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Sun, Dec 29, 2013·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Montréal Canadiens 1, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 64% of the time.

FLA winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL0715010122
FLA1821017425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:10FLADmitry KulikovAssists: Tomas Fleischmann · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:56MTLBrandon PrustAssists: Raphael Diaz, Francis Bouillon · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:51FLABrian CampbellGWGAssists: Tom Gilbert, Brad Boyes · Tip-in, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:29FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Tom Gilbert, Brad Boyes · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:43FLASean BergenheimENAssists: Brian Campbell · Backhand, 0.54 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:17FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 4:39MTLRene Bourque: Interference2 min
  3. P2 17:28MTLBrendan Gallagher: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:04FLANick Bjugstad: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P3 2:50MTLTomas Plekanec: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 2:50FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P3 10:48FLAAlexander Petrovic: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P3 15:22MTLMax Pacioretty: 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 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← MTL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00White won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLFLA
22Shots on goal25
1.6Expected goals2.4
41Shot attempts52
33Faceoffs won22
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
32Hits31
14Blocked shots9
6Giveaways7
5Takeaways3

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. bestBrière – Eller – Galchenyuk8:12

    xG 0.36–0.04 (90%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher9:48

    xG 0.30–0.21 (58%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Moen – Prust – White8:55

    xG 0.17–0.32 (34%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

  4. Gionta – Plekanec – Bourque10:10

    xG 0.20–0.41 (33%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bouillon – Subban2:00

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Gorges – Subban13:24

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  3. Bouillon – Diaz14:34

    xG 0.35–0.36 (50%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyes – Bergenheim – Barkov12:03

    xG 0.59–0.02 (96%)attempts 19–4goals 1–0

  2. Barch – Hayes – Shore8:37

    xG 0.27–0.17 (62%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Fleischmann – Bjugstad – Huberdeau10:04

    xG 0.26–0.29 (48%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Kopecky – Goc – Matthias10:50

    xG 0.19–0.48 (29%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Gilbert15:56

    xG 0.75–0.44 (63%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Olsen – Petrovic12:08

    xG 0.44–0.24 (65%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Olsen2:01

    xG 0.09–0.04 (69%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

FLA 2.4 xGMTL 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 29/100 · #799 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 64% of the time.

FLA winsMTL wins

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

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