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Thu, Oct 24, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

San Jose Sharks 4, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 56% of the time.

MTL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS183609423
MTL11311608237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:36MTLNick CousinsAssists: Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:05SJSEvander KanePPAssists: Logan Couture, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:54SJSEvander KanePPAssists: Tomas Hertl, Brent Burns · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:08SJSKevin LabancGWGAssists: Tomas Hertl, Evander Kane · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:24SJSMelker KarlssonAssists: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–1
  6. P2 19:46MTLJoel ArmiaAssists: Max Domi, Shea Weber · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:31SJSMelker Karlsson: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 18:10MTLShea Weber: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:20MTLJeff Petry: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:26SJSBrent Burns: Holding2 min
  5. P3 15:12MTLJonathan Drouin: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 19:39SJSBrenden Dillon: Cross checking2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSMTL
23Shots on goal37
3.0Expected goals3.4
45Shot attempts68
49Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits28
17Blocked shots13
14Giveaways11
8Takeaways8

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Goodrow – Labanc2:55

    xG 0.13–0.07 (64%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Hertl – Labanc8:04

    xG 0.46–0.46 (50%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

  3. Sorensen – Karlsson – Gambrell3:42

    xG 0.01–0.07 (14%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Sorensen – Goodrow7:33

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Karlsson5:42

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Ferraro4:26

    xG 0.23–0.01 (97%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Ferraro3:30

    xG 0.01–0.02 (27%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Drouin – Domi14:04

    xG 0.69–0.48 (59%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Thompson – Cousins – Suzuki9:12

    xG 0.23–0.08 (73%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Byron – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi6:26

    xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault10:51

    xG 0.26–0.38 (40%)attempts 8–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Mete15:50

    xG 1.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 20–5goals 1–0

  2. Petry – Kulak13:45

    xG 0.74–0.35 (68%)attempts 18–10goals 0–2

  3. Chiarot – Fleury15:26

    xG 0.30–0.68 (30%)attempts 10–12goals 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.

MTL 3.4 xGSJS 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #647 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 56% of the time.

MTL winsSJS wins

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

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