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Sat, Mar 28, 2015·Centre Bell, Montreal

Florida Panthers 2, Montréal Canadiens 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 66% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA09260800223
MTL18190513325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:37MTLLars EllerAssists: Jeff Petry, Nathan Beaulieu · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:09FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Jaromir Jagr · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:11FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Dmitry Kulikov · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:35MTLAlex GalchenyukPPAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Markov · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:59MTLMax PaciorettyPPGWGAssists: David Desharnais, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:36FLAJimmy Hayes: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 18:14FLAJaromir Jagr: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:50MTLNathan Beaulieu: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:50FLADerek MacKenzie: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 11:14MTLDavid Desharnais: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:39FLADave Bolland: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. OT 2:52FLAVincent Trocheck: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAMTL
23Shots on goal25
1.4Expected goals2.1
51Shot attempts55
34Faceoffs won32
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
38Hits25
21Blocked shots20
9Giveaways18
2Takeaways3

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. bestHayes – Pirri – Trocheck12:58

    xG 0.29–0.04 (88%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Jokinen – Bolland12:46

    xG 0.23–0.15 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Kopecky – Upshall6:43

    xG 0.05–0.13 (29%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov14:49

    xG 0.65–0.81 (44%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad15:10

    xG 0.63–0.42 (60%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Kulikov – Gudbranson17:30

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Petrovic16:45

    xG 0.19–0.60 (24%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Flynn – de la Rose12:46

    xG 0.31–0.14 (69%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  2. Prust – Mitchell – Weise6:59

    xG 0.19–0.15 (56%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  3. Plekanec – Gallagher – Galchenyuk12:36

    xG 0.56–0.65 (46%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Desharnais – Pacioretty12:39

    xG 0.03–0.27 (10%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban14:58

    xG 0.78–0.35 (69%)attempts 16–15goals 0–1

  2. Pateryn – Beaulieu13:08

    xG 0.17–0.05 (79%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Emelin – Subban2:48

    xG 0.11–0.04 (75%)attempts 5–3goals 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 2.1 xGFLA 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 48/100 · #580 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 66% of the time.

MTL winsFLA wins

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

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