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Sat, Nov 13, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Montréal Canadiens 2, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MTL1901311401237
DET0821401011333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:39MTLRyan PoehlingAssists: Michael Pezzetta, Chris Wideman · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:36DETDylan LarkinAssists: Filip Hronek, Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:21DETPius SuterAssists: Robby Fabbri, Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:33MTLChris WidemanAssists: Artturi Lehkonen, Joel Armia · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:41DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: Lucas Raymond · Snap, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:37MTLBen Chiarot: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:52MTLMichael Pezzetta: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:11DETMoritz Seider: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 18:11MTLMichael Pezzetta: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 19:12DETTyler Bertuzzi: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 5:03DETNick Leddy: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 13:47DETGustav Lindstrom: Interference2 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 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← MTL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLDET
37Shots on goal33
2.6Expected goals2.4
58Shot attempts59
36Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
25Hits22
10Blocked shots14
3Giveaways5
2Takeaways5

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. bestBelzile – Pezzetta – Poehling6:20

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Armia – Evans – Poehling2:07

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Armia – Lehkonen – Evans8:33

    xG 0.49–0.45 (52%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

  4. Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak11:19

    xG 0.39–0.44 (47%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Romanov9:09

    xG 0.63–0.49 (56%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Savard – Kulak17:41

    xG 0.53–0.71 (43%)attempts 13–20goals 0–2

  3. Petry – Chiarot18:12

    xG 0.35–0.69 (34%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNamestnikov – Erne – Rasmussen12:33

    xG 0.68–0.13 (83%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Fabbri – Suter – Zadina8:02

    xG 0.44–0.06 (88%)attempts 14–3goals 1–0

  3. Gagner – Rowney – Stephens2:10

    xG 0.13–0.06 (69%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  4. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond13:25

    xG 0.25–0.74 (26%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeKeyser – Seider16:07

    xG 1.14–0.45 (72%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Lindstrom11:22

    xG 0.49–0.45 (52%)attempts 10–12goals 0–2

  3. Leddy – Hronek15:26

    xG 0.26–0.44 (38%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

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.

DET 2.4 xGMTL 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 49/100 · #741 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 54% of the time.

DET winsMTL wins

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

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