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Sat, Nov 23, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

New York Rangers 6, Montréal Canadiens 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 50% of the time.

MTL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR01231339634
MTL318114111543

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:03MTLMax DomiAssists: Nick Suzuki, Artturi Lehkonen · Wrist, 0.35 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:00MTLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Joel Armia, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:26MTLMax DomiAssists: Nick Suzuki, Ben Chiarot · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P2 2:51MTLShea WeberAssists: Ben Chiarot, Charles Hudon · Slap, 0.03 xG0–4
  5. P2 6:10NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Artemi Panarin, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–4
  6. P2 7:06NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Brett Howden · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P2 9:30NYRBrendan LemieuxAssists: Adam Fox, Jacob Trouba · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 5:20MTLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Max Domi · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–5
  9. P3 5:51NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Chris Kreider, Ryan Strome · Backhand, 0.08 xG4–5
  10. P3 8:40NYRBrendan LemieuxSHAssists: Brett Howden, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.13 xG5–5
  11. P3 12:10NYRJacob TroubaGWGAssists: Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.01 xG6–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:00NYRJacob Trouba: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:49NYRJacob Trouba: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 7:28MTLPhillip Danault: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:21MTLJeff Petry: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:48MTLBen Chiarot: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 16:47NYRJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:09NYRArtemi Panarin: Interference2 min
  8. P3 13:37NYRPavel Buchnevich: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRMTL
34Shots on goal43
3.8Expected goals3.8
55Shot attempts90
30Faceoffs won30
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
29Hits19
27Blocked shots12
9Giveaways8
3Takeaways4

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Buchnevich – Chytil5:09

    xG 0.97–0.04 (96%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Howden – Kakko2:30

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Panarin – Chytil2:20

    xG 0.04–0.08 (33%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

  4. Fast – Strome – Panarin6:42

    xG 0.13–0.20 (40%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren9:44

    xG 0.85–0.38 (69%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  2. Skjei – Trouba13:53

    xG 0.65–0.46 (58%)attempts 17–16goals 2–2

  3. DeAngelo – Hajek6:02

    xG 0.02–0.65 (3%)attempts 2–12goals 0–2

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestThompson – Weal – Cousins7:28

    xG 0.34–0.05 (87%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Lehkonen – Domi – Suzuki7:35

    xG 0.62–0.51 (55%)attempts 12–9goals 3–0

  3. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault8:57

    xG 0.36–0.44 (45%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  4. Armia – Hudon – Kotkaniemi4:03

    xG 0.04–0.22 (17%)attempts 4–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Chiarot15:08

    xG 1.16–0.51 (70%)attempts 31–12goals 3–2

  2. Petry – Mete11:06

    xG 0.51–0.59 (46%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  3. Reilly – Fleury8:57

    xG 0.32–0.43 (43%)attempts 13–9goals 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 3.8 xGNYR 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 97/100 · #38 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 10 goals in reach · 4-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 50% of the time.

MTL winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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