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Sun, Mar 10, 2013·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Montréal Canadiens 5, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 95% of the time.

FLA winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL213213112538
FLA070525217

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:46MTLDavid DesharnaisAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Alexei Emelin · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:42MTLMichael RyderPPAssists: P.K. Subban, Tomas Plekanec · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:35MTLBrian GiontaGWGAssists: P.K. Subban, Tomas Plekanec · Slap, 0.30 xG3–0
  4. P2 17:47MTLFrancis BouillonAssists: Michael Ryder, Brian Gionta · Slap, 0.11 xG4–0
  5. P3 7:59FLATomas KopeckyUnassisted · Slap, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P3 13:57FLAShawn MatthiasAssists: Jack Skille · Snap, 0.03 xG4–2
  7. P3 15:53MTLMichael RyderPPAssists: P.K. Subban, Andrei Markov · Tip-in, 0.08 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:56FLAMarcel Goc: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:39FLANolan Yonkman: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 17:39FLANolan Yonkman: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 11:50FLAFilip Kuba: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 19:03MTLBrendan Gallagher: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 9:28FLAPeter Mueller: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 15:19FLAKris Versteeg: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 16:48MTLGabriel Dumont: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 16:48FLADrew Shore: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Shore won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLFLA
38Shots on goal17
4.5Expected goals0.9
62Shot attempts33
30Faceoffs won21
6Power plays1
4Penalty minutes14
25Hits30
10Blocked shots7
2Giveaways9
9Takeaways5

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. bestEller – Dumont – Galchenyuk12:12

    xG 0.79–0.21 (79%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Moen – Armstrong – White9:48

    xG 0.52–0.10 (84%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – Ryder – Plekanec8:26

    xG 0.66–0.30 (68%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  4. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher8:52

    xG 0.38–0.23 (63%)attempts 11–7goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Emelin12:50

    xG 1.02–0.19 (85%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Bouillon – Subban2:33

    xG 0.49–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 2–0

  3. Gorges – Emelin2:05

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Goc – Fleischmann – Versteeg9:15

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Parros – Smithson – Santorelli4:55

    xG 0.07–0.21 (26%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  3. Kopecky – Skille – Matthias10:19

    xG 0.21–0.53 (29%)attempts 7–11goals 2–0

  4. Mueller – Shore – Huberdeau11:51

    xG 0.32–0.78 (29%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStrachan – Robak2:45

    xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Robak – Gudbranson3:48

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Kuba – Strachan2:35

    xG 0.07–0.11 (38%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

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.

FLA 0.9 xGMTL 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #280 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 95% of the time.

FLA winsMTL wins

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

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

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