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Thu, Feb 19, 2015·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 3, Montréal Canadiens 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 80% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA061716022321
MTL011216011011239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:31MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais · Snap, 0.42 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:32MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:54FLATomas FleischmannAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:57FLASteven KampferAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Scottie Upshall · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL David Desharnais stopped
  2. 2. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  3. 3. MTL Max Pacioretty scored
  4. 4. FLA Brad Boyes stopped
  5. 5. MTL Brendan Gallagher stopped
  6. 6. FLA Nick Bjugstad scored
  7. 7. MTL P.K. Subban stopped
  8. 8. FLA Jussi Jokinen stopped
  9. 9. MTL Tomas Plekanec stopped
  10. 10. FLA Aleksander Barkov stopped
  11. 11. MTL Andrei Markov stopped
  12. 12. FLA Dave Bolland scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 4:55FLAErik Gudbranson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P3 2:55FLAAlexander Petrovic: Fighting5 min
  3. P3 2:55MTLJarred Tinordi: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 2:55MTLJarred Tinordi: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Desharnais won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMTL
21Shots on goal39
1.5Expected goals3.3
43Shot attempts59
25Faceoffs won40
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
42Hits31
11Blocked shots13
10Giveaways11
7Takeaways7

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. Jokinen – Hayes – Bjugstad14:01

    xG 0.48–0.51 (48%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Huberdeau – Barkov17:22

    xG 0.41–0.58 (42%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – MacKenzie – Kopecky6:19

    xG 0.05–0.30 (14%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Fleischmann – Upshall – Bolland13:02

    xG 0.07–0.61 (10%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Brien – Petrovic11:45

    xG 0.66–0.43 (61%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Ekblad19:25

    xG 0.30–0.51 (37%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Kampfer – Gudbranson18:41

    xG 0.09–1.32 (7%)attempts 7–19goals 0–2

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDesharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher15:38

    xG 1.50–0.20 (88%)attempts 21–9goals 2–0

  2. Plekanec – Eller – Sekac14:34

    xG 0.82–0.21 (79%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  3. Prust – Weise – de la Rose11:40

    xG 0.42–0.29 (59%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Malhotra – Bournival – Thomas6:56

    xG 0.17–0.32 (34%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban17:45

    xG 1.28–0.31 (80%)attempts 22–13goals 1–0

  2. Gilbert – Beaulieu16:46

    xG 1.11–0.16 (88%)attempts 16–13goals 1–1

  3. Pateryn – Tinordi9:31

    xG 0.23–0.17 (59%)attempts 6–3goals 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 3.3 xGFLA 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 64/100 · #388 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 80% 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).