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Thu, Jan 27, 2022·Centre Bell, Montreal

Anaheim Ducks 5, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 61% of the time.

MTL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA3925010524
MTL016212212440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:14ANASam CarrickAssists: Sam Steel, Buddy Robinson · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:12ANACam FowlerPPAssists: Troy Terry, Kevin Shattenkirk · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:06ANATroy TerryPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Kevin Shattenkirk · Slap, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 1:15MTLJake EvansAssists: Rem Pitlick, Josh Anderson · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 1:25ANATrevor ZegrasAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Simon Benoit · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–1
  6. P2 9:54MTLArtturi LehkonenPPAssists: Mike Hoffman, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P2 14:04ANATrevor ZegrasGWGAssists: Troy Terry, Jamie Drysdale · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–2
  8. P3 1:24MTLJake EvansAssists: Rem Pitlick · Wrist, 0.18 xG5–3
  9. P3 14:02MTLLaurent DauphinUnassisted · Backhand, 0.24 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:55ANARyan Getzlaf: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:17MTLLaurent Dauphin: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:26ANASam Carrick: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 3:14MTLRem Pitlick: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 8:14MTLChris Wideman: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 14:02ANAHampus Lindholm: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAMTL
24Shots on goal40
2.2Expected goals2.8
42Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
14Hits21
9Blocked shots11
17Giveaways14
2Takeaways4

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestRakell – Terry – Lundeström3:41

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Carrick – Rakell – Terry2:36

    xG 0.00–0.03 (1%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Robinson – Steel – Zegras2:47

    xG 0.07–0.12 (37%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Lettieri – Comtois – Lundeström5:45

    xG 0.04–0.18 (17%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson14:22

    xG 0.66–0.20 (76%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Benoit11:03

    xG 0.15–0.63 (19%)attempts 6–20goals 1–0

  3. Lindholm – Drysdale14:45

    xG 0.34–0.83 (29%)attempts 4–15goals 2–2

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestAnderson – Evans – Pitlick12:06

    xG 0.81–0.27 (75%)attempts 14–8goals 2–1

  2. Toffoli – Lehkonen – Suzuki10:20

    xG 0.59–0.22 (73%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  3. Hoffman – Dauphin – Poehling10:57

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Paquette – Vejdemo – Pezzetta3:14

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Chiarot15:08

    xG 0.85–0.26 (76%)attempts 16–7goals 2–2

  2. Wideman – Romanov8:43

    xG 0.62–0.28 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Wideman – Kulak2:18

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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 2.8 xGANA 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 81/100 · #292 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 61% of the time.

MTL winsANA wins

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

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