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Thu, Feb 6, 2020·Centre Bell, Montreal

Anaheim Ducks 2, Montréal Canadiens 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 55% of the time.

MTL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA01411111200237
MTL171100911327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:18MTLNick SuzukiPPAssists: Jeff Petry, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:53ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Rickard Rakell, Jacob Larsson · Slap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:16MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:16ANADerek GrantAssists: Carter Rowney · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:25MTLJeff PetryGWGAssists: Joel Armia · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:57MTLVictor Mete: Delaying game2 min
  2. P1 11:54MTLBen Chiarot: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:11ANANick Ritchie: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:46ANARyan Getzlaf: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 16:16ANASam Steel: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:04ANANick Ritchie: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 11:40ANAJosh Manson: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMTL
37Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals2.8
59Shot attempts56
29Faceoffs won25
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
22Hits25
16Blocked shots9
14Giveaways27
5Takeaways3

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Kase – Steel – Jones9:58

    xG 0.38–0.34 (53%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Ritchie – Terry10:46

    xG 0.18–0.23 (43%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Getzlaf – Silfverberg – Rakell9:30

    xG 0.39–0.49 (44%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

  4. Grant – Deslauriers – Rowney5:24

    xG 0.30–0.59 (33%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson15:41

    xG 0.80–0.09 (90%)attempts 22–6goals 2–0

  2. Gudbranson – Lindholm14:42

    xG 0.38–0.85 (31%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

  3. Holzer – Larsson11:10

    xG 0.16–0.76 (17%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Lehkonen – Suzuki9:26

    xG 0.45–0.20 (69%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Kovalchuk – Domi – Evans9:37

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault10:10

    xG 0.44–0.35 (56%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Weise – Cousins6:29

    xG 0.27–0.32 (46%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Kulak17:13

    xG 1.04–0.21 (83%)attempts 22–10goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Mete14:19

    xG 0.44–0.66 (40%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

  3. Scandella – Folin9:45

    xG 0.10–0.32 (24%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

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 2.8 xGANA 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #461 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 55% of the time.

MTL winsANA wins

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

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