13:08MTLNicolas Deslauriers: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 13:08MTLMike Reilly: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 13:08COLIan Cole: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 3:35COLIan Cole: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 6:48MTLShea Weber: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 13:34MTLBrett Kulak: Holding2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLMTL
28Shots on goal31
1.7Expected goals2.7
56Shot attempts79
19Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
24Hits27
31Blocked shots20
13Giveaways15
2Takeaways5

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestWilson – Kerfoot – Compher3:38

    xG 0.28–0.08 (77%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Kerfoot – Compher – Jost3:48

    xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Soderberg – Calvert – Nieto6:53

    xG 0.10–0.09 (51%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Andrighetto – Jost – Dries4:04

    xG 0.00–0.43 (0%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Barberio – Graves5:37

    xG 0.13–0.12 (51%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Barrie11:32

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Girard2:18

    xG 0.02–0.09 (20%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Lehkonen – Domi7:19

    xG 0.48–0.15 (76%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Armia – Domi2:21

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino6:14

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Gallagher – Danault – Drouin10:03

    xG 0.21–0.12 (63%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Kulak9:31

    xG 0.38–0.10 (79%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Mete13:37

    xG 0.32–0.14 (69%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Reilly12:36

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 17–13goals 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 2.7 xGCOL 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1125 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 69% of the time.

MTL winsCOL wins

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

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