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Fri, Apr 15, 2022·Centre Bell, Montreal

New York Islanders 3, Montréal Canadiens 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 67% of the time.

MTL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI080438320
MTL014016014044

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 4:25NYIZach PariseGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal, Kieffer Bellows · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:09NYINoah DobsonAssists: Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:21NYIBrock NelsonENAssists: Anders Lee, Kyle Palmieri · Wrist, 0.65 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:26NYIAnders Lee: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 17:08NYIMathew Barzal: Interference2 min
  3. P2 19:53NYIAnders Lee: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 19:53MTLMichael Pezzetta: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 13:50MTLRem Pitlick: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 19:18MTLJoel Edmundson: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 19:18NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIMTL
20Shots on goal44
2.6Expected goals3.5
39Shot attempts89
19Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
11Penalty minutes9
31Hits24
30Blocked shots13
20Giveaways14
7Takeaways5

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Palmieri – Pageau7:13

    xG 0.31–0.26 (55%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Cizikas – Wahlstrom5:51

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Barzal – Bellows11:19

    xG 0.47–0.80 (37%)attempts 10–22goals 1–0

  4. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier8:45

    xG 0.22–0.71 (24%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chara – Dobson15:43

    xG 0.57–0.89 (39%)attempts 9–25goals 2–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock14:54

    xG 0.21–0.59 (26%)attempts 10–22goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Hutton12:47

    xG 0.35–0.95 (27%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Evans – Pitlick11:36

    xG 1.59–0.36 (81%)attempts 23–9goals 0–1

  2. Hoffman – Gallagher – Dvorak9:32

    xG 0.58–0.29 (67%)attempts 21–8goals 0–0

  3. Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield12:19

    xG 0.41–0.17 (71%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  4. Byron – Pezzetta – Poehling7:56

    xG 0.04–0.16 (21%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Edmundson15:36

    xG 0.94–0.37 (72%)attempts 29–7goals 0–0

  2. Wideman – Schueneman12:12

    xG 0.97–0.47 (68%)attempts 20–14goals 0–1

  3. Savard – Romanov17:51

    xG 0.59–0.39 (60%)attempts 17–9goals 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 3.5 xGNYI 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1232 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 67% of the time.

MTL winsNYI wins

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

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