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Wed, Feb 2, 2011·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 2, Montréal Canadiens 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 63% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA16014115235
MTL010115215340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:30FLAScott TimminsAssists: Rostislav Olesz, Steve Bernier · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:50MTLJeff HalpernAssists: P.K. Subban · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:46MTLTomas PlekanecAssists: Max Pacioretty · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:32MTLBrian GiontaGWGAssists: Max Pacioretty, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:50FLAStephen WeissAssists: Michael Frolik, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:40FLAMarty Reasoner: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:07FLABryan Allen: Interference2 min
  3. P1 12:05MTLJaroslav Spacek: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 5:37MTLJames Wisniewski: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:00FLADennis Wideman: Holding2 min
  6. P2 19:43FLADennis Wideman: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 14:49FLAMichael Frolik: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 15:43MTLScott Gomez: High sticking2 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. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMTL
35Shots on goal40
3.4Expected goals2.7
72Shot attempts74
30Faceoffs won41
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
17Hits19
15Blocked shots23
4Giveaways16
6Takeaways10

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. bestWeiss – Higgins – Frolik9:54

    xG 0.62–0.20 (76%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. Bernier – Booth – Timmins5:06

    xG 0.50–0.08 (86%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Booth – Santorelli – Dadonov2:58

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Bernier – Olesz – Timmins2:16

    xG 0.11–0.02 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Wideman9:27

    xG 0.93–0.49 (66%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  2. Ellerby – Kulikov10:28

    xG 0.44–0.16 (74%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  3. Garrison – Kulikov4:12

    xG 0.12–0.09 (56%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Plekanec – Pacioretty11:10

    xG 0.92–0.20 (82%)attempts 20–6goals 2–0

  2. Halpern – Moen – Pyatt5:59

    xG 0.11–0.20 (34%)attempts 3–9goals 1–0

  3. Darche – Pouliot – Desharnais6:56

    xG 0.30–0.68 (31%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

  4. Gomez – Kostitsyn – Eller8:57

    xG 0.35–0.76 (31%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGill – Subban11:14

    xG 0.76–0.35 (69%)attempts 16–16goals 3–1

  2. Spacek – Weber9:12

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Spacek – Subban2:03

    xG 0.03–0.37 (9%)attempts 3–4goals 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 2.7 xGFLA 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 44/100 · #654 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 63% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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