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Tue, Mar 9, 2010·Centre Bell, Montreal

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Montréal Canadiens 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 70% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0721519331
MTL21028110528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:50MTLGlen MetropolitPPAssists: Scott Gomez, Jaroslav Spacek · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:02MTLScott GomezUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:47TBLSteven StamkosPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:28MTLBenoit PouliotAssists: Scott Gomez · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–3
  5. P2 7:33MTLMathieu DarcheGWGAssists: Glen Metropolit, Andrei Markov · Tip-in, 0.22 xG1–4
  6. P2 10:03TBLMatt WalkerAssists: Mark Parrish, Stephane Veilleux · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 3:26MTLMathieu DarcheAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Markov · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–5
  8. P3 18:53TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Steven Stamkos, Kurtis Foster · Backhand, 0.04 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:49TBLTodd Fedoruk: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:43MTLRyan O'Byrne: Charging2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:30MTLBen Maxwell: Interference2 min
  4. P2 19:43MTLRoman Hamrlik: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 1:19TBLSteve Downie: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 19:48MTLTomas Plekanec: Slashing2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLMTL
31Shots on goal28
3.2Expected goals2.0
67Shot attempts45
25Faceoffs won39
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
17Hits12
10Blocked shots21
3Giveaways9
5Takeaways12

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 2.0 xGTBL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #410 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 70% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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