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Tue, Dec 31, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Montréal Canadiens 1, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 81% of the time.

CAR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL16013011130
CAR11418114336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:55CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Erik Haula, Teuvo Teravainen · Deflected, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:48MTLMax DomiUnassisted · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:34CARErik HaulaGWGAssists: Brett Pesce, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:06CARRyan DzingelENAssists: Lucas Wallmark, Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.64 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:20MTLArtturi Lehkonen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:52CARRyan Dzingel: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 12:55CARJordan Martinook: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 1:49MTLRyan Poehling: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 16:54CARRyan Dzingel: High sticking2 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 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← MTL attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLCAR
30Shots on goal36
3.1Expected goals5.4
55Shot attempts66
30Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
29Hits18
13Blocked shots12
10Giveaways9
7Takeaways18

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. bestThompson – Weal – Vejdemo5:05

    xG 0.16–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Weal – Danault3:07

    xG 0.09–0.03 (71%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Cousins – Poehling – Kotkaniemi8:16

    xG 0.45–0.47 (49%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Lehkonen – Domi – Suzuki11:42

    xG 0.57–0.82 (41%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMete – Fleury11:54

    xG 0.98–0.52 (66%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Kulak14:39

    xG 0.60–0.82 (42%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

  3. Weber – Chiarot16:31

    xG 0.59–1.44 (29%)attempts 17–20goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Foegele – Svechnikov13:08

    xG 1.21–0.83 (59%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho12:02

    xG 0.82–0.57 (59%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  3. Haula – Dzingel – Necas8:27

    xG 0.38–0.20 (66%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  4. Martinook – McGinn – Wallmark5:32

    xG 0.04–0.29 (13%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Fleury8:26

    xG 0.43–0.00 (99%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin18:32

    xG 1.08–0.67 (62%)attempts 22–19goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Pesce11:48

    xG 1.11–1.16 (49%)attempts 14–14goals 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.

CAR 5.4 xGMTL 3.1 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #930 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 81% of the time.

CAR winsMTL wins

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

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