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Sun, Oct 31, 2021·Honda Center, Anaheim

Montréal Canadiens 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 70% of the time.

ANA winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL151706218
ANA2100729426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:39ANAAdam HenriquePPAssists: Sonny Milano, Kevin Shattenkirk · Snap, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:12MTLMike HoffmanPPAssists: Chris Wideman, Jonathan Drouin · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:47ANAVinni LettieriPPAssists: Adam Henrique, Kevin Shattenkirk · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:05MTLJake EvansAssists: Artturi Lehkonen, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:10ANATroy TerryGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:50ANASam CarrickENAssists: Cam Fowler, Isac Lundeström · Backhand, 0.66 xG2–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:43MTLBrett Kulak: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:07ANASam Carrick: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:17MTLCedric Paquette: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 10:17ANASonny Milano: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 10:17MTLCedric Paquette: Boarding5 min · PPG
  6. P1 10:17MTLCedric Paquette: Game misconduct10 min
  7. P1 13:45MTLArtturi Lehkonen: Holding2 min
  8. P2 2:44ANADerek Grant: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 3:20MTLJonathan Drouin: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 6:55MTLBrett Kulak: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 9:52ANATroy Terry: Holding the stick2 min
  12. P3 7:25ANAKevin Shattenkirk: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← MTL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Suzuki
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLANA
18Shots on goal26
2.4Expected goals3.4
37Shot attempts44
14Faceoffs won35
4Power plays6
25Penalty minutes10
16Hits22
9Blocked shots11
12Giveaways18
3Takeaways3

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. bestArmia – Lehkonen – Evans3:43

    xG 0.80–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Armia – Brooks – Caufield5:37

    xG 0.22–0.27 (45%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Hoffman – Toffoli – Suzuki8:42

    xG 0.01–0.15 (9%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Anderson – Drouin – Dvorak11:42

    xG 0.24–0.63 (27%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Romanov14:27

    xG 0.93–0.15 (86%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  2. Wideman – Kulak10:17

    xG 0.38–0.26 (59%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Chiarot14:55

    xG 0.05–0.77 (6%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Terry – Groulx10:26

    xG 0.27–0.20 (58%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Milano – Zegras5:48

    xG 0.27–0.20 (57%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  3. Lettieri – Comtois – Lundeström2:26

    xG 0.04–0.12 (26%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Deslauriers – Carrick4:56

    xG 0.09–0.20 (30%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson12:43

    xG 0.44–0.18 (71%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Lindholm2:22

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Drysdale12:17

    xG 0.19–0.33 (36%)attempts 6–7goals 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.

ANA 3.4 xGMTL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #617 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 70% of the time.

ANA winsMTL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).