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Sat, Nov 2, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Montréal Canadiens 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL01309114136
DAL114114212440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:24DALAlexander RadulovPPAssists: Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:49DALDenis GurianovGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.26 xG0–2
  3. P3 10:43DALDenis GurianovPPAssists: Roope Hintz, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 15:08DALMiro HeiskanenENAssists: Radek Faksa · Wrist, 0.45 xG0–4
  5. P3 16:18MTLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Nick Suzuki, Paul Byron · Slap, 0.04 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:28DALAlexander Radulov: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 4:17MTLJoel Armia: Interference2 min
  3. P1 8:55DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 15:23MTLBen Chiarot: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 16:51DALAlexander Radulov: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 13:36DALJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 18:49MTLNick Suzuki: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  8. P3 1:14DALAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 9:29MTLJordan Weal: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P3 17:56MTLJeff Petry: Interference2 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 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← MTL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLDAL
36Shots on goal40
3.2Expected goals4.9
68Shot attempts67
34Faceoffs won30
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
20Hits14
17Blocked shots21
14Giveaways18
2Takeaways10

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. bestArmia – Drouin – Domi7:03

    xG 0.78–0.45 (64%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Byron – Lehkonen – Suzuki6:21

    xG 0.47–0.27 (63%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  3. Thompson – Weal – Cousins7:43

    xG 0.38–0.40 (49%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Byron – Lehkonen2:08

    xG 0.03–0.23 (10%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Fleury8:57

    xG 0.82–0.27 (75%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Mete9:38

    xG 0.53–0.29 (64%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Reilly3:37

    xG 0.02–0.03 (43%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin9:38

    xG 0.87–0.31 (74%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa9:12

    xG 0.61–0.17 (78%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Gurianov7:49

    xG 0.51–0.78 (40%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Janmark – Dickinson5:51

    xG 0.07–0.55 (12%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Heiskanen12:00

    xG 1.32–0.73 (64%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  2. Fedun – Hanley8:32

    xG 0.64–0.32 (67%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell15:07

    xG 0.59–0.79 (43%)attempts 14–20goals 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.

DAL 4.9 xGMTL 3.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #941 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsMTL wins

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

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