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Sat, Mar 30, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Montréal Canadiens 3, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 89% of the time.

WPG winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL116113115344
WPG0508111124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:05MTLJoel ArmiaPPAssists: Phillip Danault, Jordan Weal · Slap, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:23MTLJeff PetryGWGAssists: Brett Kulak, Max Domi · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P3 11:24WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Jack Roslovic, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:44MTLJordan WealENAssists: Andrew Shaw · Wrist, 0.72 xG3–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 16:57WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:32WPGDmitry Kulikov: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 6:26WPGBlake Wheeler: 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← MTL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLWPG
44Shots on goal24
3.5Expected goals1.1
59Shot attempts45
36Faceoffs won27
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
24Hits33
9Blocked shots8
15Giveaways9
1Takeaways2

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 – Armia – Drouin13:36

    xG 0.74–0.27 (73%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Shaw – Lehkonen – Domi14:10

    xG 0.59–0.34 (63%)attempts 12–19goals 1–0

  3. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault12:26

    xG 0.34–0.26 (57%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Deslauriers – Peca8:46

    xG 0.07–0.23 (23%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Kulak20:22

    xG 0.76–0.22 (78%)attempts 23–15goals 1–0

  2. Weber – Mete15:34

    xG 0.65–0.29 (69%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Folin13:58

    xG 0.40–0.40 (50%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Perreault – Copp – Roslovic8:28

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Hayes – Ehlers – Laine11:55

    xG 0.25–0.27 (48%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  3. Little – Lowry – Tanev12:00

    xG 0.22–0.32 (41%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor16:54

    xG 0.22–0.81 (21%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Kulikov13:21

    xG 0.30–0.31 (49%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Trouba2:33

    xG 0.02–0.07 (23%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Beaulieu – Trouba16:38

    xG 0.53–0.76 (41%)attempts 13–15goals 1–1

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.

WPG 1.1 xGMTL 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #1051 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 89% of the time.

WPG winsMTL wins

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

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