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Wed, Apr 12, 2023·UBS Arena, Elmont

Montréal Canadiens 2, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 90% of the time.

NYI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL181605219
NYI21011817435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:26NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:38MTLRem PitlickAssists: Jake Evans · Slap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:57NYIHudson FaschingAssists: Zach Parise, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:20NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Noah Dobson, Scott Mayfield · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:38MTLNick SuzukiSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:00NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Noah Dobson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 2:58MTLJoel Edmundson: Interference2 min
  2. P2 15:18MTLBrendan Gallagher: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 15:18MTLBrendan Gallagher: Kneeing2 min
  4. P2 15:18NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 16:55NYIAnders Lee: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 15:15MTLMike Hoffman: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NYI
49% to win51% to win
← MTL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Suzuki won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLNYI
19Shots on goal35
1.7Expected goals4.5
49Shot attempts72
18Faceoffs won38
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
19Hits17
19Blocked shots19
14Giveaways11
5Takeaways10

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. bestDrouin – Gurianov – Farrell10:20

    xG 0.37–0.25 (60%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Gallagher – Evans – Pitlick10:19

    xG 0.26–0.34 (43%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Tierney – Pezzetta – Teasdale8:27

    xG 0.19–0.55 (25%)attempts 8–12goals 0–2

  4. Hoffman – Armia – Suzuki13:11

    xG 0.15–0.79 (16%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllard – Kovacevic10:20

    xG 0.55–0.14 (80%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Edmundson – Matheson2:05

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Matheson – Kovacevic4:58

    xG 0.06–0.11 (35%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParise – Pageau – Fasching9:02

    xG 0.84–0.19 (81%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall10:21

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 13–14goals 2–1

  3. Bailey – Lee – Horvat9:41

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:57

    xG 0.18–0.32 (35%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Pelech8:37

    xG 0.62–0.03 (96%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Dobson3:23

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  3. Mayfield – Aho10:50

    xG 0.55–0.20 (73%)attempts 17–5goals 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.

NYI 4.5 xGMTL 1.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #809 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 90% of the time.

NYI winsMTL wins

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

-7
-6
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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