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Mon, Dec 19, 2022·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Montréal Canadiens 3, Arizona Coyotes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 69% of the time.

ARI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MTL052120712326
ARI0172160600239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:49MTLCole CaufieldAssists: Josh Anderson, Kaiden Guhle · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:24ARINick SchmaltzAssists: Clayton Keller · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:27MTLChristian DvorakAssists: Arber Xhekaj, Evgenii Dadonov · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:23ARIMatias MaccelliAssists: Lawson Crouse, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:08MTLMike HoffmanGWGAssists: Kirby Dach, Joel Edmundson · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:22MTLJosh Anderson: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 10:18ARIJack McBain: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:12MTLJuraj Slafkovský: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 9:37ARIJakob Chychrun: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
49% to win51% to win
← MTL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Suzuki won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLARI
26Shots on goal39
2.8Expected goals4.0
48Shot attempts64
34Faceoffs won26
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
19Hits20
13Blocked shots10
12Giveaways9
5Takeaways8

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. bestArmia – Evans – Richard5:37

    xG 0.29–0.04 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Suzuki – Dach – Caufield5:05

    xG 0.27–0.03 (89%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – Hoffman – Dvorak10:57

    xG 0.44–0.26 (62%)attempts 10–5goals 1–1

  4. Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield7:22

    xG 0.19–0.34 (36%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Edmundson – Guhle16:37

    xG 0.54–0.60 (48%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  2. Kovacevic – Harris16:15

    xG 0.53–0.84 (39%)attempts 11–23goals 0–1

  3. Wideman – Xhekaj13:44

    xG 0.28–1.54 (16%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli12:44

    xG 1.54–0.30 (84%)attempts 21–7goals 1–0

  2. Kassian – Hayton – McBain3:22

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Ritchie – Fischer – Hayton5:26

    xG 0.36–0.21 (63%)attempts 8–2goals 0–1

  4. Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller14:33

    xG 0.54–0.45 (55%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Stecher11:07

    xG 1.35–0.26 (84%)attempts 19–8goals 0–2

  2. Välimäki – Moser2:09

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Chychrun19:10

    xG 0.83–0.67 (55%)attempts 16–16goals 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.

ARI 4.0 xGMTL 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #645 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 69% of the time.

ARI winsMTL wins

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

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