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Thu, Nov 3, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Montréal Canadiens 2, Winnipeg Jets 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 69% of the time.

WPG winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MTL161110401222
WPG11011201113336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:43MTLNick SuzukiAssists: Cole Caufield, David Savard · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:28WPGPierre-Luc DuboisPPAssists: Kyle Connor, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:54MTLKirby DachAssists: Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki · Slap, 0.37 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:35WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Dylan Samberg · Slap, 0.21 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:45WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:17MTLCole Caufield: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 16:40MTLRem Pitlick: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:35MTLCole Caufield: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  4. P2 5:56WPGSam Gagner: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 13:33MTLRem Pitlick: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 17:32MTLJohnathan Kovacevic: Interference2 min
  7. P3 9:48WPGDylan Samberg: Tripping2 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 SOG0WPG
49% to win51% to win
← MTL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLWPG
22Shots on goal36
2.8Expected goals4.1
38Shot attempts67
20Faceoffs won23
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
23Hits35
15Blocked shots6
7Giveaways10
5Takeaways10

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. bestSuzuki – Dach – Caufield12:32

    xG 0.71–0.53 (57%)attempts 7–16goals 2–0

  2. Evans – Pitlick – Slafkovský6:25

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Armia – Drouin – Monahan10:33

    xG 0.33–0.56 (37%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak11:47

    xG 0.47–0.87 (35%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Kovacevic – Harris11:40

    xG 0.75–0.71 (52%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  2. Edmundson – Xhekaj14:03

    xG 0.62–0.73 (46%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Savard – Guhle14:32

    xG 0.36–0.72 (33%)attempts 7–18goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Dubois – Perfetti10:19

    xG 0.98–0.49 (67%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Appleton4:43

    xG 0.47–0.13 (78%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Scheifele – Connor10:21

    xG 0.55–0.45 (55%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Lowry – Maenalanen – Jonsson-Fjallby2:55

    xG 0.10–0.03 (75%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Samberg11:40

    xG 0.79–0.10 (89%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – Schmidt16:48

    xG 0.83–0.62 (57%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Morrissey – Pionk15:06

    xG 0.74–1.01 (42%)attempts 17–13goals 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.

WPG 4.1 xGMTL 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #712 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 69% of the time.

WPG winsMTL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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