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Wed, Apr 16, 2025·Centre Bell, Montreal

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 59% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR14014111229
MTL192518422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:50MTLKaiden GuhleAssists: Juraj Slafkovský, Nick Suzuki · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:56CARTaylor HallAssists: Sean Walker, Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:22MTLNick SuzukiAssists: Alexandre Carrier · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:48MTLKaiden GuhleGWGAssists: Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson · Snap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:10CARTyson JostAssists: Bradly Nadeau, Dmitry Orlov · Snap, 0.30 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:05MTLJake EvansENUnassisted · Snap, 0.33 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:19CARSkyler Brind'Amour: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:16CARPyotr Kochetkov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 9:10MTLJuraj Slafkovský: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 1:04CARDmitry Orlov: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARMTL
29Shots on goal22
2.6Expected goals3.1
67Shot attempts47
36Faceoffs won22
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
34Hits27
14Blocked shots20
23Giveaways27
1Takeaways2

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestJost – Robinson – Nadeau2:11

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Hall – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov9:59

    xG 0.55–0.36 (60%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  3. Carrier – Brind'Amour – Stankoven7:18

    xG 0.10–0.13 (44%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Jankowski – Roslovic – Robinson7:01

    xG 0.10–0.27 (28%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Morrow4:27

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Orlov – Morrow3:35

    xG 0.49–0.19 (73%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Fensore – Morrow6:40

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestSuzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský11:22

    xG 0.71–0.42 (63%)attempts 14–13goals 3–0

  2. Armia – Evans – Heineman10:24

    xG 0.50–0.33 (60%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Laine – Newhook – Demidov7:21

    xG 0.47–0.37 (56%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. Armia – Evans – Suzuki2:10

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarrier – Guhle3:19

    xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Matheson – Carrier18:03

    xG 0.74–0.67 (52%)attempts 14–23goals 1–0

  3. Savard – Struble6:49

    xG 0.24–0.25 (49%)attempts 3–8goals 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 3.1 xGCAR 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #743 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Montréal Canadiens win this game 59% of the time.

MTL winsCAR wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).