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Tue, Mar 10, 2015·Centre Bell, Montreal

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Montréal Canadiens 0 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 86% of the time.

MTL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TBL01001301013136
MTL060110200019

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 1:03TBLTyler JohnsonGWGAssists: Jason Garrison, Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:56MTLDavid Desharnais: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 13:45MTLTom Gilbert: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:52TBLSteven Stamkos: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 2:31MTLJacob de la Rose: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 15:23MTLMax Pacioretty: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00de la Rose won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLMTL
36Shots on goal19
3.2Expected goals1.1
75Shot attempts38
24Faceoffs won36
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
26Hits28
14Blocked shots32
11Giveaways18
4Takeaways10

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. bestJohnson – Palat – Kucherov6:36

    xG 0.62–0.01 (98%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Boyle – Drouin4:55

    xG 0.41–0.04 (91%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Callahan – Killorn – Stamkos11:08

    xG 0.26–0.06 (80%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Kucherov – Drouin4:16

    xG 0.07–0.01 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Hedman11:56

    xG 0.74–0.04 (95%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Garrison10:38

    xG 0.62–0.04 (94%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Sustr5:55

    xG 0.43–0.05 (90%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Weise11:58

    xG 0.08–0.12 (38%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Eller – Smith-Pelly – de la Rose8:33

    xG 0.09–0.15 (39%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Plekanec – Gallagher – Galchenyuk11:08

    xG 0.42–0.54 (44%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  4. Prust – Mitchell – Flynn4:50

    xG 0.02–0.40 (6%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Beaulieu11:50

    xG 0.77–0.19 (80%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Subban15:23

    xG 0.08–0.30 (22%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Gilbert – Petry17:11

    xG 0.17–1.33 (11%)attempts 10–25goals 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 1.1 xGTBL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 11/100 · #1078 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 86% 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).