Tue, Dec 17, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver
Montréal Canadiens 3, Vancouver Canucks 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 58% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 010 | 112 | 28 | 330 |
| VAN | 114 | 015 | 010 | 139 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 18:21VANAdam GaudettePPAssists: Tyler Myers, Josh Leivo · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
- P2 8:05MTLNick CousinsAssists: Max Domi, Joel Armia · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
- P3 1:51MTLTomas TatarPPGWGAssists: Phillip Danault, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
- P3 3:25MTLShea WeberPPAssists: Joel Armia, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
- P1 8:22MTLNate Thompson: Boarding2 min
- P1 17:22MTLTomas Tatar: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P2 8:43MTLNick Cousins: Slashing2 min
- P3 0:22VANJake Virtanen: Slashing2 min · PPG
- P3 1:51VANTanner Pearson: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P3 13:31MTLTomas Tatar: Tripping2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Miller
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestWeal – Cousins – Suzuki10:09
xG 0.50–0.31 (62%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0
- Armia – Lehkonen – Domi7:44
xG 0.26–0.43 (37%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0
- Thompson – Barber – Poehling5:11
xG 0.02–0.31 (6%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0
- Tatar – Gallagher – Danault9:49
xG 0.26–0.58 (31%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestReilly – Fleury5:33
xG 0.42–0.05 (90%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0
- Petry – Kulak15:55
xG 0.51–0.54 (49%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0
- Chiarot – Fleury3:52
xG 0.01–0.10 (10%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0
Vancouver Canucks
Forward lines
- bestMiller – Virtanen – Pettersson12:05
xG 0.96–0.32 (75%)attempts 23–10goals 0–0
- Roussel – Horvat – Boeser9:17
xG 0.37–0.17 (69%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0
- Sutter – Beagle – Motte5:12
xG 0.29–0.12 (72%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0
- Leivo – Pearson – Horvat2:23
xG 0.03–0.14 (19%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestTanev – Hughes11:05
xG 0.47–0.27 (64%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0
- Stecher – Fantenberg3:32
xG 0.20–0.02 (89%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0
- Myers – Hughes8:05
xG 0.45–0.30 (61%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it MTL. Dots are goals.
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 58% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (VAN − MTL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).