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Thu, Feb 11, 2021·Centre Bell, Montreal

Edmonton Oilers 3, Montréal Canadiens 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 50% of the time.

MTL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM19113110332
MTL011013014038

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:27EDMJujhar KhairaGWGAssists: Josh Archibald, Tyler Ennis · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:27EDMDarnell NurseUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:44EDMTyson BarriePPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.04 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 12:50MTLBen Chiarot: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 0:55MTLPhillip Danault: Interference2 min
  3. P3 4:10MTLJosh Anderson: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 4:10EDMWilliam Lagesson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 4:10MTLJosh Anderson: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 14:12EDMEvan Bouchard: Interference2 min
  7. P3 0:00EDMDarnell Nurse: Slashing2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Khaira won the faceoff against Evans
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMMTL
32Shots on goal38
2.9Expected goals3.0
58Shot attempts67
29Faceoffs won24
3Power plays1
6Penalty minutes8
26Hits44
14Blocked shots12
15Giveaways18
2Takeaways3

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Turris – Chiasson – Shore9:56

    xG 0.30–0.39 (43%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

  2. Ennis – Archibald – Khaira11:03

    xG 0.46–0.58 (44%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  3. Neal – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid12:12

    xG 0.57–0.75 (43%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  4. Draisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun11:07

    xG 0.19–0.43 (31%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse2:10

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Lagesson14:47

    xG 0.33–0.46 (42%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Barrie – Nurse18:13

    xG 0.77–0.95 (45%)attempts 17–23goals 1–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestAnderson – Drouin – Suzuki10:26

    xG 0.90–0.29 (75%)attempts 18–8goals 0–1

  2. Tatar – Armia – Kotkaniemi8:56

    xG 0.33–0.18 (64%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Byron – Lehkonen – Evans8:19

    xG 0.15–0.08 (65%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Toffoli – Gallagher – Danault11:53

    xG 0.54–0.49 (53%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Chiarot13:48

    xG 0.86–0.66 (57%)attempts 19–17goals 0–1

  2. Kulak – Romanov16:16

    xG 0.72–0.53 (57%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Edmundson15:06

    xG 0.68–0.57 (55%)attempts 19–14goals 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 3.0 xGEDM 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #824 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50MTL 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, Montréal Canadiens win this game 50% of the time.

MTL winsEDM wins

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

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