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Sun, Mar 24, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Montréal Canadiens 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 67% of the time.

CAR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MTL113090601129
CAR0210411411240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:58MTLPaul ByronAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Nate Thompson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P3 14:21CARTrevor van RiemsdykAssists: Micheal Ferland, Jordan Martinook · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:15CARAndrei SvechnikovGWGAssists: Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:13MTLShea Weber: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:05CARMicheal Ferland: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 17:20MTLTomas Tatar: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 5:46MTLJordan Weal: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← MTL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLCAR
29Shots on goal40
2.7Expected goals3.8
53Shot attempts91
32Faceoffs won35
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
29Hits37
19Blocked shots12
8Giveaways17
10Takeaways10

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. bestTatar – Gallagher – Danault12:41

    xG 1.03–0.84 (55%)attempts 17–19goals 0–0

  2. Shaw – Lehkonen – Domi11:19

    xG 0.33–0.58 (36%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

  3. Armia – Drouin – Kotkaniemi6:17

    xG 0.06–0.38 (13%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Byron – Weal9:50

    xG 0.07–0.64 (10%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Kulak17:41

    xG 1.25–0.98 (56%)attempts 22–25goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Mete17:35

    xG 0.74–1.15 (39%)attempts 12–37goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Folin13:00

    xG 0.33–1.02 (25%)attempts 11–18goals 1–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Niederreiter – Aho13:53

    xG 1.05–0.35 (75%)attempts 21–7goals 0–0

  2. Ferland – Martinook – Wallmark9:02

    xG 0.46–0.12 (79%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  3. McKegg – McGinn – Maenalanen5:52

    xG 0.31–0.21 (60%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Martinook – McGinn – Wallmark2:01

    xG 0.11–0.02 (85%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – van Riemsdyk13:58

    xG 0.76–0.13 (85%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin14:42

    xG 1.40–1.11 (56%)attempts 35–17goals 0–1

  3. Faulk – Pesce19:46

    xG 0.87–1.03 (46%)attempts 23–19goals 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.

CAR 3.8 xGMTL 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #696 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 67% of the time.

CAR winsMTL wins

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

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