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Wed, Jan 27, 2010·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

Montréal Canadiens 0, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 63% of the time.

TBL winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL01209012033
TBL18212010330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:50TBLMartin St. LouisGWGAssists: Steve Downie · Deflected, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:23TBLVincent LecavalierAssists: Alex Tanguay, Steve Downie · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:54TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Kurtis Foster, Vincent Lecavalier · Slap, 0.10 xG0–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 2:18TBLPaul Szczechura: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:48MTLScott Gomez: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:33TBLMatt Smaby: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:31MTLBrian Gionta: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:51MTLScott Gomez: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 9:51MTLScott Gomez: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 9:51TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 9:51TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 9:51TBLMatt Smaby: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 9:51MTLRyan O'Byrne: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 9:51TBLVictor Hedman: Misconduct10 min
  12. P2 9:51MTLScott Gomez: Misconduct10 min
  13. P2 15:32MTLRoman Hamrlik: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 12:50TBLRyan Malone: Interference2 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 SOG0TBL
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTBL
33Shots on goal30
1.8Expected goals2.4
57Shot attempts53
17Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
25Penalty minutes25
23Hits21
8Blocked shots9
7Giveaways13
2Takeaways9

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.

TBL 2.4 xGMTL 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1190 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 63% of the time.

TBL winsMTL wins

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

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