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Wed, Nov 9, 2022·Centre Bell, Montreal

Vancouver Canucks 2, Montréal Canadiens 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 50% of the time.

MTL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN07011215233
MTL31211215529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:55MTLNick SuzukiPPAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Cole Caufield · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:47MTLArber XhekajAssists: Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:23MTLKirby DachGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:01MTLMike HoffmanAssists: Johnathan Kovacevic, Christian Dvorak · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–4
  5. P3 4:45VANLuke SchennAssists: Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–4
  6. P3 8:57VANNils HoglanderAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:02MTLKirby DachAssists: Nick Suzuki · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:43VANTanner Pearson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:41VANTanner Pearson: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 6:56VANTyler Myers: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:19VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:19MTLBrendan Gallagher: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 9:19VANThatcher Demko: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 17:09MTLArber Xhekaj: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 11:38MTLKaiden Guhle: Holding2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANMTL
33Shots on goal29
2.6Expected goals2.6
59Shot attempts44
28Faceoffs won25
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
16Hits9
8Blocked shots15
9Giveaways18
5Takeaways4

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Hoglander – Mikheyev2:43

    xG 0.53–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Pearson – Boeser4:19

    xG 0.42–0.16 (72%)attempts 7–2goals 0–2

  3. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko6:49

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Boeser – Kuzmenko2:58

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Rathbone2:25

    xG 0.47–0.13 (79%)attempts 8–1goals 0–1

  2. Myers – Ekman-Larsson12:50

    xG 0.40–0.19 (68%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Hughes13:46

    xG 0.48–0.38 (56%)attempts 14–10goals 2–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestSuzuki – Dach – Caufield11:24

    xG 0.53–0.17 (76%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  2. Dadonov – Drouin – Monahan8:02

    xG 0.19–0.29 (40%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  3. Armia – Evans – Pezzetta7:24

    xG 0.10–0.38 (21%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – Gallagher – Dvorak10:32

    xG 0.39–0.68 (36%)attempts 4–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Edmundson – Xhekaj15:08

    xG 0.45–0.65 (41%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

  2. Savard – Guhle14:31

    xG 0.44–0.67 (39%)attempts 6–16goals 1–1

  3. Kovacevic – Harris15:01

    xG 0.44–0.89 (33%)attempts 11–18goals 2–0

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 2.6 xGVAN 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #550 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 50% of the time.

MTL winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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