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Thu, Mar 17, 2011·Centre Bell, Montreal

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Montréal Canadiens 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 79% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TBL09111114031237
MTL0121916022329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:35TBLTeddy PurcellPPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Simon Gagne · Wrist, 0.60 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:40MTLAndrei KostitsynAssists: David Desharnais, Ryan White · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:58MTLBrian GiontaSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:29TBLSimon GagnePPAssists: Martin St. Louis, Brett Clark · Tip-in, 0.21 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Nigel Dawes scored
  2. 2. TBL Steven Stamkos stopped
  3. 3. MTL Brian Gionta stopped
  4. 4. TBL Martin St. Louis stopped
  5. 5. MTL David Desharnais stopped
  6. 6. TBL Simon Gagne scored
  7. 7. MTL Michael Cammalleri scored
  8. 8. TBL Teddy Purcell stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:13TBLSimon Gagne: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:13TBLMattias Ohlund: Interference2 min
  3. P1 18:49MTLScott Gomez: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:51TBLVincent Lecavalier: Slashing5 min
  5. P1 19:51MTLP.K. Subban: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 19:51TBLVincent Lecavalier: Game misconduct10 min
  7. P3 3:07MTLP.K. Subban: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 6:58MTLBenoit Pouliot: Holding2 min
  9. P3 6:58MTLBenoit Pouliot: Roughing2 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
47% to win53% to win
← TBL attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lecavalier won the faceoff against Desharnais
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLMTL
37Shots on goal29
4.4Expected goals2.4
82Shot attempts60
35Faceoffs won19
5Power plays3
19Penalty minutes10
15Hits29
19Blocked shots28
14Giveaways13
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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Bergenheim – Stamkos2:51

    xG 0.44–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Hall – Thompson – Tyrell4:42

    xG 0.41–0.04 (91%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Thompson – Ritola4:12

    xG 0.29–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Stamkos2:39

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOhlund – Clark8:30

    xG 0.85–0.13 (87%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Hedman4:46

    xG 0.45–0.10 (82%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Kubina – Hedman7:26

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. Pouliot – Desharnais – White5:46

    xG 0.07–0.09 (45%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Dawes – Pyatt – Palushaj2:57

    xG 0.05–0.32 (15%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Gomez – Gionta – Moen10:52

    xG 0.71–1.15 (38%)attempts 9–20goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Kostitsyn – Eller10:23

    xG 0.02–0.61 (3%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMara – Subban12:48

    xG 0.73–0.36 (67%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Hamrlik – Weber2:02

    xG 0.10–0.16 (38%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Hamrlik – Wisniewski14:15

    xG 0.66–0.82 (44%)attempts 11–22goals 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 2.4 xGTBL 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 71/100 · #315 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 79% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

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

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