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Mon, Oct 24, 2011·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 2, Montréal Canadiens 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 70% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1901517231
MTL114013014141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:08MTLErik ColePPAssists: Max Pacioretty, Raphael Diaz · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:59FLATomas FleischmannPPAssists: Kris Versteeg · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:02FLAScottie UpshallGWGAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Tomas Kopecky · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:31FLATomas Kopecky: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:32FLAScottie Upshall: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:35MTLJosh Gorges: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:03MTLP.K. Subban: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 16:31MTLMax Pacioretty: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 19:10FLAJason Garrison: Hooking2 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
45% to win55% to win
← FLA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eller won the faceoff against Weiss
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMTL
31Shots on goal41
1.9Expected goals2.9
57Shot attempts58
32Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
11Hits15
9Blocked shots14
7Giveaways7
7Takeaways6

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. bestBradley – Kennedy – Matthias11:25

    xG 0.38–0.06 (87%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Sturm – Santorelli – Skille8:36

    xG 0.35–0.30 (54%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  3. Kopecky – Goc – Upshall9:16

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Weiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg11:14

    xG 0.16–0.36 (30%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Kulikov13:46

    xG 0.45–0.31 (59%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Garrison17:41

    xG 0.50–0.54 (48%)attempts 21–16goals 0–0

  3. Jovanovski – Gudbranson9:53

    xG 0.23–0.37 (39%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Darche – Desharnais3:04

    xG 0.15–0.04 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Darche – Nokelainen – Blunden5:23

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 2–13goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Desharnais – Pacioretty6:41

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Cammalleri – Plekanec10:23

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Subban15:02

    xG 0.82–0.15 (84%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Diaz2:24

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Gill – Diaz13:19

    xG 0.25–0.51 (33%)attempts 7–17goals 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.

MTL 2.9 xGFLA 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 1.16 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Montréal Canadiens win this game 70% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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