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Fri, Mar 8, 2019·Honda Center, Anaheim

Montréal Canadiens 2, Anaheim Ducks 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL112113012237
ANA2931238829

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:39ANADaniel SprongAssists: Jacob Larsson · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:17ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Troy Terry, Nick Ritchie · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:47MTLPaul ByronAssists: Andrew Shaw, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:01ANADevin ShorePPGWGAssists: Corey Perry, Nick Ritchie · Tip-in, 0.30 xG1–3
  5. P2 10:51MTLShea WeberPPAssists: Phillip Danault, Brendan Gallagher · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 11:53ANATroy TerryAssists: Cam Fowler, Jacob Larsson · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P2 17:50ANACorey PerryAssists: Carter Rowney, Derek Grant · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–5
  8. P3 14:06ANARickard RakellAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Devin Shore · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–6
  9. P3 15:45ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Troy Terry · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–7
  10. P3 19:49ANAMax JonesAssists: Josh Manson · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–8
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:16ANANick Ritchie: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:04ANANick Ritchie: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:24MTLBrendan Gallagher: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:46MTLJordie Benn: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:54ANADaniel Sprong: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 10:08ANAJaycob Megna: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 18:38ANAJaycob Megna: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 5:36ANAMax Jones: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 9:15MTLBrendan Gallagher: Slashing2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← MTL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Shore won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLANA
37Shots on goal29
3.9Expected goals4.0
69Shot attempts53
37Faceoffs won33
6Power plays4
8Penalty minutes12
31Hits20
10Blocked shots16
18Giveaways18
7Takeaways10

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. bestWeal – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi9:38

    xG 1.10–0.48 (70%)attempts 19–10goals 0–2

  2. Byron – Shaw – Domi11:08

    xG 0.69–0.59 (54%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  3. Thompson – Weise – Armia9:18

    xG 0.26–0.24 (52%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  4. Gallagher – Danault – Drouin8:37

    xG 0.18–0.44 (29%)attempts 6–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Folin11:19

    xG 0.84–0.47 (64%)attempts 19–10goals 0–3

  2. Petry – Reilly15:23

    xG 0.64–0.58 (53%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  3. Weber – Mete12:41

    xG 0.60–0.72 (46%)attempts 12–11goals 1–3

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Grant – Rowney8:20

    xG 0.60–0.19 (75%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Silfverberg – Rakell – Shore7:12

    xG 0.23–0.49 (32%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  3. Henrique – Ritchie – Terry10:00

    xG 0.37–0.65 (36%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

  4. Getzlaf – Sprong – Jones8:42

    xG 0.25–0.66 (27%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm13:08

    xG 0.76–0.63 (54%)attempts 11–12goals 3–0

  2. Fowler – Larsson16:36

    xG 0.78–1.00 (44%)attempts 15–20goals 3–1

  3. Holzer – Megna11:45

    xG 0.33–0.59 (36%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

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.

ANA 4.0 xGMTL 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #601 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50ANA 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsMTL wins

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

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