Eastern Conference · Northeast Division

Montréal Canadiens

2012–13·29–14–5·63 points·1st in the Northeast, 2nd in the Eastern·Clinched division

Seasons

Points: 63#4
Goal differential: +22#3
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 55.4%#3
Power play: 20.7%#5
Penalty kill: 79.8%#23
GSAx: −13.0#24

Splits

Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.


Home	24	14–7–3	31	0.65	69	59	56.7%
Away	24	15–7–2	32	0.67	77	65	53.6%
January	6	4–2–0	8	0.67	18	15	52.5%
February	14	9–2–3	21	0.75	39	26	53.3%
March	14	9–3–2	20	0.71	47	40	55.6%
April	14	7–7–0	14	0.50	42	43	57.3%
Division rivals	18	9–6–3	21	0.58	48	48	57.4%
Rest of conference	30	20–8–2	42	0.70	98	76	53.9%
Other conference	0	0–0–0	0	–	0	0	–


FLA	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	10	3	61.9%
WPG	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	12	6	59.4%
BUF	5	2–1–2	6	0.60	18	11	69.8%
BOS	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	12	11	49.5%
TBL	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	10	8	52.1%
CAR	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	11	3	51.1%
NYR	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	9	1	50.8%
OTT	4	2–1–1	5	0.63	7	10	61.3%
TOR	5	2–3–0	4	0.40	11	16	47.9%
NJD	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	8	7	51.4%

On the road

26,611 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

Leg ending in a win Overtime or shootout loss Regulation loss Home arena

Rest

Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.

Rest days

Points percentage and 5-on-5 expected-goals share by days since the previous game. The count in grey is how many of those games came against a better-rested opponent.

Points %xGF% (5v5)

Back-to-back

9 GP · 7–1–1 · 7 vs fresher opponent

83.3%

50.7%

1 day

25 GP · 15–8–2 · 4 vs fresher opponent

64.0%

56.5%

2 days

13 GP · 7–4–2 · 1 vs fresher opponent

61.5%

57.1%

3+ days

0 GP · 0–0–0 · 0 vs fresher opponent

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Pulling the goalie

Model-based

9 times this season the Canadiens were trailing late and sent out an extra attacker. Earlier pulls are bolder. The dark tick is the league median for each deficit.

Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

Model-based

Does the team raise its game when it counts?

When it matters

The Canadiens in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

Expected goals share

54.9%

49.3%

Goals share

54.1%

60.8%

Shooting %

9.9%

12.4%

Save %

.906

.923