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Sat, Feb 1, 2014·Centre Bell, Montreal

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Montréal Canadiens 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 52% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL0101901611236
MTL060101805129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:58TBLNate ThompsonSHAssists: Victor Hedman, JT Brown · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 7:25MTLDaniel BrièreAssists: Brian Gionta · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:36TBLNate ThompsonGWGAssists: Victor Hedman, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 3:27TBLJean-Philippe Cote: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:27MTLBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:41MTLNathan Beaulieu: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P1 11:31MTLGeorge Parros: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 11:31TBLRadko Gudas: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 0:08TBLOndrej Palat: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 3:35MTLGeorge Parros: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 5:40TBLAlex Killorn: Interference2 min
  9. P2 17:02MTLBrandon Prust: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P2 17:02TBLBen Bishop: Goalie leave crease2 min
  11. P2 17:02MTLCarey Price: Goalie leave crease2 min
  12. P2 17:02MTLGeorge Parros: Misconduct10 min
  13. P2 17:02TBLRadko Gudas: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 3:33TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 14:50MTLNathan Beaulieu: Closing hand on puck2 min
  16. P3 18:55TBLEric Brewer: Interference2 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 20:00Desharnais won the faceoff against Johnson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLMTL
36Shots on goal29
2.7Expected goals2.6
67Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won37
3Power plays4
27Penalty minutes25
27Hits14
12Blocked shots19
9Giveaways5
1Takeaways9

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. bestSt. Louis – Johnson – Palat11:11

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Purcell – Killorn – Kucherov9:55

    xG 0.41–0.37 (53%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Pyatt – Brown7:07

    xG 0.16–0.12 (56%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Hedman3:15

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Gudas8:51

    xG 0.29–0.18 (61%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Barberio9:23

    xG 0.30–0.28 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDesharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher12:21

    xG 0.33–0.24 (57%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Prust – Eller – Thomas2:41

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Prust – Bourque – Eller2:56

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Plekanec – Bourque3:51

    xG 0.02–0.06 (28%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Subban14:04

    xG 0.38–0.23 (63%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Murray – Beaulieu10:05

    xG 0.39–0.50 (44%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Emelin14:12

    xG 0.14–0.53 (21%)attempts 11–20goals 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 2.6 xGTBL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 48/100 · #578 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 52% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

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

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