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Thu, Nov 11, 2021·Centre Bell, Montreal

Calgary Flames 2, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 82% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY21001006226
MTL11011028428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:02CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Trevor Lewis, Oliver Kylington · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:26MTLBen ChiarotAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Nick Suzuki · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:22CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Sean Monahan, Blake Coleman · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:24MTLBrendan GallagherPPAssists: Chris Wideman, Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:08MTLNick SuzukiPPGWGAssists: Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:53MTLJake EvansENAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.77 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 0:42CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 10:23CGYBlake Coleman: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:24MTLTyler Toffoli: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 11:24CGYErik Gudbranson: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:47MTLMichael Pezzetta: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:06CGYRasmus Andersson: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 8:36CGYErik Gudbranson: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 9:42MTLBrendan Gallagher: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 10:27CGYAndrew Mangiapane: Interference2 min · PPG

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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYMTL
26Shots on goal28
1.6Expected goals3.4
49Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won29
1Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
30Hits29
14Blocked shots15
16Giveaways22
3Takeaways4

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestColeman – Monahan – Mangiapane10:18

    xG 0.39–0.06 (86%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Lewis – Backlund – Dube8:40

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  3. Richardson – Lucic – Pitlick8:15

    xG 0.23–0.39 (37%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk11:52

    xG 0.12–0.51 (19%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Zadorov12:40

    xG 0.40–0.22 (65%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Kylington14:13

    xG 0.59–0.44 (57%)attempts 15–10goals 2–1

  3. Hanifin – Andersson15:35

    xG 0.29–0.59 (33%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Lehkonen – Evans11:08

    xG 0.51–0.14 (79%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Toffoli – Suzuki11:01

    xG 0.36–0.34 (52%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

  3. Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak8:02

    xG 0.27–0.26 (50%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

  4. Belzile – Pezzetta – Poehling4:15

    xG 0.07–0.08 (48%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Kulak13:40

    xG 0.34–0.15 (69%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Chiarot15:26

    xG 0.45–0.48 (48%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  3. Wideman – Romanov9:56

    xG 0.18–0.38 (33%)attempts 5–12goals 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 3.4 xGCGY 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #733 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 82% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
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+5
+6
+7

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