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Mon, Apr 19, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Montréal Canadiens 1, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 83% of the time.

EDM winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL071808123
EDM07010419436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:46MTLEric StaalAssists: Corey Perry · Deflected, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P3 10:49EDMEthan BearAssists: Connor McDavid, Jesse Puljujarvi · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:11EDMConnor McDavidGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:37EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:21EDMDevin ShoreENAssists: Kailer Yamamoto, Kris Russell · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:15EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:58MTLPhillip Danault: Interference2 min
  3. P2 9:09MTLTomas Tatar: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 13:43EDMLeon Draisaitl: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 17:33MTLPaul Byron: Interference2 min
  6. P2 0:00MTLTyler Toffoli: Cross checking2 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← MTL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLEDM
23Shots on goal36
1.8Expected goals3.9
46Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
28Hits39
12Blocked shots14
11Giveaways15
5Takeaways6

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. bestTatar – Danault – Anderson8:59

    xG 0.70–0.56 (56%)attempts 13–8goals 0–2

  2. Staal – Perry – Lehkonen6:36

    xG 0.16–0.06 (73%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Toffoli – Armia – Suzuki9:00

    xG 0.23–0.54 (30%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Byron – Drouin – Kotkaniemi7:08

    xG 0.07–0.91 (7%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Chiarot14:48

    xG 0.68–0.53 (56%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Edmundson2:48

    xG 0.05–0.14 (25%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

  3. Kulak – Romanov13:06

    xG 0.48–0.62 (44%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestArchibald – McDavid – Puljujarvi5:33

    xG 1.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–2goals 3–0

  2. Kassian – Shore – Nygard2:26

    xG 0.18–0.02 (91%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Yamamoto – Kahun – Haas2:31

    xG 0.00–0.02 (20%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Shore – Haas2:08

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bear9:15

    xG 1.44–0.15 (91%)attempts 17–6goals 2–0

  2. Bear – Jones6:07

    xG 0.31–0.01 (96%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Jones3:37

    xG 0.21–0.02 (93%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

EDM 3.9 xGMTL 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #468 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 83% of the time.

EDM winsMTL wins

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

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