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Sat, Oct 12, 2024·Centre Bell, Montreal

Ottawa Senators 1, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 75% of the time.

MTL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0401219125
MTL2704215426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:37MTLEmil HeinemanPPAssists: Christian Dvorak, Lane Hutson · Snap, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:03MTLCole CaufieldGWGAssists: Mike Matheson, Juraj Slafkovský · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:50MTLAlex NewhookAssists: Lane Hutson, Kaiden Guhle · Snap, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:30OTTTim StützleAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Nick Jensen · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:43MTLCole CaufieldAssists: Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:39MTLLane Hutson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 8:38OTTBrady Tkachuk: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:22OTTArtem Zub: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 16:04MTLJustin Barron: Interference2 min
  5. P2 3:24MTLEmil Heineman: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 3:24OTTTyler Kleven: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 10:33MTLJosh Anderson: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 1:29OTTBrady Tkachuk: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 2:00OTTJake Sanderson: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  10. P3 8:37OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  11. P3 13:30MTLJosh Anderson: Cross checking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pinto won the faceoff against Evans
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTMTL
25Shots on goal26
2.0Expected goals3.4
63Shot attempts44
25Faceoffs won30
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
20Hits21
11Blocked shots22
16Giveaways14
6Takeaways3

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Amadio – Pinto7:30

    xG 0.37–0.06 (86%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Tkachuk – Stützle6:50

    xG 0.11–0.02 (82%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  3. Gregor – Norris – Batherson6:56

    xG 0.26–0.49 (34%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Cousins – MacEwen – Greig4:00

    xG 0.02–0.33 (5%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hamonic – Kleven9:01

    xG 0.08–0.18 (31%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Sanderson – Zub12:39

    xG 0.13–0.44 (23%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – Chabot12:12

    xG 0.34–0.86 (29%)attempts 13–12goals 1–3

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestSuzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský8:16

    xG 0.50–0.05 (90%)attempts 8–5goals 2–0

  2. Armia – Dach – Newhook5:13

    xG 0.36–0.15 (71%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Gallagher – Anderson – Evans8:20

    xG 0.46–0.35 (57%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  4. Dvorak – Heineman – Kapanen4:55

    xG 0.14–0.20 (42%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarron – Xhekaj6:49

    xG 0.72–0.02 (98%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Guhle – Hutson2:28

    xG 0.16–0.07 (68%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Savard – Hutson8:34

    xG 0.27–0.20 (58%)attempts 7–9goals 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 3.4 xGOTT 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #994 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 75% of the time.

MTL winsOTT wins

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

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