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Wed, Nov 20, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Ottawa Senators 2, Montréal Canadiens 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 72% of the time.

MTL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT031110911224
MTL0121140901136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:44MTLNick SuzukiPPAssists: Phillip Danault, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:55OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Tyler Ennis, Mark Borowiecki · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:38OTTBrady TkachukGWGAssists: Chris Tierney, Nikita Zaitsev · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 0:58MTLVictor Mete: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 19:09OTTNikita Zaitsev: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 9:51MTLBrett Kulak: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTMTL
24Shots on goal36
2.1Expected goals3.5
51Shot attempts74
26Faceoffs won31
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
27Hits31
18Blocked shots15
14Giveaways10
6Takeaways15

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTierney – Chlapik – Veronneau3:34

    xG 0.09–0.00 (95%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Pageau – Brown – Paul5:56

    xG 0.11–0.08 (59%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Ennis – Tierney – White2:33

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Duclair – Brown – Tkachuk7:01

    xG 0.31–0.57 (35%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hainsey – Goloubef7:39

    xG 0.18–0.35 (34%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Chabot12:09

    xG 0.28–0.66 (30%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Zaitsev12:15

    xG 0.54–0.98 (35%)attempts 12–21goals 1–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestWeal – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi7:00

    xG 0.57–0.23 (71%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Armia – Domi – Suzuki8:55

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault8:15

    xG 0.49–0.16 (76%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Cousins – Hudon5:28

    xG 0.35–0.28 (55%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Chiarot13:40

    xG 1.18–0.06 (95%)attempts 22–10goals 0–0

  2. Kulak – Fleury7:20

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Petry – Mete12:28

    xG 0.62–0.75 (45%)attempts 18–12goals 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.

MTL 3.5 xGOTT 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #894 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 72% of the time.

MTL winsOTT wins

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

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