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Tue, Nov 8, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Montréal Canadiens 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 83% of the time.

DET winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL2809012042333
DET116014110031243

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:41MTLMike HoffmanAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Jordan Harris · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:29DETAustin CzarnikAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Andrew Copp · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:44MTLMike HoffmanAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Christian Dvorak · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:37DETLucas RaymondAssists: Pius Suter, Filip Hronek · Slap, 0.12 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Cole Caufield scored
  2. 2. DET Lucas Raymond stopped
  3. 3. MTL Nick Suzuki scored
  4. 4. DET David Perron scored
  5. 5. MTL Jonathan Drouin stopped
  6. 6. DET Dylan Larkin stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:11MTLArber Xhekaj: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:23DETAndrew Copp: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:52MTLKirby Dach: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  4. P2 8:07MTLJordan Harris: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:21MTLKaiden Guhle: Holding2 min
  6. P2 16:58MTLDavid Savard: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 0:00MTLDavid Savard: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 14:28MTLJuraj Slafkovský: Boarding5 min
  9. P3 14:28MTLJuraj Slafkovský: Game misconduct10 min
  10. P3 16:26DETElmer Soderblom: Interference2 min
  11. OT 4:38MTLMike Hoffman: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
49% to win51% to win
← MTL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLDET
33Shots on goal43
1.9Expected goals4.1
48Shot attempts76
29Faceoffs won26
1Power plays7
35Penalty minutes4
13Hits22
17Blocked shots12
10Giveaways10
2Takeaways5

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. bestHoffman – Gallagher – Dvorak7:59

    xG 0.43–0.32 (58%)attempts 8–9goals 2–1

  2. Armia – Evans – Slafkovský7:40

    xG 0.13–0.17 (43%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Suzuki – Dach – Caufield11:26

    xG 0.12–0.33 (26%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Drouin – Monahan8:14

    xG 0.25–0.65 (28%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Savard – Guhle11:13

    xG 0.29–0.30 (49%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Kovacevic – Guhle2:53

    xG 0.04–0.06 (42%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Kovacevic – Harris10:30

    xG 0.29–0.33 (46%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Kubalik – Copp9:02

    xG 0.72–0.31 (70%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Larkin – Suter – Raymond9:53

    xG 0.32–0.06 (83%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Luff – Veleno – Soderblom7:04

    xG 0.10–0.14 (41%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Erne – Czarnik – Rasmussen5:59

    xG 0.15–0.26 (36%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Seider12:52

    xG 0.75–0.06 (92%)attempts 16–3goals 1–0

  2. Oesterle – Lindstrom12:10

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Hronek12:37

    xG 0.20–0.73 (21%)attempts 8–18goals 0–2

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 4.1 xGMTL 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 76/100 · #375 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 83% 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).