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Thu, Oct 20, 2022·Centre Bell, Montreal

Arizona Coyotes 2, Montréal Canadiens 6

Expected result

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

MTL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI05011211227
MTL31121217630

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:58MTLJosh AndersonAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Kirby Dach · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:13MTLCole CaufieldUnassisted · Snap, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 7:17MTLBrendan GallagherGWGAssists: David Savard · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P2 8:17MTLJuraj SlafkovskýUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–4
  5. P2 18:27MTLNick SuzukiUnassisted · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–5
  6. P3 6:21ARIJ.J. MoserAssists: Travis Boyd, Lawson Crouse · Slap, 0.05 xG1–5
  7. P3 8:18ARITravis BoydAssists: Lawson Crouse, Clayton Keller · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–5
  8. P3 16:36MTLSean MonahanENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.46 xG2–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:21MTLArber Xhekaj: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 12:21ARIZack Kassian: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:17MTLJuraj Slafkovský: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 17:57MTLKaiden Guhle: Holding2 min
  5. P2 18:27ARIClayton Keller: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  6. P3 0:54ARIJ.J. Moser: Holding2 min
  7. P3 11:48MTLDavid Savard: Cross checking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
49% to win51% to win
← ARI attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Suzuki
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIMTL
27Shots on goal30
2.2Expected goals3.2
52Shot attempts50
32Faceoffs won28
3Power plays1
7Penalty minutes11
26Hits13
14Blocked shots15
22Giveaways10
10Takeaways4

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyd – Crouse – Keller13:52

    xG 0.94–0.77 (55%)attempts 17–12goals 2–1

  2. Kassian – McBain – Maccelli2:53

    xG 0.13–0.02 (89%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Bjugstad – O'Brien – Fischer10:22

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Hayton – Guenther6:11

    xG 0.05–0.00 (91%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayo – Moser11:54

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Stecher – Välimäki8:50

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Stecher – Moser4:06

    xG 0.10–0.17 (36%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestAnderson – Drouin – Dach10:11

    xG 0.79–0.48 (62%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  2. Hoffman – Evans – Slafkovský10:00

    xG 0.15–0.05 (74%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Dadonov – Gallagher – Dvorak11:29

    xG 0.27–0.41 (39%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  4. Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield11:31

    xG 0.21–0.38 (35%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKovacevic – Harris15:03

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Savard – Guhle15:39

    xG 0.75–0.90 (46%)attempts 13–17goals 1–2

  3. Wideman – Xhekaj14:04

    xG 0.18–0.34 (34%)attempts 10–7goals 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.

MTL 3.2 xGARI 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 60/100 · #574 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 winsARI wins

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

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