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Tue, Feb 12, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Montréal Canadiens 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 63% of the time.

TBL winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL1829011061434
TBL090737010324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:17MTLBrian GiontaPPAssists: Tomas Plekanec, P.K. Subban · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:21MTLP.K. SubbanAssists: Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:54MTLTravis MoenAssists: Lars Eller, Colby Armstrong · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P3 14:04TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Tom Pyatt, Benoit Pouliot · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:17TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Teddy Purcell, Sami Salo · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:16TBLSami SaloPPAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. TBL Victor Hedman stopped
  2. 2. MTL Alex Galchenyuk stopped
  3. 3. TBL Martin St. Louis stopped
  4. 4. MTL David Desharnais scored
  5. 5. TBL Steven Stamkos stopped
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 3:37MTLAlexei Emelin: Interference2 min
  2. P1 4:20TBLSami Salo: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  3. P1 8:30TBLCory Conacher: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P1 13:29TBLBrian Lee: Interference2 min
  5. P1 18:03TBLAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P1 18:48TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 1:05MTLErik Cole: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 3:16MTLMax Pacioretty: Holding2 min
  9. P2 11:01TBLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 11:01MTLTravis Moen: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 14:06MTLBrandon Prust: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 11:54TBLBenoit Pouliot: Too many men on the ice2 min
  13. P3 16:17TBLBrian Lee: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  14. P3 16:17MTLFrancis Bouillon: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 18:56MTLTomas Plekanec: Tripping2 min · PPG
  16. OT 2:26TBLEric Brewer: Tripping2 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 SOG0TBL
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Thompson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTBL
34Shots on goal24
2.3Expected goals1.6
58Shot attempts47
33Faceoffs won39
7Power plays5
17Penalty minutes21
25Hits27
15Blocked shots11
4Giveaways12
5Takeaways4

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. bestGionta – Plekanec – Bourque11:30

    xG 0.28–0.13 (68%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Pacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk7:47

    xG 0.18–0.04 (81%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Moen – Armstrong – Eller6:59

    xG 0.25–0.12 (67%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  4. Cole – Prust – Desharnais10:41

    xG 0.14–0.35 (29%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouillon – Emelin2:19

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Bouillon – Subban10:55

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 6–6goals 1–1

  3. Gorges – Emelin2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestLecavalier – Purcell – Conacher2:32

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Hall – Crombeen – Thompson2:45

    xG 0.19–0.03 (86%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Stamkos – Conacher3:43

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Killorn – Panik2:20

    xG 0.07–0.05 (59%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLee – Aulie9:35

    xG 0.23–0.12 (67%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Brewer – Carle12:16

    xG 0.27–0.18 (61%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Salo – Hedman12:03

    xG 0.20–0.25 (45%)attempts 13–10goals 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.

TBL 1.6 xGMTL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #42 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.34 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +52 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 63% of the time.

TBL winsMTL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).