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Sat, Oct 30, 2010·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 3, Montréal Canadiens 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 50% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA11111119331
MTL09116016141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:10FLAMichael FrolikAssists: Shawn Matthias, Chris Higgins · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:13MTLMathieu DarcheAssists: Jeff Halpern, Benoit Pouliot · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:19FLADavid BoothGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.36 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:38FLAShawn MatthiasAssists: Steve Reinprecht · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:51FLADmitry Kulikov: Elbowing2 min
  2. P1 12:36MTLMichael Cammalleri: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 18:15FLABryan Allen: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:19MTLJaroslav Spacek: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  5. P2 19:25FLAJason Garrison: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 19:40FLAMike Weaver: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 6:19MTLLars Eller: Holding2 min
  8. P3 14:10FLAMike Weaver: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 16:54MTLP.K. Subban: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
47% to win53% to win
← FLA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Reasoner won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMTL
31Shots on goal41
2.5Expected goals2.5
55Shot attempts73
25Faceoffs won23
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
20Hits26
18Blocked shots11
4Giveaways5
2Takeaways6

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHiggins – Frolik – Matthias8:26

    xG 0.34–0.15 (69%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  2. Reinprecht – Olesz – Booth4:11

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Bernier – Booth – Santorelli7:45

    xG 0.48–0.39 (56%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Stillman – Dvorak – Reasoner11:42

    xG 0.30–0.30 (50%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Kulikov14:40

    xG 0.83–0.34 (71%)attempts 20–16goals 1–0

  2. Weaver – Garrison11:55

    xG 0.36–0.34 (51%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  3. Allen – Wideman11:14

    xG 0.43–0.58 (42%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. Gomez – Gionta – Moen10:54

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Halpern – Darche – Pouliot5:42

    xG 0.17–0.22 (44%)attempts 5–9goals 1–1

  3. Cammalleri – Plekanec – Kostitsyn11:34

    xG 0.36–0.43 (45%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  4. Lapierre – Pyatt – Eller9:21

    xG 0.20–0.34 (37%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hamrlik – Spacek14:12

    xG 0.49–0.48 (51%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Subban15:33

    xG 0.48–0.50 (49%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  3. Gill – Gorges11:47

    xG 0.35–0.60 (37%)attempts 11–17goals 1–1

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.

MTL 2.5 xGFLA 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #810 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 50% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

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

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

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