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Mon, Dec 12, 2022·Centre Bell, Montreal

Calgary Flames 1, Montréal Canadiens 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 91% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY01111806001135
MTL01308110072238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:04CGYJonathan HuberdeauPPAssists: Mikael Backlund, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:40MTLJosh AndersonAssists: Juraj Slafkovský, Jordan Harris · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Rem Pitlick stopped
  2. 2. CGY Jonathan Huberdeau scored
  3. 3. MTL Nick Suzuki scored
  4. 4. CGY Rasmus Andersson stopped
  5. 5. MTL Kirby Dach scored
  6. 6. CGY Nazem Kadri stopped
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 0:36CGYNoah Hanifin: Interference2 min
  2. P1 3:03MTLJoel Armia: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 11:00CGYTrevor Lewis: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 13:54MTLMichael Pezzetta: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 13:54CGYConnor Mackey: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 0:53MTLJohnathan Kovacevic: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 2:10CGYMatthew Phillips: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 4:00MTLKirby Dach: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P2 6:51CGYNoah Hanifin: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 7:11CGYNikita Zadorov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P2 11:32MTLJosh Anderson: Tripping2 min
  12. P2 14:38CGYAndrew Mangiapane: Roughing2 min
  13. P2 14:38MTLNick Suzuki: Interference2 min
  14. P2 14:38MTLChris Wideman: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 13:03MTLKirby Dach: Tripping2 min
  16. OT 0:49CGYTyler Toffoli: High sticking double minor4 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYMTL
35Shots on goal38
2.8Expected goals6.5
65Shot attempts76
38Faceoffs won39
6Power plays7
21Penalty minutes19
25Hits25
22Blocked shots19
7Giveaways15
4Takeaways9

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLewis – Coleman – Ruzicka2:00

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Mangiapane – Dube9:01

    xG 0.45–0.36 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Phillips – Ruzicka – Zohorna3:29

    xG 0.12–0.21 (38%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Toffoli – Huberdeau8:15

    xG 0.40–0.50 (45%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – Andersson3:34

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

  2. Stone – Mackey3:48

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Zadorov8:06

    xG 0.49–0.53 (48%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestAnderson – Evans – Slafkovský9:07

    xG 0.54–0.10 (84%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Dadonov – Hoffman – Dvorak4:46

    xG 0.38–0.05 (87%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Hoffman – Suzuki – Dach6:23

    xG 0.62–0.43 (59%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Suzuki – Dach – Caufield3:54

    xG 0.20–0.28 (41%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKovacevic – Harris15:02

    xG 0.79–0.56 (58%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Edmundson – Guhle10:59

    xG 0.53–0.51 (51%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Xhekaj11:05

    xG 0.19–0.60 (24%)attempts 7–12goals 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.

MTL 6.5 xGCGY 2.8 xG
0246P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 56/100 · #619 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 91% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

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

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