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Mon, Jan 13, 2020·Centre Bell, Montreal

Calgary Flames 0, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 74% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0709015031
MTL11701515237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:30MTLJordan WealGWGAssists: Jeff Petry, Dale Weise · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P3 9:45MTLRyan PoehlingUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:01CGYDerek Ryan: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 7:07CGYMark Giordano: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 13:23CGYSam Bennett: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 15:56MTLRyan Poehling: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 1:50MTLVictor Mete: Hooking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYMTL
31Shots on goal37
2.0Expected goals3.6
58Shot attempts69
18Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
28Hits15
22Blocked shots17
13Giveaways22
6Takeaways3

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Monahan – Bennett3:37

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk3:47

    xG 0.08–0.01 (90%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan3:27

    xG 0.08–0.10 (46%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Bennett – Ryan2:55

    xG 0.19–0.23 (44%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndersson – Kylington11:57

    xG 0.44–0.16 (74%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Hamonic2:13

    xG 0.03–0.03 (49%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Kylington2:27

    xG 0.01–0.07 (11%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestKovalchuk – Tatar – Danault12:13

    xG 0.88–0.30 (74%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Cousins – Poehling – Kotkaniemi8:07

    xG 0.66–0.37 (64%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Thompson – Weise – Weal5:40

    xG 0.29–0.10 (75%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  4. Lehkonen – Domi – Suzuki9:16

    xG 0.08–0.51 (13%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMete – Fleury9:15

    xG 0.60–0.37 (62%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Weber – Chiarot15:16

    xG 0.87–0.64 (58%)attempts 23–19goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Scandella15:42

    xG 0.70–0.54 (57%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

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 3.6 xGCGY 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1073 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MTL 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, Montréal Canadiens win this game 74% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

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

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