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Tue, Nov 12, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Montréal Canadiens 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 53% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TBL110013016061245
MTL0805113030129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:00TBLRyan MaloneAssists: Eric Brewer, B.J. Crombeen · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P3 15:22MTLDaniel BrièreAssists: Max Pacioretty · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Alex Galchenyuk stopped
  2. 2. TBL Valtteri Filppula scored
  3. 3. MTL Daniel Brière stopped
  4. 4. TBL Teddy Purcell stopped
  5. 5. MTL Brendan Gallagher stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:53TBLOndrej Palat: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:40TBLTyler Johnson: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:01TBLMark Barberio: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:54MTLRene Bourque: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 16:27MTLRene Bourque: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 18:54MTLLars Eller: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  7. OT 0:40MTLAndrei Markov: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Filppula won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLMTL
45Shots on goal29
2.7Expected goals3.0
80Shot attempts61
33Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
22Hits18
15Blocked shots25
6Giveaways9
0Takeaways2

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. bestMalone – Crombeen – Thompson7:08

    xG 0.57–0.02 (96%)attempts 15–2goals 1–0

  2. St. Louis – Killorn – Connolly9:59

    xG 0.37–0.34 (52%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Filppula – Killorn2:18

    xG 0.01–0.01 (53%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Purcell – Brown9:42

    xG 0.23–0.42 (36%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Barberio13:59

    xG 0.43–0.14 (75%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Carle – Gudas15:36

    xG 0.49–0.79 (38%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

  3. Hedman – Sustr13:40

    xG 0.41–0.96 (30%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Gallagher – Galchenyuk11:14

    xG 0.64–0.13 (83%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Gionta – Plekanec – Bournival3:24

    xG 0.49–0.18 (73%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – Plekanec – Pacioretty8:07

    xG 0.38–0.14 (73%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Brière – Bourque – Pacioretty3:51

    xG 0.23–0.09 (72%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban17:14

    xG 1.27–0.35 (79%)attempts 22–15goals 1–0

  2. Bouillon – Subban2:26

    xG 0.06–0.03 (67%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Gorges – Diaz15:23

    xG 0.53–0.59 (47%)attempts 8–19goals 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 3.0 xGTBL 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 58/100 · #463 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 53% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

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

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