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Sat, Mar 29, 2014·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Montréal Canadiens 4, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 58% of the time.

FLA winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL2111513419
FLA010112015137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:47MTLThomas VanekAssists: P.K. Subban · Tip-in, 0.30 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:03MTLMax PaciorettyGWGAssists: Alexei Emelin, Daniel Brière · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:00MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: David Desharnais, Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–0
  4. P2 16:09FLABrad BoyesAssists: Sean Bergenheim, Brian Campbell · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:36MTLDavid DesharnaisENAssists: Max Pacioretty, Mike Weaver · Wrist, 0.60 xG4–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:48MTLAndrei Markov: Interference2 min
  2. P1 3:48MTLRene Bourque: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:08FLATomas Fleischmann: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 15:02FLAErik Gudbranson: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 17:36FLAKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:36MTLGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 19:39FLAColby Robak: Holding2 min
  8. P2 11:41MTLAlexei Emelin: Interference2 min
  9. P2 17:47FLABrandon Pirri: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 2:42MTLFrancis Bouillon: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 4:28MTLRyan White: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 4:28FLAJimmy Hayes: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 11:19FLAVincent Trocheck: 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 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Desharnais
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLFLA
19Shots on goal37
3.6Expected goals3.1
34Shot attempts63
24Faceoffs won27
5Power plays4
15Penalty minutes17
21Hits29
12Blocked shots5
3Giveaways4
3Takeaways4

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. bestVanek – Desharnais – Pacioretty10:23

    xG 1.12–0.86 (57%)attempts 8–13goals 2–1

  2. Parros – White – Bournival3:36

    xG 0.16–0.09 (64%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Gionta – Bourque7:54

    xG 0.17–0.32 (35%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Eller – Gallagher – Galchenyuk7:05

    xG 0.01–0.62 (2%)attempts 1–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Weaver13:06

    xG 0.66–0.38 (63%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

  2. Bouillon – Subban8:58

    xG 0.49–0.41 (55%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  3. Markov – Emelin11:59

    xG 0.28–0.94 (23%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestFleischmann – Upshall – Trocheck8:03

    xG 0.41–0.01 (97%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Bergenheim – Bjugstad11:44

    xG 0.78–0.46 (63%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  3. Winchester – Pirri – Howden3:11

    xG 0.43–0.57 (43%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  4. Gomez – Barch – Hayes4:06

    xG 0.05–0.34 (13%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJovanovski – Robak7:35

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Olsen – Gudbranson10:31

    xG 0.52–0.38 (58%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  3. Kulikov – Gudbranson2:03

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 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 3.1 xGMTL 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #879 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 58% 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).