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Sat, Feb 29, 2020·Centre Bell, Montreal

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Montréal Canadiens 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 61% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR0111521301330
MTL11621201011439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:40MTLPhillip DanaultAssists: Tomas Tatar, Brendan Gallagher · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:46MTLMax DomiAssists: Paul Byron, Jordan Weal · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:03MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Tomas Tatar, Phillip Danault · Slap, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:45CARHaydn FleuryAssists: Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:14CARJoel EdmundsonAssists: Martin Necas, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:43CARJustin WilliamsAssists: Joel Edmundson, Teuvo Teravainen · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:52MTLJeff PetryGWGAssists: Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:01MTLBrett Kulak: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:14CARMartin Necas: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 17:59CARJustin Williams: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 6:38CARVincent Trocheck: Embellishment2 min
  5. P3 6:38MTLBen Chiarot: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 9:36CARAndrei Svechnikov: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 11:48MTLPhillip Danault: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARMTL
30Shots on goal39
2.4Expected goals3.1
55Shot attempts72
26Faceoffs won33
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
24Hits24
22Blocked shots14
13Giveaways22
2Takeaways6

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Necas – Svechnikov6:46

    xG 0.63–0.23 (73%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Williams – Staal – Niederreiter3:46

    xG 0.23–0.05 (81%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Williams – Staal – Foegele2:39

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Martinook – McGinn – Foegele2:18

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Skjei – Fleury16:02

    xG 0.42–0.51 (45%)attempts 7–14goals 1–1

  2. Gardiner – van Riemsdyk8:17

    xG 0.07–0.26 (21%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Slavin15:22

    xG 0.98–1.34 (42%)attempts 22–26goals 1–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Lehkonen – Suzuki10:09

    xG 0.86–0.22 (80%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault10:01

    xG 0.47–0.29 (62%)attempts 16–6goals 2–0

  3. Weise – Hudon – Evans5:40

    xG 0.28–0.17 (62%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Byron – Weal – Domi12:20

    xG 0.58–0.71 (45%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Chiarot16:06

    xG 1.18–0.10 (92%)attempts 28–6goals 1–0

  2. Ouellet – Folin9:46

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  3. Petry – Kulak17:31

    xG 0.78–1.22 (39%)attempts 16–21goals 2–1

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 3.1 xGCAR 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 92/100 · #92 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 61% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).