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Tue, Apr 1, 2014·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Montréal Canadiens 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 81% of the time.

TBL winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL11001006126
TBL010111212333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:18MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Mike Weaver · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:19TBLRyan CallahanPPAssists: Ondrej Palat, Victor Hedman · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:41TBLTyler JohnsonSHGWGAssists: Victor Hedman · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:15TBLAlex KillornENAssists: Ondrej Palat, JT Brown · Wrist, 0.61 xG1–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 11:19TBLRyan Malone: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 13:43MTLLars Eller: Holding2 min
  3. P2 8:43MTLFrancis Bouillon: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:51TBLRadko Gudas: Holding2 min
  5. P2 11:09MTLThomas Vanek: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 16:21TBLValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 4:32MTLLars Eller: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 6:56MTLAndrei Markov: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 12:14TBLNate Thompson: Boarding2 min
  10. P3 13:00MTLAlexei Emelin: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 16:05MTLAlexei Emelin: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 17:47MTLDouglas Murray: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min · PPG
  13. P3 17:47MTLMike Weaver: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 17:47TBLTyler Johnson: Roughing2 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 SOG0TBL
48% to win52% to win
← MTL attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Desharnais won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTBL
26Shots on goal33
1.8Expected goals3.7
46Shot attempts63
37Faceoffs won32
4Power plays9
26Penalty minutes10
11Hits16
16Blocked shots9
6Giveaways9
7Takeaways10

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. bestPlekanec – Gallagher – Galchenyuk8:08

    xG 0.56–0.26 (68%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Brière – Gionta – Eller6:39

    xG 0.16–0.18 (47%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Bourque – White – Bournival4:41

    xG 0.03–0.08 (28%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Vanek – Desharnais – Pacioretty11:28

    xG 0.38–0.98 (28%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouillon – Subban9:46

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

  2. Murray – Weaver11:39

    xG 0.54–0.45 (54%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Markov – Emelin14:47

    xG 0.51–1.08 (32%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Callahan – Palat10:31

    xG 0.94–0.40 (70%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Purcell – Stamkos – Brown7:53

    xG 0.60–0.54 (52%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Kucherov8:21

    xG 0.20–0.17 (53%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Malone – Thompson – Pyatt7:52

    xG 0.07–0.19 (27%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Kostka3:45

    xG 0.66–0.12 (85%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Salo – Brewer4:35

    xG 0.34–0.10 (76%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Gudas3:09

    xG 0.23–0.08 (73%)attempts 8–2goals 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.

TBL 3.7 xGMTL 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

TBL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line TBL is favoured, below it MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #694 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 81% of the time.

TBL winsMTL wins

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

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