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Tue, Feb 5, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Anaheim Ducks 1, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 79% of the time.

MTL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA071909125
MTL31101516432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:11MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:36MTLJesperi KotkaniemiGWGAssists: Joel Armia, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:39MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Shea Weber · Snap, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P2 11:27ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Corey Perry, Devin Shore · Wrap-around, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:31MTLPhillip DanaultAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Brendan Gallagher · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 19:05ANABrian Gibbons: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 8:29ANAHampus Lindholm: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 12:01MTLBrett Kulak: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 10:00ANABrandon Montour: High sticking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMTL
25Shots on goal32
1.3Expected goals3.0
48Shot attempts65
31Faceoffs won22
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
28Hits25
19Blocked shots19
20Giveaways20
6Takeaways5

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Ritchie – Sprong11:06

    xG 0.31–0.17 (64%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Cracknell – Gibbons – Rowney6:59

    xG 0.25–0.35 (42%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Silfverberg – Shore9:47

    xG 0.03–0.59 (5%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell13:43

    xG 0.20–1.15 (15%)attempts 9–20goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. Del Zotto – Fowler4:51

    xG 0.15–0.17 (47%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  2. Megna – Montour2:04

    xG 0.01–0.20 (5%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Megna7:03

    xG 0.13–0.33 (28%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi10:34

    xG 0.82–0.10 (89%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Gallagher – Danault – Drouin10:08

    xG 0.50–0.20 (72%)attempts 11–6goals 3–0

  3. Peca – Hudon – Domi10:16

    xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino9:27

    xG 0.23–0.40 (36%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Reilly14:17

    xG 0.92–0.20 (82%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Weber – Mete14:32

    xG 0.95–0.36 (73%)attempts 22–14goals 3–1

  3. Benn – Kulak15:41

    xG 0.24–0.50 (32%)attempts 7–15goals 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 xGANA 1.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #961 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 79% of the time.

MTL winsANA wins

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

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