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Thu, Oct 3, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Montréal Canadiens 3, Carolina Hurricanes 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 71% of the time.

CAR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL01331307030336
CAR110113119011443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:19CARLucas WallmarkAssists: Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:19CARMartin NecasPPAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Teuvo Teravainen · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:18MTLTomas TatarPPUnassisted · Snap, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:22MTLJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Artturi Lehkonen, Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:36MTLJordan WealAssists: Paul Byron, Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:55CARErik HaulaAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Ryan Dzingel · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Dougie Hamilton scored
  2. 2. MTL Paul Byron stopped
  3. 3. CAR Erik Haula stopped
  4. 4. MTL Jonathan Drouin stopped
  5. 5. CAR Teuvo Teravainen stopped
  6. 6. MTL Nick Suzuki stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:12CARJordan Martinook: Interference2 min
  2. P2 0:39MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:16CARBrett Pesce: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:28MTLBen Chiarot: Holding2 min
  5. P3 2:54CARJordan Martinook: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 4:47MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi: Too many men on the ice2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← MTL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLCAR
36Shots on goal43
3.3Expected goals4.9
66Shot attempts74
30Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
31Hits23
13Blocked shots12
15Giveaways13
10Takeaways13

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 – Domi2:44

    xG 0.13–0.06 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault10:35

    xG 0.20–0.50 (29%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  3. Lehkonen – Domi – Suzuki9:01

    xG 0.17–0.48 (27%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Armia – Drouin – Kotkaniemi8:46

    xG 0.31–0.73 (30%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Chiarot17:17

    xG 0.98–0.75 (57%)attempts 25–19goals 1–0

  2. Weber – Mete13:39

    xG 0.48–1.08 (31%)attempts 9–20goals 1–0

  3. Kulak – Fleury13:11

    xG 0.18–1.04 (15%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Teravainen – Aho4:42

    xG 0.70–0.01 (99%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  2. Foegele – Wallmark – Necas4:52

    xG 0.72–0.37 (66%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

  3. Staal – Teravainen – Svechnikov6:40

    xG 0.24–0.07 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Dzingel – Martinook6:06

    xG 0.37–0.26 (58%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Pesce13:40

    xG 0.89–0.10 (90%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Gardiner – Pesce5:11

    xG 0.30–0.13 (70%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Pesce2:04

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 2–2goals 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 4.9 xGMTL 3.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 82/100 · #194 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 71% of the time.

CAR winsMTL wins

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

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