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Sun, Dec 15, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 2, Montréal Canadiens 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 51% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0142605225
MTL080416118

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:44FLAJesse WinchesterAssists: Tomas Kopecky, Marcel Goc · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:11FLANick BjugstadGWGAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Scottie Upshall · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:28MTLAlex GalchenyukPPAssists: Brian Gionta, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.47 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:55MTLDavid Desharnais: Holding2 min
  2. P1 5:59FLATomas Kopecky: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 1:12FLASean Bergenheim: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 3:59MTLRyan White: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 12:38FLAMike Weaver: Charging2 min
  6. P3 14:03FLAScottie Upshall: Cross checking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← FLA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMTL
25Shots on goal18
2.3Expected goals2.3
54Shot attempts52
29Faceoffs won30
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
19Hits26
22Blocked shots19
10Giveaways9
1Takeaways1

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. bestBoyes – Bergenheim – Barkov11:24

    xG 0.94–0.32 (74%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Fleischmann – Upshall – Bjugstad12:25

    xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Barch – Matthias – Hayes7:16

    xG 0.22–0.09 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Kopecky – Goc – Winchester9:31

    xG 0.24–0.15 (62%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Gilbert14:56

    xG 0.96–0.24 (80%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  2. Olsen – Gudbranson4:48

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Olsen7:20

    xG 0.16–0.03 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestBrière – Eller – Bournival5:32

    xG 0.13–0.03 (82%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Moen – Prust – White4:27

    xG 0.10–0.11 (49%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – Plekanec – Galchenyuk12:39

    xG 0.20–0.26 (43%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  4. Brière – Desharnais – Pacioretty7:02

    xG 0.04–0.19 (17%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gorges – Diaz2:31

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Subban18:24

    xG 0.35–0.45 (44%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  3. Gorges – Emelin15:27

    xG 0.23–0.47 (33%)attempts 13–16goals 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 2.3 xGFLA 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 17/100 · #978 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 51% 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).