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Thu, Oct 10, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Detroit Red Wings 4, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 81% of the time.

MTL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET21511118434
MTL112112011235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:33DETDarren HelmAssists: Jacob de la Rose, Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:07MTLJoel ArmiaAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:37DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Dylan Larkin, Danny DeKeyser · Backhand, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:34MTLMax DomiPPAssists: Tomas Tatar, Jeff Petry · Backhand, 0.30 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:38DETAnthony ManthaPPGWGAssists: Dennis Cholowski, Taro Hirose · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:02DETLuke GlendeningENAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.45 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 2:57DETAnthony Mantha: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:16DETPatrik Nemeth: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:22MTLNick Suzuki: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 2:25MTLChristian Folin: Elbowing2 min
  5. P3 19:34DETAnthony Mantha: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kotkaniemi won the faceoff against de la Rose
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMTL
34Shots on goal35
4.2Expected goals2.2
67Shot attempts63
37Faceoffs won33
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
24Hits32
21Blocked shots15
23Giveaways11
6Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin14:17

    xG 1.36–0.24 (85%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  2. Abdelkader – Helm – de la Rose10:08

    xG 0.54–0.34 (62%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Glendening – Athanasiou – Hirose9:14

    xG 0.27–0.14 (66%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Erne – Ehn7:43

    xG 0.03–0.16 (14%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCholowski – Hronek9:17

    xG 1.43–0.15 (90%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Green – Cholowski3:11

    xG 0.32–0.07 (82%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. DeKeyser – Bowey9:47

    xG 0.51–0.30 (63%)attempts 13–8goals 2–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Domi – Suzuki4:45

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Gallagher – Danault – Lehkonen5:24

    xG 0.02–0.02 (48%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Weal – Suzuki2:00

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Byron – Weal5:31

    xG 0.28–0.38 (42%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Reilly – Folin12:41

    xG 0.31–0.65 (32%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

  2. Weber – Mete14:04

    xG 0.29–0.69 (29%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Chiarot17:35

    xG 0.27–1.38 (16%)attempts 16–20goals 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.

MTL 2.2 xGDET 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #572 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 81% of the time.

MTL winsDET wins

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

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