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Tue, Jan 22, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 1, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 75% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA01011008128
MTL21528010433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:26MTLTomas PlekanecAssists: Brian Gionta, Raphael Diaz · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:24MTLAndrei MarkovPPGWGAssists: Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais · Slap, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:33FLATomas KopeckyPPAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Brian Campbell · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:31MTLAndrei MarkovPPAssists: Raphael Diaz, Max Pacioretty · Slap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:25MTLAlex GalchenyukAssists: Brandon Prust, Brendan Gallagher · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–4
Penalties (18)
  1. P1 12:01FLABrian Campbell: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:21FLAStephen Weiss: Closing hand on puck2 min
  3. P1 17:49MTLJosh Gorges: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:18MTLRaphael Diaz: Holding2 min
  5. P2 3:57MTLDavid Desharnais: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 7:26FLAKeaton Ellerby: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 8:50MTLTravis Moen: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 10:44MTLBrandon Prust: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 12:19FLAStephen Weiss: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 0:26FLATomas Fleischmann: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 3:13MTLRyan White: Instigator2 min
  12. P3 3:13MTLRyan White: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 3:13MTLRyan White: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 3:13MTLRyan White: Game misconduct10 min
  15. P3 3:13FLATomas Fleischmann: Boarding2 min
  16. P3 6:37MTLAndrei Markov: Interference2 min
  17. P3 9:40FLAKeaton Ellerby: Hooking2 min
  18. P3 13:20MTLRene Bourque: Holding the stick2 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
43% to win57% to win
← FLA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Mueller won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMTL
28Shots on goal33
3.1Expected goals4.8
48Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won22
8Power plays6
14Penalty minutes41
19Hits37
12Blocked shots10
10Giveaways13
2Takeaways9

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. bestUpshall – Matthias – Shore6:02

    xG 0.38–0.22 (63%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Kopecky – Weiss – Fleischmann7:08

    xG 0.11–0.11 (48%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Kovalev – Mueller – Huberdeau6:42

    xG 0.46–0.56 (45%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  4. Parros – Smithson – Skille4:47

    xG 0.01–0.14 (6%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllerby – Kulikov2:49

    xG 0.44–0.02 (96%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Kulikov3:19

    xG 0.45–0.06 (89%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Weaver – Kulikov5:32

    xG 0.08–0.02 (80%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Plekanec – Bourque8:54

    xG 0.38–0.21 (64%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Desharnais – Pacioretty8:35

    xG 0.26–0.10 (71%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Moen – Armstrong – White5:52

    xG 0.09–0.07 (57%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Prust – Gallagher – Galchenyuk5:31

    xG 0.25–0.43 (37%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKaberle – Bouillon8:12

    xG 0.47–0.11 (81%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Gorges – Emelin2:07

    xG 0.02–0.07 (22%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Emelin10:05

    xG 0.46–0.52 (47%)attempts 8–9goals 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 4.8 xGFLA 3.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 26/100 · #541 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 75% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

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

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