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Sat, Oct 19, 2024·UBS Arena, Elmont

Montréal Canadiens 3, New York Islanders 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 79% of the time.

NYI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL1111713032324
NYI27012114033436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:32NYIBo HorvatPPAssists: Mathew Barzal, Noah Dobson · Snap, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:58NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Noah Dobson, Maxim Tsyplakov · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:56MTLCole CaufieldPPAssists: Mike Matheson, Juraj Slafkovský · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:59MTLLogan MaillouxAssists: Jake Evans, Josh Anderson · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:24NYIAnders LeeAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Adam Pelech · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:50MTLCole CaufieldAssists: Juraj Slafkovský, Nick Suzuki · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Mathew Barzal stopped
  2. 2. MTL Cole Caufield stopped
  3. 3. NYI Maxim Tsyplakov stopped
  4. 4. MTL Nick Suzuki stopped
  5. 5. NYI Bo Horvat stopped
  6. 6. MTL Lane Hutson stopped
  7. 7. NYI Kyle Palmieri scored
  8. 8. MTL Oliver Kapanen scored
  9. 9. NYI Simon Holmstrom scored
  10. 10. MTL Emil Heineman scored
  11. 11. NYI Jean-Gabriel Pageau stopped
  12. 12. MTL Alex Newhook stopped
  13. 13. NYI Brock Nelson stopped
  14. 14. MTL Mike Matheson stopped
  15. 15. NYI Alexander Romanov stopped
  16. 16. MTL Juraj Slafkovský stopped
  17. 17. NYI Noah Dobson scored
  18. 18. MTL Logan Mailloux stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:49MTLLane Hutson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:51NYIMaxim Tsyplakov: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:12MTLKirby Dach: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 1:46MTLLogan Mailloux: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:47MTLJoel Armia: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 12:47MTLJustin Barron: High sticking2 min
  7. OT 1:27MTLKirby Dach: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Evans won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLNYI
24Shots on goal36
2.5Expected goals4.6
47Shot attempts82
26Faceoffs won29
1Power plays6
12Penalty minutes2
30Hits28
25Blocked shots8
17Giveaways13
5Takeaways6

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. bestGallagher – Anderson – Evans7:42

    xG 0.38–0.20 (66%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Dvorak – Heineman – Kapanen5:29

    xG 0.12–0.23 (35%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Armia – Dach – Newhook8:54

    xG 0.44–0.72 (38%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Anderson – Dvorak – Kapanen3:17

    xG 0.00–0.34 (0%)attempts 0–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Matheson – Barron15:57

    xG 0.61–0.61 (50%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

  2. Savard – Struble9:06

    xG 0.32–0.58 (36%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Mailloux – Hutson16:04

    xG 0.52–1.13 (32%)attempts 9–25goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestHorvat – Barzal – Holmstrom2:20

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Pageau – Holmstrom8:38

    xG 0.48–0.21 (69%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Duclair – Horvat – Barzal11:16

    xG 0.46–0.29 (61%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  4. Cizikas – Lee – Pageau2:21

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDobson – Romanov16:18

    xG 0.89–0.39 (70%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0

  2. Reilly – Mayfield10:01

    xG 0.81–0.84 (49%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  3. Pelech – Pulock14:44

    xG 0.32–0.46 (41%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

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 4.6 xGMTL 2.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 88/100 · #150 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.23 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 79% of the time.

NYI winsMTL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
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+5
+6
+7

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