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Tue, Nov 2, 2021·Centre Bell, Montreal

Detroit Red Wings 0, Montréal Canadiens 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 87% of the time.

MTL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0120703022
MTL216012113341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:06MTLNick SuzukiGWGAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:18MTLJosh AndersonAssists: Nick Suzuki, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:59MTLBrendan GallagherENAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Nick Suzuki · Wrist, 0.68 xG0–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 8:36MTLBrendan Gallagher: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 10:11MTLDavid Savard: Interference2 min
  3. P3 10:02DETRobby Fabbri: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Suter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMTL
22Shots on goal41
1.7Expected goals4.2
41Shot attempts60
29Faceoffs won28
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
28Hits21
11Blocked shots13
16Giveaways14
5Takeaways7

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Rowney – Stephens – Smith8:32

    xG 0.42–0.44 (48%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Erne – Suter – Zadina9:17

    xG 0.35–0.54 (39%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Rowney – Stephens2:30

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Fabbri – Rasmussen – Raymond8:23

    xG 0.20–0.51 (28%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Hronek2:32

    xG 0.22–0.06 (77%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Stecher4:30

    xG 0.04–0.46 (8%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Hronek15:19

    xG 0.33–0.86 (28%)attempts 5–18goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Gallagher – Suzuki8:01

    xG 0.75–0.21 (78%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Armia – Lehkonen – Dvorak5:03

    xG 0.61–0.27 (69%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Belzile – Evans – Pezzetta5:49

    xG 0.52–0.20 (73%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – Anderson – Dvorak5:18

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Chiarot19:19

    xG 1.37–0.42 (76%)attempts 25–15goals 2–0

  2. Savard – Kulak19:19

    xG 1.27–0.42 (75%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Niku7:57

    xG 0.35–0.04 (89%)attempts 5–3goals 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.

MTL 4.2 xGDET 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1294 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 87% of the time.

MTL winsDET wins

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

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