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Thu, Mar 3, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Montréal Canadiens 4, Florida Panthers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 53% of the time.

FLA winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL26115110431
FLA08012010030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:02MTLHal GillGWGAssists: Andrei Kostitsyn, James Wisniewski · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:54MTLAndrei KostitsynAssists: Travis Moen, Lars Eller · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:59MTLDavid DesharnaisAssists: Benoit Pouliot · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–0
  4. P3 3:21MTLLars EllerAssists: Travis Moen, James Wisniewski · Backhand, 0.09 xG4–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:37MTLP.K. Subban: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 1:10FLAJoe Callahan: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 19:23MTLBenoit Pouliot: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 10:00MTLLars Eller: Boarding2 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 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← MTL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Weiss
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLFLA
31Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals1.9
59Shot attempts57
30Faceoffs won28
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
20Hits37
12Blocked shots16
4Giveaways9
5Takeaways6

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPouliot – Pyatt – Desharnais9:06

    xG 0.24–0.09 (74%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Moen – Kostitsyn – Eller11:07

    xG 0.49–0.36 (58%)attempts 14–12goals 2–0

  3. Halpern – Cammalleri – Plekanec11:33

    xG 0.32–0.36 (47%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Gomez – Gionta – Pacioretty11:32

    xG 0.31–0.70 (31%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamrlik – Wisniewski16:52

    xG 0.71–0.39 (64%)attempts 22–18goals 1–0

  2. Gill – Subban14:39

    xG 0.40–0.38 (52%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Sopel – Picard13:20

    xG 0.08–0.66 (11%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestReasoner – McArdle – Bergfors2:52

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Samsonov – Weiss – Booth10:57

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  3. Hordichuk – Bernier – Timmins3:45

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Booth – Santorelli – Bergfors3:34

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllerby – Kulikov3:39

    xG 0.38–0.12 (77%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Callahan – Sulzer5:18

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Sulzer – Kulikov11:37

    xG 0.26–0.22 (53%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

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.

FLA 1.9 xGMTL 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1190 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50FLA 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, Montréal Canadiens win this game 53% of the time.

FLA winsMTL wins

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

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