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Thu, Jan 26, 2023·Centre Bell, Montreal

Detroit Red Wings 4, Montréal Canadiens 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 74% of the time.

MTL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET11021701114442
MTL152100602323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:54DETMichael RasmussenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:54MTLMichael PezzettaAssists: Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Alex Belzile · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:56DETJonatan BerggrenPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:57MTLRafael Harvey-PinardSHAssists: Kirby Dach, David Savard · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:30DETOskar SundqvistAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Moritz Seider · Deflected, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:39MTLRafael Harvey-PinardAssists: Michael Pezzetta, Alex Belzile · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:36DETRobby FabbriGWGAssists: Michael Rasmussen, Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.29 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 0:05MTLKirby Dach: Fighting5 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:05DETAndrew Copp: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 3:29MTLChris Wideman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 6:38MTLJosh Anderson: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 15:12DETJake Walman: Interference2 min
  6. P3 18:56DETMichael Rasmussen: High sticking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMTL
42Shots on goal23
3.8Expected goals2.3
78Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
25Hits28
19Blocked shots26
9Giveaways13
7Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond12:14

    xG 1.04–0.24 (81%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Fabbri – Veleno – Berggren11:09

    xG 0.34–0.15 (70%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Perron – Copp – Rasmussen11:33

    xG 0.25–0.12 (67%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  4. Sundqvist – Kubalik – Suter8:36

    xG 0.24–0.41 (37%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Seider17:44

    xG 0.83–0.31 (73%)attempts 22–13goals 2–0

  2. Maatta – Oesterle13:27

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Hronek16:48

    xG 0.45–0.33 (58%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestBelzile – Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard10:57

    xG 0.58–0.47 (55%)attempts 13–13goals 2–0

  2. Hoffman – Ylonen – Dach8:44

    xG 0.03–0.00 (96%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Hoffman – Dvorak – Dach2:13

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Anderson – Suzuki6:55

    xG 0.25–0.39 (39%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarris – Xhekaj2:47

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Wideman – Xhekaj6:50

    xG 0.34–0.31 (53%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Savard – Xhekaj2:11

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 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 2.3 xGDET 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #401 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 74% of the time.

MTL winsDET wins

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

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