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Fri, Oct 14, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Montréal Canadiens 0, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 95% of the time.

DET winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL01008011029
DET0250936340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 2:33DETElmer SoderblomGWGAssists: Michael Rasmussen, Oskar Sundqvist · Snap, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P3 18:59DETMichael RasmussenENAssists: Andrew Copp, Dylan Larkin · Poke, 0.77 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:12DETOlli MaattaENAssists: Michael Rasmussen, Oskar Sundqvist · Snap, 0.60 xG0–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:28MTLArber Xhekaj: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:24DETFilip Hronek: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:55MTLJosh Anderson: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:36DETRobert Hagg: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 16:27MTLNick Suzuki: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 9:40DETMichael Rasmussen: Roughing2 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
49% to win51% to win
← MTL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Suzuki
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLDET
29Shots on goal40
1.6Expected goals5.5
47Shot attempts65
38Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits38
16Blocked shots16
10Giveaways12
3Takeaways6

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. Hoffman – Monahan – Dach9:12

    xG 0.17–0.18 (50%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Gallagher – Dvorak – Slafkovský7:33

    xG 0.36–0.49 (43%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  3. Dadonov – Evans – Pitlick6:15

    xG 0.08–0.25 (23%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield10:59

    xG 0.08–1.09 (7%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKovacevic – Xhekaj2:51

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Kovacevic – Harris10:36

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Guhle2:23

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestSundqvist – Rasmussen – Soderblom7:05

    xG 1.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond12:26

    xG 0.74–0.14 (84%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Perron – Copp – Vrana9:04

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Kubalik – Erne – Veleno7:51

    xG 0.08–0.22 (28%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Hronek15:55

    xG 1.19–0.14 (89%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Chiarot – Seider10:10

    xG 1.04–0.32 (76%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  3. Hagg – Lindstrom11:46

    xG 0.22–0.20 (53%)attempts 6–9goals 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.

DET 5.5 xGMTL 1.6 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #1212 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 95% 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).